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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 England and Scotland 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 United 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 scientist)
- August 25 - King Louis of Spain
- September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, (French philosopher and "Comte de Buffon")
Deaths