1707

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1670s 1680s 1690s – 1700s – 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years:	1704 1705 1706 – 1707 – 1708 1709 1710

Events change

January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal
May 1 – The Acts of Union 1707 become law, making the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the United 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.