1707

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 - 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

• January 8 - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politican (b. 1648)
• January 10 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
• January 20 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
• 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
• August 18 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b. 1640)
• August 20 - Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
• 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)
• December 24 - Noël Coypel, French painter (b. 1628)
• December 27 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (b. 1632)