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Historical Event(s)
– John V is crowned King of Portugal.
– The Scottish Parliament ratifies the Act of Union, paving the way for the creation of Great Britain.
– The Acts of Union 1707 is signed, officially uniting the Kingdoms of England and Scotland to create the Kingdom of Great Britain.
– The Habsburg army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
– The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
– Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown.
– The first Parliament of Great Britain meets.
– The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan
– Last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan.
Who Were Born On ?
– Carlo Goldoni, Italian writer (d. 1793)
– Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician (d. 1783)
– Henry Fielding, English author (d. 1754)
– Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
– Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon, English Evangelical Revivalist (d. 1791)
– King Louis I of Spain, (d. 1724)
– Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French naturalist, biologist and author (d. 1788)
– Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (d. 1788)