Today in History for Year 1707

Months in Year 1707: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 10 of 10

Jan 1st - John V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
Apr 25th - Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
Apr 29th - English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union; form Great Britain
May 1st - England, Wales & Scotland form UK of Great Britain
Jun 13th - Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rákóczi II
Aug 22nd - Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon
Aug 22nd - Sweden & Prussia sign military treaty
Sep 15th - Rákóczi II & Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement
Nov 22nd - Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland
Dec 16th - Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 22nd - Carl Hockh, composer
Feb 7th - Carl August Thielo, composer
Feb 15th - Claude Prosper, Paris France, novelist
Feb 25th - Carlo Goldoni, Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of 3 Oranges)
Mar 7th - Stephen Hopkins, (Gov-RI) signed Decl of Ind
Apr 15th - Leonhard Euler, Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant)
Apr 22nd - Henry Fielding, England, novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones)
Apr 27th - John Burman, Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens
May 13th - Carl von Linné, Swedish scientist (d. 1778)
May 14th - Antonio Teixeira, composer
May 23rd - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy (d. 1778)
Jul 14th - Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer
Aug 24th - Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
Sep 7th - George-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, writer on natural history
Dec 18th - Charles Wesley, co-founder (Methodist movement)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Oct 17th - German composer Johann S Bach marries for the 1st time his cousin Maria Barbara Bach

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 25 of 25

Jan 4th - Louis Willem I, count of Baden-Baden, dies
Jan 8th - John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)
Jan 10th - Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)
Jan 20th - Humphrey Hody, English theologian (b. 1659)
Feb 20th - Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies
Mar 3rd - Aurangzeb, Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at 88
Mar 30th - Vauban, French architect (b. 1633)
Apr 6th - Willem Van de Velde, the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73
Apr 29th - George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)
May 3rd - Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53
May 9th - Dietrich Buxtehude, German organist/composer, dies at about 69
May 27th - Marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)
Jun 16th - Marie d'Orleans-Longueville, Duchess de Nemours, sovereign princess of Neuchâtel and writer (b. 1625)
Jun 23rd - John Mill, English theologian
Jun 24th - Kaspar von Stieler, German linguist/poet, dies at 74
Aug 18th - William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and statesman (b. 1640)
Aug 20th - Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (b. 1627)
Sep 15th - George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
Sep 24th - Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
Oct 2nd - Anne Jules duke the Noailles, marshal of France (huguenot), dies at 57
Oct 5th - Daniel Speer, composer, dies at 71
Oct 22nd - Cloudesley Shovell, Admiral, drowns at Scilly
Dec 1st - Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
Dec 24th - Noel Coypel, French painter, dies at 78
Dec 27th - Jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)