1707

Events

January 1 - John V becomes King of Portugal.
March 26 - The Act of Union with Scotland becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country.
April 25 - Allied austriacist army is defeated by borbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
May 1 - Union of the Parliaments of Scotland and England forms the Kingdom of Great Britain (See: 1707 Act of Union).
October 23 - First Parliament of Great Britain.

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		1707
		Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s Years: 1702 1703 1704 1705 1706 - 1707 - 1708 1709 1710 1711 1712 Events January 1 - John V becomes King of Portugal. March 26 - The Act of Union with Scotland becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country. April 25 - Allied austriacist army is defeated by borbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. May 1 - Union of the Parliaments of Scotland and England forms the Kingdom of Great Britain (See: 1707 Act of Union). October 23 - First Parliament of Great Britain. Births February 1 - Frederick, Prince of Wales February 25 - Carlo Goldoni, playwright April 15 - Leonhard Euler, (Swiss mathematician) April 22 - Henry Fielding, author (+ 1754) May 23 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (+ 1778) August 25 - King Louis of Spain September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc[?], (French philosopher and "Comte de Buffon[?]") Deaths May 27 - Marquise de Montespan[?], mistress of the French King Louis XIV
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