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| Years: 1704 1705 1706 - 1707 - 1708 1709 1710 | |
| Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
Events
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- 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 - Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, 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)af:1707
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