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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1707 AD
January
January 1: Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal
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April
April 25: Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese
April 29: English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
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May
May 1: England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain
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June
June 13: Hungary declares itself independent under Ferenc Rakoczi II
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August
August 22: Prince Eugenius van Savoye siege of Toulon
August 22: Sweden and Prussia sign military treaty
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September
September 15: Rakoczi II and Czar Peter the Great sign social security agreement
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October
October 17: German composer Johann S Bach marries his niece Maria Bach
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November
November 22: Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Friesland
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