1707
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- January 1 - John V is crowned King of Portugal
- March 26 - The Act of Union becomes law, making the separate Kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- April 25 - Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
- September 29 - Four British Royal Navy ships run aground near Scilly Isles because of faulty navigation - Admiral Sir Cloddisley Shovel and thousands of sailors drown
- October 23 - First Parliament of Great Britain.
- A fortress is founded on the future site of Ust-Abakanskoye (modern Abakan).
- Mount Fuji in Japan erupts.
- The Lao empire of Lan Xang officially ends and splits into the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak.