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On 22 July 1706, English and Scottish commissioners struck the deal behind the Acts of Union. Scotland's negotiators were men whose fortunes had been wrecked by the Darien disaster - and the treaty they signed paid them back for it.
On 1st January 1801, the Acts of Union took effect and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland came into existence. January 1st is no coincidence — it is the bureaucrat's favourite date, chosen for its symbolism and its clarity. What no one could schedule was what came after.