1707
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: | 1704 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 |
| 1707 in topic: |
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| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
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| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1707 MDCCVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2460 |
| Armenian calendar | 1156 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԶ |
| Chinese calendar | 4343/4403-11-28 (丙戌年十一月廿八日) — to — 4344/4404-12-8(丁亥年十二月初八日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1699 – 1700 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5467 – 5468 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1762 – 1763 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1629 – 1630 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4808 – 4809 |
| Iranian calendar | 1085 – 1086 |
| Islamic calendar | 1119 – 1120 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2250 |
1707 (MDCCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1707 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
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Events
- January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal
- March 26 - The Acts 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.
- September 29 - Four British Royal Navy ships run aground near Scilly Isles because of faulty navigation - Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel and thousands of sailors drown
- October 23 - First Parliament of Great Britain.
- A fortress is founded on the future site of Ust-Abakanskoye (modern Abakan).
- Mount Fuji in Japan erupts.
- The Lao empire of Lan Xang officially ends and splits into the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak.
Births
- January 13 - John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (died 1762)
- February 1 - Frederick, Prince of Wales (died 1751)
- February 14 - Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (died 1777)
- February 25 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (died 1793)
- March 7 - Stephen Hopkins, founding father of the United States (died 1785)
- March 14 - Johan Ihre, Swedish philologist and historical linguist (died 1780)
- March 23 - Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (died 1745)
- April 10 - John Pringle, Scottish physician (died 1782)
- April 15 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (died 1783)
- April 22 - Henry Fielding, British novelist and dramatist (died 1754)
- May 12 - Francisco Salzillo, Spanish sculptor (died 1781)
- May 23 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (died 1778)
- August 14 - Johann August Ernesti, German theologian and philologist (died 1781)
- August 24 - Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, English Methodist leader (died 1791)
- August 25 - King Louis of Spain (died 1724)
- September 5 - John Forbes, British general (died 1759)
- September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French scientist (died 1788)
- December 18 - Charles Wesley, English Methodist leader, brother of John Wesley (died 1788)
- William Hoare, English painter (died 1792)
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Italian rabbi, mystic, and philosopher (died 1746)
Deaths
- January 8 - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (born 1648)
- January 10 - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (born 1621)
- January 20 - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (born 1659)
- March 3 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (born 1618)
- April 6 - William van de Velde, the Younger, Dutch painter (born 1633)
- April 29 - George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born 1677)
- May 9 - Dieterich Buxtehude, German composer (born c.1637)
- May 27 - Marquise de Montespan, mistress of King Louis XIV of France (born 1641)
- June 23 - John Mill, English theologian (born c. 1645)
- August 18 - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (born 1640)
- August 20 - Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born 1627)
- September 15 - George Stepney, British poet and diplomat (born 1663)
- September 24 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
- October 22 - Sir Cloudesley Shovell, British admiral (born 1650)
- December 1 - Jeremiah Clarke, English composer (born 1674)
- December 24 - Noël Coypel, French painter (born 1628)
- December 27 - Jean Mabillon, French palaeographer and diplomat (born 1632)
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