Explore 45 historical events from 1700–1709.
Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain…
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1640)
Angelo Italia was an Italian Jesuit and Baroque architect, who was born in Licata and died in Palermo. He designed a number of churches in Sicily, and later worked to reconstruct t…
Angelo Italia, Italian architect (born 1628)
The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. T…
The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect
The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. T…
Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain,
The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spani…
A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War
Jean Bart was a Franco-Flemish naval commander and privateer.
Jean Bart, French admiral (born 1651)
Henry Fielding was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of …
Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (died 1754)
Jean-Baptiste Barrière was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux, Gascony and died in Paris, at 40 years of age.
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (died 1747)
Margaret Fell or Margaret Fox was a founder and leading member of the Religious Society of Friends. Known popularly as the "mother of Quakerism," she is considered one of the Valia…
Margaret Fell, English religious leader, founded the Religious Society of Friends (born 1614)
George Farquhar was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Constant Couple (1699), The Recruiting Officer …
George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678)
Francis-Xavier de Montmorency-Laval, commonly referred to as François de Laval, was considered the founder of the Catholic faith in New France. He was a French Catholic prelate who…
François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (born 1623)
Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg, was the first Duke of the Mecklenburg-Strelitz, reigning from 1701 until his death. Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a part of the Holy Roman Em…
Adolphus Frederick II, duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1658)
The Battle of Almansa took place on 25 April 1707, during the War of the Spanish Succession. It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spani…
A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at Almansa (Spain) in the War
Jean-Baptiste Barrière was a French cellist and composer. He was born in Bordeaux, Gascony and died in Paris, at 40 years of age.
Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (died 1747)
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organ…
Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (died 1778)
George Farquhar was an Irish dramatist. He is noted for his contributions to late Restoration comedy, particularly for his plays The Constant Couple (1699), The Recruiting Officer …
George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (born 1678)
The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. T…
The Act of Union joining England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain takes effect
Henry Fielding was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of …
Henry Fielding, English novelist and playwright (died 1754)
Dieterich Buxtehude was a Danish composer and organist of the middle Baroque era, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various voca…
Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (born 1637)
Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart, Marquise of Montespan, commonly known as Madame de Montespan, was a French noblewoman and the most celebrated royal mistress of Kin…
Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (born 1640)
The Acts of Union refer to two acts of Parliament, one by the Parliament of Scotland in March 1707, followed shortly thereafter by an equivalent act of the Parliament of England. T…
Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain,
General John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, 1st Prince of Mindelheim, 1st Count of Nellenburg, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire was a British army officer and statesman. From a…
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, defeats a French army under Marshal François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy at t
Giovanni Battista or Giambattista Martini,, also known as Padre Martini, was an Italian Conventual Franciscan friar, who was a leading musician, composer, and music historian of th…
Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer (died 1780)
Andreas Felix von Oefele was a German historian and librarian.
Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian (died 1780)
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The death of Charles II of Spain in November 1700 without children led to a cont…
War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-d
Leopold I was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Germany, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria Anna of Spain…
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1640)
The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and jo…
The first regular newspaper in British Colonial America, The Boston News-Letter, is published
Benjamin Huntsman was an English inventor and manufacturer of cast or crucible steel.
Benjamin Huntsman, English inventor and businessman (died 1776)
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber was a Czech-Austrian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Princ…
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber, Czech-Austrian violinist and composer (born 1644)
Louis Bourdaloue was a French Jesuit and preacher.
Louis Bourdaloue, French preacher and author (born 1632)
John Campbell was an early American newspaper publisher and editor and Postmaster of Boston. He founded the first regularly published newspaper in British America, The Boston News-…
John Campbell released the first issue of The Boston News-Letter, the first continuously published newspaper in British
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)…
Daniel Defoe is imprisoned on charges of seditious libel
Peter I was the Tsar of all Russia from 1682 and the first Emperor of Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. Peter, a…
Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg
Lancelot Addison was an English writer and Church of England clergyman. He was born at Crosby Ravensworth in Westmorland. He was educated at the Queen's College, Oxford.
Lancelot Addison, English clergyman and educator (born 1632)