1707
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Events
| Flag of the Kingdom of Great Britain, formed in 1707 by the Act of Union 1707 |
- January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal
- March 26 – The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- April 25 – Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- October 23 – First Parliament of Great Britain.
- A fortress is founded on the future site of Ust-Abakanskoye (modern Abakan).
Births
- January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (d. 1762)
- February 1 – Frederick, Prince of Wales (d. 1751)
- February 14 РClaude Prosper Jolyot de Cr̩billon, French novelist (d. 1777)
- February 25 – Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (d. 1793)
- March 7 – Stephen Hopkins, founding father of the United States (d. 1785)
- March 14 – Johan Ihre, Swedish philologist and historical linguist (d. 1780)
- March 23 – Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (d. 1745)
- April 10 – John Pringle, Scottish physician (d. 1782)
- April 15 – Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)
- April 22 – Henry Fielding, British novelist and dramatist (d. 1754)
- May 12 – Francisco Salzillo, Spanish sculptor (d. 1781)
- May 23 – Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
- August 14 – Johann August Ernesti, German theologian and philologist (d. 1781)
- August 24 – Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, English Methodist leader (d. 1791)
- August 25 – King Louis of Spain (d. 1724)
- September 7 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French scientist (d. 1788)
- William Hoare, English painter (d. 1792)
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, mystic, and philosopher (d. 1746)
- Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader, brother of John Wesley (d. 1788)
Deaths
- March 3 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (b. 1618)
- April 6 – William van de Velde, the Younger, Dutch painter (b. 1633)
- April 20 – George Farquhar, British dramatist (b. 1677)
- May 9 – Dietrich Buxtehude, German composer
- May 27 – Marquise de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1641)
- June 23 – John Mill, English theologian
- September 15 – George Stepney, British poet and diplomatist (b. 1663)
- September 24 – Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
- October 22 – Sir Cloudsley Shovel, British admiral (b. 1650)
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