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| 1 | 1701 | - 1701: England - Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
- 1701: England - Death of James II in exile, King Louis of France recognises James's son as King James III
- 1701: England - The Act of Settlement settles the Royal Succession on the Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover. William III forms a grand alliance between England, Holland and Austria to prevent the union of the Spanish and French crowns. The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out in Europe over the vacant throne
- 1701: CA - Detroit, Michigan founded as Fort Pontchartrain du détroit by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac.
- 1701: CA - War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702.
- 1701: CA- Peace treaty signed between the Iroquois Confederacy and the French and English.
- 1701: NL - Lodewijk XIV bezet de Zuidelijke Nederlanden.
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| 2 | 1702 | - 1702: England - Queen Anne, ruler of England to 1714. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
- 1702: England - England tries to prevent grandson of Louis of France from taking Spanish throne; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, instrumental in uniting England, Holland, Austria and Germany against France (period to 1713)
- 1702: England - Queen Anne's War: England declares war on France as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. English Colonies vs France 1702-1713.
- 1702: England - Death of King William III in a riding accident. He is succeeded by his sister-in-law.
- 1702: England - Freehold yeomen represent one eigth of population of England. Substantial tenant farmers represent a little less; coffee houses become popular
- 1702: CA - For the next 11 years, The short-lived Peace of Ryswick collapses with the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, which erupts in the colonies as Queen Anne's War. It ends with France losing North American territory to Britain.
- 1702: NL - Willem III van Oranje-Nassau overlijdt aan de gevolgen van een val van zijn paard op Hampton Court.
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| 3 | 1703 | - 1703: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England - Birth of John Wesley. By 1784, 356 Methodist chapels built in places lacking church
- 1703: CA - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil becomes Governor of New France.
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| 4 | 1704 | - 1704: England - Johann Sebastian Bach began composing music
- 1704: Gibraltar - British capture Gibraltar from Spain
- 1704: CA - French destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.
- 13 Aug 1704: England - British, Dutch, German and Austrian troops, under the Duke of Marlborough, defeat the French and Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim
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| 5 | 1706 | - 1706: London, England - The Evening Post, first evening newspaper issued
- 23 May 1706: Netherlands - British, Bavarian and Austrian troops under Marlborough defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies, and expel the French from the Netherlands
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| 6 | 1707 | - 1707: Great Britain - The Act of Union unites the kingdoms of England and Scotland and transfers the seat of Scottish Government to London
- 1707: CA - Port Royal is attacked twice by the English from Massachusetts.
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| 7 | 1708 | - 1708: NL - Strenge winter : vorst van 24 December tot in Mei.
- 11 Jul 1708: England - The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Oudenarde. The French incur heavy losses. Queen Anne vetoes a parliamentary bill to recognise the Scottish militia. This is the last time a bill is vetoed by the sovereign
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| 9 | 1710 | - 1710: Great Britain - Wooden panelling replaces tapestry as wall covering
- 1710: Great Britain - A Tory ministry is formed, under Harley, with the impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell and the fall of the Whig government
- 1710: CA - Francis Nicholson captures Port Royal for England.
- 1710: CA - The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia.
- 1710: CA - The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal.
- 1710: CA - The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. Itinerant Assiniboine Indians bring them from Mandan settlements to their own territories southwest of Lake Winnipeg.
- 1710: UK - Three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican are received in Queen Anne's court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.
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| 10 | 1711 | - 1711: Great Britain - Englishman John Shore invents the tuning fork.
- 1711: NL - Johan Willem Friso, erfstadhouder van Friesland, verdrinkt in het Hollands Diep.
- 1711: US - Tuscarora War on North Carolina frontier fought between British settlers and Tuscarora Indians. Remnants of this Iroquoian tribe migrate north.
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