1700
- 1707 Act of Union joins the Scottish government with that of England and Wales.
- 1745 Scant Northumberland support for Bonnie Prince Charlie in the second Jacobite rising.
- 1761 Troops in Hexham shoot 40 miners protesting against conscription.
- 1782 Royal Northumberland Fusiliers named the 5th (The Northumberland) Regiment of Foot.
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