Explore 141 historical events from 1700–1709.
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)
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)
Louis I was King of Spain from 15 January 1724 until his death in August the same year. His reign is one of the shortest in history, lasting for just over seven months.
Louis I of Spain (died 1724)
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, since called the …
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)
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)
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)
John Mill was an English theologian noted for his critical edition of the Greek New Testament which included notes on over thirty-thousand variant readings in the manuscripts of th…
John Mill, English theologian and author (born 1645)
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire was an English Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 until 1684 when he inherited his father's peerage as E…
William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1640)
Nicolas Gigault was a French Baroque organist and composer. Born into poverty, he quickly rose to fame and high reputation among fellow musicians. His surviving works include the e…
Nicolas Gigault, French organist and composer (born 1627)
George Stepney was an English poet and diplomat.
George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (born 1663)
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 siege of Pensacola included two separate attempts in 1707 by English-supported Creek Indians to capture the town and fortress of Pensacola, one of two major settlements in Span…
The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British and Creek abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola…
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)
John Dollond was an English optician known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.
John Dollond, English optician and astronomer (died 1761)
Baron Johan Augustin Mannerheim was a Swedish nobleman, the Artillery Colonel and the Gothenburg Commandant. He was a great-great-grandfather of Baron C. G. E. Mannerheim, the Mars…
Johan Augustin Mannerheim, Swedish nobleman and military leader (died 1778)
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville or Sieur d'Iberville was a French military officer, explorer, colonial administrator and merchant. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in N…
Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville, Canadian captain and explorer (born 1661)
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
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 Acts of Union 1707 are agreed upon by commissioners from the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland,…
The War of the Spanish Succession was a conflict between the European great powers, fought between 1701 and 1714. The death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 le…
War of the Spanish Succession: Siege of Turin ends, leading to the withdrawal of French forces from North Italy.
Colonel Edward Nott was an English Colonial Governor of Virginia. He was appointed by Queen Anne on either April 25, 1705 or August 15, 1705. His administration lasted only one yea…
Edward Nott, English politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (born 1654)
Cornelis de Man was a Dutch Golden Age painter.
Cornelis de Man, Dutch painter (born 1621)