1707
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January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal
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March 26 - The
Acts of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of
England and
Scotland into one country, the
Kingdom of Great Britain.
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April 25 - Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (
Spain) in the
War of the Spanish Succession.
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September 29 - Four British
Royal Navy ships run aground near
Scilly Isles because of faulty
navigation - Admiral Sir
Cloudesley Shovel and thousands of sailors drown
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October 23 - First Parliament of
Great Britain.
* A fortress is founded on the future site of
Ust-Abakanskoye (modern
Abakan).
*
Mount Fuji in
Japan erupts.
* The
Lao empire of
Lan Xang officially ends and splits into the kingdoms of
Vientiane,
Luang Prabang, and
Champasak.
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January 13 -
John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (died
1762)
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February 1 -
Frederick, Prince of Wales (died
1751)
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February 14 -
Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died
1777)
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February 25 -
Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (died
1793)
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March 7 -
Stephen Hopkins, founding father of the United States (died
1785)
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March 14 -
Johan Ihre, Swedish philologist and historical linguist (died
1780)
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March 23 -
Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (died
1745)
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April 10 -
John Pringle, Scottish physician (died
1782)
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April 15 -
Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died
1783)
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April 22 -
Henry Fielding, British novelist and dramatist (died
1754)
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May 12 -
Francisco Salzillo, Spanish sculptor (died
1781)
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May 23 -
Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (died
1778)
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August 14 -
Johann August Ernesti, German theologian and philologist (died
1781)
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August 24 -
Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, English Methodist leader (died
1791)
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August 25 - King
Louis of Spain (died
1724)
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September 5 -
John Forbes, British general (died
1759)
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September 7 -
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French scientist (died
1788)
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December 12 -
Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader, brother of
John Wesley (died
1788)
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William Hoare, English painter (died
1792)
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Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, mystic, and philosopher (died
1746)
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January 8 -
John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (born
1648)
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January 10 -
Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (born
1621)
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January 20 -
Humphrey Hody, English theologian (born
1659)
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March 3 -
Aurangzeb,
Mughal Emperor of India (born
1618)
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April 6 -
William van de Velde, the Younger, Dutch painter (born
1633)
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April 29 -
George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born
1677)
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May 9 -
Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer
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May 27 -
Marquise de Montespan, mistress of King
Louis XIV of France (born
1641)
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June 23 -
John Mill, English theologian (born c.
1645)
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August 18 -
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (born
1640)
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August 20 -
Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born
1627)
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September 15 -
George Stepney, British poet and diplomat (born
1663)
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September 24 -
Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born
1642)
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October 22 - Sir
Cloudesley Shovell, British admiral (born
1650)
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December 1 -
Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (born
1674)
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December 24 -
Noël Coypel, French painter (born
1628)
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December 27 -
Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (born
1632)
