Explore 121 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)
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
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)
Madeleine de Scudéry, often known simply as Mademoiselle de Scudéry, was a French writer.
Madeleine de Scudéry, French author (born 1607)
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)
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,
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)
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)
John Hale was the Puritan pastor of Beverly, Massachusetts, and took part in the Salem witch trials in 1692. He was one of the most prominent and influential ministers associated w…
John Hale, American minister (born 1636)
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…
Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a…
Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão was a Portuguese Catholic priest and naturalist born in colonial Brazil, who was a pioneer of lighter-than-air aerostat design, being among the first …
Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon,…
Joachim Martin Falbe was a German portrait painter.
Joachim Martin Falbe, German painter (died 1782)
Francesco Domenico Araja was an Italian composer who spent 25 years in Russia and wrote at least 14 operas for the Russian imperial court, including Tsefal i Prokris, the first ope…
Francesco Araja, Italian composer (died 1762)
Étienne de Silhouette was a French Ancien Régime Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV.
Étienne de Silhouette, French translator and politician, Controller-General of Finances (died 1767)
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius was a Swedish chemist and mineralogist.
Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1785)
Hermann Anton Gelinek was a German monk and musician.
Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (died 1779)
Gharib Niwaz, also known as Pamheiba, was the ruler of the Manipur Kingdom, ruling from c. 1709 until his death in 1748. He introduced Hinduism as the state religion of his kingdom…
Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
Edward Lhuyd, also known as Edward Lhwyd and by other spellings, was a British scientist, geographer, historian and antiquary. He was the second Keeper of the University of Oxford'…
Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (born 1660)
Robert Bolling was an English-born merchant, planter and politician. He was the founder of the Bolling family of Virginia, one of the First Families of Virginia, with at least fift…
Robert Bolling, English planter and merchant (born 1646)
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the a…
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the…
Frederick Christian of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, was a member of the House of Hohenzollern and Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth.
Frederick Christian, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (died 1769)
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)
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…
A coalition army of Dutch, English and German troops under the duke of Marlborough defeats a French army under the…
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)
Ignatius George II was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1687 until his death in 1708.
Ignatius George II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (born 1648)
Tekle Haymanot I, throne name Le`al Sagad was Emperor of Ethiopia from 27 March 1706 until his death in 1708, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty. He was the son of Iyasu I and E…
Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (born 1684)
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
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 comes to an end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida.
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)
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)
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)