Editing 1707 (section)

== Events ==
[[File:Fuji.jpg|thumb|right|[[December 16]]: The [[Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji|last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji]] begins.]] 
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned [[King of Portugal and the Algarves]] in [[Lisbon]]. 
* [[January 16]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1707|Treaty (or Act) of Union]], of the two Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]], is ratified by the [[Parliament of Scotland]] by a vote of 110 to 68.  <ref>Robert S. Rait, ''The Parliaments of Scotland'' (Maclehose, Jackson and Company, 1924) p.121</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash;  [[Great Northern War]]: Eighteen months after losing the [[Battle of Warsaw (1705)|Battle of Warsaw]], while leading a cavalry charge for [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]] against the army of [[Sweden]], General [[Otto Arnold von Paykull|Otto von Paykull]] of [[Swedish Livonia]] is [[decapitation|beheaded]] outside of [[Stockholm]], following his conviction for treason.  
* [[February 15]] &ndash; As part of the process of the [[Acts of Union 1707|unification of Scotland and England as Great Britain]], [[Scotland]] [[List of elections of Scottish representative peers|selects 16 members]] to sit in the [[House of Lords]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Mughal Empire|Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] dies in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union]] with Scotland is ratified by the [[Parliament of England]]; the [[Parliament of Scotland]] is adjourned for the last time on [[May 1]], 1707.

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 25]] (April 14 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Almansa]]: The [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] army of [[Enlightenment in Spain|Spain]] and [[Kingdom of France|France]] (with Irish mercenaries) under the French-born Englishman [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]], soundly defeats the allied forces of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], and the [[Dutch Republic]] led by the French-born [[Huguenot]] (in English service) [[Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway]]. Following this, [[Philip V of Spain]] promulgates the first [[Nueva Planta decrees]], bringing the Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Valencia|Valencia]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] under the laws of the [[Crown of Castile]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofspainpo00payn|title=A History of Spain and Portugal|volume=2|chapter=Chapter 16: The Eighteenth-Century Bourbon Regime in Spain|first=Stanley G.|last=Payne|year=1973|location=Madison|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=0-299-06270-8|access-date=2008-04-17|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] – The [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] are united as the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Xàtiva (1707)|siege of Játiva]] within the Spanish [[kingdom of Valencia]] begins as 9,000 Castilian and French troops, at the direction of [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip V]] attack Játiva, defended by troops of the [[Kingdom of Aragon]].  Játiva (now [[Xàtiva]]) falls on June 6. 
* [[May 12]] (May 1 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being, as a result of the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union]], which combine the Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]] into a single united [[Kingdom of Great Britain]],<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/ Acts of Union 1707] parliament.uk, accessed 31 December 2010.</ref> and merge the Parliaments of [[Parliament of England|England]] and [[Parliament of Scotland|Scotland]], to form the [[Parliament of Great Britain]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology291">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/291 291]|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/291}}</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; The [[volcanic eruption]] in the [[Santorini caldera]] begins.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; On the island now occupied by [[Sri Lanka]], [[Vira Narendra Sinha of Kandy|Narendra Sinha]] becomes the monarch of most of the area as the new [[Kingdom of Kandy|Kandyan]] king, succeeding to the throne upon the death of his father, King [[Vimaladharmasuriya II of Kandy|Vimaladharmasuriya II]].  Narendra Sinha reigns for almost 32 years until his death on May 13, 1739.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; The soldiers and officers defending the Aragonese city of Játiva are massacred after a larger force of Castilian troops breaks through the walls at the end of a [[Siege of Xàtiva (1707)|30-day siege]].  The rest of the town's residents are deported, and most of the dwellings are burned, with the area being renamed "San Felipe".  <ref>Ventura Pascual i Beltran, ''Datos para la historia del exterminio de Játiva en la Guerra de Sucesión'' (Associació d'Amics de la Costera, 1925) p. 177</ref> 
* [[June 8]] &ndash; Less than three months after proclaiming himself to be the new [[Mughal emperor|Emperor of India]], [[Muhammad Azam Shah]] and his three sons are killed in a battle by his troops led by his half-brother [[Bahadur Shah I|Muhammad Mu'azzam]]
* [[June 13]] &ndash; On [[Francis II Rákóczi]]'s recommendation, and with Count Miklos Bercsényi's support, a meeting of the Hungarian independence activists, held at the village of [[Ónod]]  declares the deposing of the [[House of Habsburg]] (and [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph I, King of Hungary]] from the Hungarian throne.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; The coronation of Muhammad Mu'azzam as the new Emperor of India, [[Bahadur Shah I]], takes place in [[Delhi]]
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Yeshe Gyatso]] is installed as the new [[Dalai Lama]] by his father, [[Lha-bzang Khan]], who has recently deposed the [[6th Dalai Lama]].  Though the justification is that the 21-year-old Yeshe was the true reincarnation of the [[5th Dalai Lama]], Yeshe receives no recognition from Buddhists in Tibet or Mongolia and the [[7th Dalai Lama]] is installed in 1710.

=== July&ndash; September ===
* [[July 29]]&ndash;[[August 21]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Toulon (1707)|Battle of Toulon]]:  The Allies are obliged to withdraw, but the French fleet is effectively put out of action.
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Charles XII of Sweden]] launches his campaign to conquer Russia, marching to the east from [[Altranstädt]] with 60,000 coalition troops. <ref name=Poltova>[https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/2018/12/17/battle-of-poltava-blunting-the-swedish-empire/  "Battle of Poltava: Blunting the Swedish Empire"], Warfare History Network</ref>   Another 16,000 soldiers are waiting on the outskirts of [[Riga]], guarding the [[Sweden|Swedish]] supply lines.
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Durazzo]] is elected to a 2-year term as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]] (including the island of [[Corsica]]), succeeding the outgoing Doge, [[Domenico Maria De Mari]].
* [[September 18]]&ndash;[[October 4]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: The [[Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1707)|siege]] of the fortress of [[Ciudad Rodrigo]], led by troops under the command of [[Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay|Alexandre Maître]], begins and lasts for 16 days.  On the final day, General Maitre begins the attack that takes the fortress within 45 minutes.  
* [[September 30]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: the conquest by Austrian troops, of the Italian peninsula city state of [[Duchy of Gaeta|Gaeta]], is accomplished after a three-month siege led by General [[Wirich Philipp von Daun]].

=== October&ndash; December ===
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Scilly naval disaster of 1707|Scilly naval disaster]]: Four British [[Royal Navy]] ships run aground in the [[Isles of Scilly]], because of faulty [[navigation]]. Admiral Sir [[Cloudesley Shovell]] and at least 1,450 sailors all drown.
* [[October 23]] &ndash; The Parliament of the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] first meets in London.
* [[October 28]] &ndash; The [[1707 Hōei earthquake|Hōei earthquake]] (the most powerful in Japan until [[2011]]) strikes, with an estimated [[Richter magnitude scale|local magnitude]] of 8.6 and kills at least 5,000 people.
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: The [[Siege of Pensacola (1707)|Siege of Pensacola]] ends, with the Spanish successfully defending their fort.
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The [[Hōei eruption of Mount Fuji|last recorded eruption of Mount Fuji]] begins in Japan.
* [[December 24]] &ndash; The first British Governor of [[Gibraltar]], directly appointed by [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]], [[Roger Elliott (governor)|Roger Elliott]], takes up his residence in the Convent of the Franciscan Friars.
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[Charles XII of Sweden]] and his coalition of troops begin crossing the first line of defense of the [[Russian Empire]], the [[Vistula River]], in their attempt to conquer Russia. <ref name=Poltova/>

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* A fortress is founded on the future site of [[Abakan|Ust-Abakanskoye]] (modern [[Abakan]]).
* The [[Lao people|Lao]] empire of [[Lan Xang]] officially ends, and splits into the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Vientiane|Vientiane]], [[Kingdom of Luang Phrabang|Luang Prabang]], and [[Kingdom of Champasak|Champasak]].
* ''Hacienda [[Juriquilla]]'' is built in [[Querétaro]], Mexico.
* The [[English Parliament]] establishes the first [[turnpike trust]]s, which place a length of [[road]] under the control of trustees, drawn from local landowners and traders. The trusts borrow capital for road maintenance against the security of tolls, and this arrangement becomes the common method of road maintenance for the next 150 years.
* [[Battle of Yuraktau (1707)|Battle of Yuraktau]], the event that leads to the strengthening of the [[Bashkir rebellion of 1704–1711]].</onlyinclude>