History
1707
General
Population: 655 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Farquhar (comedy), Alain Rene Lesage, Edward Lhuyd (Celtic language)
Music includes Isaac Watts "Hymns and Songs", Handel in Venice meeting with Domenico Scarlatti, Bach (first cantatas)
- Medicine: Sir John Floyer introduces counting of rate of pulse beats
- Sports: Cricket mentioned in Chamberlayne's "State of England"
- Technology: Denis Papin invents high-pressure boiler
E.W. von Tschirnhans assisted by alchemist J.F. Bottger discovers the secret of "hard" porcelain similar to that of China
- Deaths: Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb, Artist Willem van de Velde the Younger, Composer Dietrich Buxtehude, Composer Guiseppe Aldrovandini,
Dramatist George Farquhar, Peter II of Portugal, Benedictine scholar Jean Mabillon
Americas
- Canada: British land in Acadia at French Canada
Asia
- India: Moghul empire begins to break up as Aurangzeb dies in Hindustan - succeeded by Bahadur Shah
Division of India
- Japan: Mt. Fuji begins erupting - last eruption
Tsunami in Honshu kills 30,000
Europe
- General: "Perpetual Alliance" signed between Prussia and Sweden
Charles XII and Stanislav come to understanding with Cossack hetman Ivan Stepanovich Mazeppa concerning the Ukraine
- German States: Fischer von Erlach finishes Kollegien-Kirche in Salzburg
Billiards introduced in Berlin coffeehouses
Great German organ builder Gottfried Silbermann builds first organ at Frauenstein in Saxony
- Great Britain: Act of Union unites England and Scotland - formation of Great Britain
Scotland riots due to fear of English domination but towns grow rapidly
Anne of England ceremonially visits St. Paul's to rouse nationalism
Sarah Churchill – estranged by political differences begins veiled accusations of lesbianism
Sarah who would put out Queen's jewels was also offended when Anne refused to wear them and they have a teriffic fight
German merchants lose trading rights in Shetland
- Italian States: Naples returns to Italian control (Spanish since 1504)
Vesuvius erupts
- Portugal: Death of Peter II of Portugal – John V rules
- Spain: Battle of Almanza – Allied forces defeated by Spain