Today in History for Year 1702

Months in Year 1702: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 18 of 18

Mar 8th - England Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III
Mar 11th - 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes
Mar 19th - James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England
Mar 21st - Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament
Apr 20th - Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 AUs of Earth
May 14th - England & Netherlands declares war on France & Spain
May 14th - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw
May 15th - War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England & France
Jul 19th - Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Crackow
Aug 19th - -24] Battle at Santa Marta Venz: English fleet beat French
Sep 16th - Emperor Leopold I declares war on France, Cologne & Bavaria
Oct 7th - English/Dutch troops under Marlborough occupy Roermond
Oct 12th - Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron
Oct 13th - Dutch/English troops occupy Luik
Oct 23rd - -24] Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet
Oct 27th - English troops plunder St Augustine Florida
Nov 26th - Premiere of Colley Cibber's "King Imposter"
Dec 14th - The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 6th - Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer
Jan 10th - Johannes Zick, German fresco painter (d. 1762)
Jan 14th - Nakamikado Emperor of Japan (d. 1737)
Jan 28th - Hermanus Noordkerk, Dutch lawyer
Feb 10th - Jean-Pierre Guignon, composer
Feb 27th - Johann Valentin Gorner, composer
Mar 4th - Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
Mar 25th - Christian Gottlieb Ziegler, composer
Mar 25th - Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst, Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum)
Mar 27th - Johann Ernst Eberlin, composer
May 2nd - Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
Jun 26th - Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman
Jul 6th - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer
Jul 17th - Johann Schneider, composer
Jul 31st - Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
Aug 15th - Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher
Aug 20th - Stepan F graaf Apraksin, Russian general-fieldmarshal
Sep 6th - Heinrich Nikolaus Gerber, composer
Dec 22nd - Jean E Liotard, [Turk], Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 6th - Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [NS=Jan 17]
Jan 13th - Peter Rabus, Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at 41
Jan 17th - Thomas Franklin, English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies [OS=Jan 6]
Mar 8th - John de Baen, portrait painter/etcher, buried at 69
Mar 8th - William III, Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at 51 [NS-Mar 19] (b. 1650)
Mar 19th - Willem III Henry, [Dutch William], king of England/Scot, dies at 51
Apr 23rd - Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b. 1614)
Apr 27th - Jean Bart, French capt/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at 51
May 5th - Jacob Hintze, composer, dies at 79
May 27th - Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b. 1628)
Jun 15th - Georg E Rumphius, German nature explorer, dies
Sep 17th - Olof Rudbeck, composer, dies at 71
Sep 22nd - Hoessein Koprulu, Turkish great vizer (peace of Karlowitz), dies
Sep 28th - Robert Spencer 2nd earl of Sunderland, Engl PM (1687-88), dies at 61
Oct 17th - Walraad the Old, count/soverign of Nassau-Usingen, dies
Nov 4th - John Benbow, English vice-admiral (Santa Marta), dies
Nov 4th - Thomas Eisenhut, composer, dies at 58