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Mon Mar 12 2001 at 2:21:38
Born in 1707:
German
mathematician
Leonhard Euler
.
Swedish
naturalist
Karl von Linne, aka "
Carolus Linnaeus
", father of
taxonomy
.
French philosopher and mathematician
Comte Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
.
English
mathematician
Benjamin Robins
.
Italian
mathematician
Vincenzo Riccati
.
Italian playwright
Carlo Goldoni
.
French composer
Jean-Baptiste Barriere
.
English painter
William Hoare
.
English novelist
Henry Fielding
.
Scottish printer
Robert Foulis
.
English hymnwriter and evangelist
Charles Wesley
, who helped his
brother
found
Methodism
.
Selina Hastings
, Countess of
Huntingdon
, leader of a
Calvinist
faction within early Methodism.
English nobleman and biographer
John Boyle
, fifth earl of
Orrery
.
Died in 1707:
German organist and composer
Dietrich Buxtehude
.
English composer
Jeremiah Clarke
.
Irish dramatist
George Farquhar
.
Italian painter
Antonio Verrio
.
German composer
Daniel Speer
.
French artist
Noël Coypel
.
English scientist
Walter Charleton
, best known for an incorrect theory about
Stonehenge
.
German musical instrument maker
Johann Christoph Denner
.
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart,
Marquise de Montespan
, a former mistress of
Louis XIV
.
Mughal
emperor
Aurangzeb Alamgir
, the last effective ruler of the empire.
(March 3)
A'zam Shah
, Aurangzeb's second son, see below.
John Dalrymple
, 1st Earl of Stair, ally of
William III
and architect of the
1692
Glen Coe Massacre
, and supporter of the Act of Union, see below.
Events of 1707:
Parliament
passes an
Act of Union
permanently uniting Scotland with England and Wales, creating the
United Kingdom
of
Great Britain
, and
Queen Anne
signs it. The Scottish Parliament dissolves in April.
Peter the Great
has his marriage
declared null, and sends his former wife
Eudoxia
off to a convent. He secretly marries
Marta Skavronska
, now called "Catherine", formerly a Lithuanian peasant.
(June 12) There are two contenders to succeed Aurangzeb as Emperor: His eldest son,
Bahadur Shah
, and second son,
Azam Shah
. Bahadur marches his army all the way to
Agra
from
Afghanistan
, and then meets his brothers army at the
Battle of Jajau
. Bahadur is victorious, and takes the throne. Azam and his son are killed.
The War of the Spanish Succession
/
Queen Anne's War
:
Frantisek Rákóczi
starts a
revolt in
Hungary
, declaring the
Hapsburg
s deposed.
The Austrians capture
Naples
from the Spanish.
A French army
under Marshal
Villars
crosses the
Rhine
and
rapes and plunders
The Palatinate
. Many Lutherans and Calvinists emigrate to England (most eventually to America) as a result.
Prince
Eugene
of
Savoy
sends an army into
Provence
. Although he captures
Nice
, he loses 10,000 men and must withdraw.
Prussian king
Frederick I
inherits the future
Swiss
canton
,
Neuchâtel
.
An English attack on
Port Royal
is unsuccessful.
(April 25)
James Fitzjames
,
Duke of Berwick
, (fighting for the Bourbons) defeats the allied Anglo-Portuguese army at
Almansa
.
(September 21) Abenaki Indians attack
Winter Harbor
,
Maine
.
The Great Northern War
:
Swedish King
Charles XII
has forced the
Elector
of
Saxony
to renounce the
Polish
throne on behalf of his own candidate
Stanislaus Leszczynski
. He now prepares an invasion of
Russia
to punish Peter for capturing Swedish territory to build his new capital, St. Petersburg, now nearing completion.
Peter's son
Alexis
directs the fortification of
Moscow
.
The
Don Cossacks
, led by
hetman
Kondraty Afanasyevich Bulavin
, rise up in rebellion agaist Peter.
Ukrainian
Cossack
hetman
Ivan Stepanovych Mazepa
helps Peter squash this revolt.
1708
1706
How I made the Year Nodes
Act of Union
Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon
Everything Request for Comments
Charles Wesley
Aurangzeb
Agra
18th century
Stonehenge
Great Britain
Before Jehovah's Awful Throne
Scottish history
British History
Japanese History
Cossacks: European Wars
Queen Anne
Catherine I
Naples
Mughal Empire
Provence
Peter the Great
Palatinate