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29 novembre: Eustachio Manfredi e Vittorio Francesco Stancari scoprono la cometa C/1707 W1. Nati. Gennaio. 8 gennaio - Luigi di Borbone-Francia, nobile francese († 1712) 11 gennaio - Vincenzo Riccati, matematico e fisico italiano († 1775) 13 gennaio - John Boyle, V conte di Cork, scrittore irlandese († 1762)
- Atto di Unione
Gli Atti ebbero effetto il 1º maggio 1707; in questa data,...
- Storia del Regno Unito
La storia del Regno Unito inizia nei primi anni del XVIII...
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January–March
1. January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarves in Lisbon. 2. January 16 – The Treaty (or Act) of Union, of the two Kingdoms of Scotland and England, is ratified by the Parliament of Scotlandby a vote of 110 to 68. 3. February 4 – Eighteen months after losing the Battle of Warsaw while leading a cavalry charge for Saxony against the army of Sweden during the Great Northern War, General Otto von Paykull of Swedish Livonia is beheaded outside of Stockholmfollowing his convict...
April–June
1. April 25 (April 14 Old Style) – War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Almansa: The Bourbon army of Spain and France (with Irish mercenaries) under the French-born Englishman James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, soundly defeats the allied forces of Portugal, 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 Valencia a...
July– September
1. July 29–August 21 – War of the Spanish Succession – Battle of Toulon: The Allies are obliged to withdraw, but the French fleet is effectively put out of action. 2. August 27 – Charles XII of Sweden launches his campaign to conquer Russia, marching to the east from Altranstädt with 60,000 coalition troops. Another 16,000 soldiers are waiting on the outskirts of Riga, guarding the Swedishsupply lines. 3. September 14 – Vincenzo Durazzo is elected to a 2-year term as the new Doge of the Repub...
January–March
1. January 2 – Johann Adam Lehmus, German poet of numerous spiritual songs (d. 1788) 2. January 8 – Louis, Duke of Brittany, second son of Louis of France (d. 1712) 3. January 11 – Giuseppe Bonito, Neapolitan painter of the Rococo period (d. 1789) 4. January 13 – John Boyle, 5th Earl of Cork, Irish writer (d. 1762) 5. January 17 – Prospero Colonna di Sciarra, Italian cardinal of the family of the dukes of Carbognano (d. 1765) 6. January 22 – Carl Höckh, German violinist and composer (d. 1773)...
April–June
1. April 4 – Hans Karl von Winterfeldt, Prussian general (d. 1757) 2. April 6 – Abraham de Haen, Dutch draughtsman, engraver, painter and poet (d. 1748) 3. April 10 3.1. Michel Corrette, French composer (d. 1795) 3.2. John Pringle, Scottish physician (d. 1782) 3.3. Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet (d. 1782) 4. April 13 – Sir Henry Cavendish, 1st Baronet, British politician who held several appointments in the Kingdom of Ireland (d. 1776) 5. April 15 5.1. Stefano Evodio Assemani, Ottoman-born ori...
July–September
1. July 7 – Henry Cunningam, Irish Anglican priest (d. 1777) 2. July 8 – Jacques-Philippe Le Bas, French engraver (d. 1783) 3. July 10 – Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet, of Little Preston, English landowner and curate (d. 1788) 4. July 17 – Johann Joseph von Trautson, Roman Catholic clergyman (d. 1757) 5. July 23 – Edward Bentham, Oxford based theologian who in 1763 (d. 1776) 6. August 4 – Johann August Ernesti, German Rationalist theologian and philologist (d. 1781) 7. August 5 – Pierre Ada...
January 1 – Eleanor de Moura, former Spanish viceroy of Sicily (b. c. 1642)January 4 – Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Germany (b. 1655)January 8 – John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair, Scottish politician (b. 1648)January 10 – Philibert, comte de Gramont, French writer (b. 1621)The Acts of Union (Scottish Gaelic: Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act 1707 passed by the Parliament of Scotland.
The Kingdom of Great Britain was born on 1 May 1707, shortly after the parliaments of Scotland and England had ratified the Treaty of Union by each approving Acts of Union combining the two parliaments and the powers of the two crowns.
1 May – England becomes part of the united kingdom of Great Britain as a result of the 1706 Treaty of Union that was ratified by the Acts of Union [2] and merges the Parliaments of England and Scotland to form the Parliament of Great Britain. [3]
