- March 1
- First day of Gregorian calendar in Denmark and Norway. [983.24]
- March 25
- England, France and Netherlands ratify second Extermination treaty. [1]
- April 1
- English pranksters begin popularizing the annual tradition of April Fools' Day by playing practical jokes on each other. [129]
- May 1
- John Dryden English poet/playwright (Rival Ladies), dies. [1]
- May 7
- William Penn begins monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation. [1]
- August 8
- Denmark signs the peace treaty of Traventhal with Sweden. [7]
- August 19
- Russia declares war on Sweden. [7]
- November 16
- Last day of Julian calendar in Iceland and Faero Islands. Next day is November 28. [983.24]
- November 20
- At Narva, Swedish King Karl XII with about 10,000 men defeats the Russian army of 40,000. [7]
- November 28
- First day of Gregorian calendar in Iceland and the Faero Islands. [983.24]
- December 1
- Willem ten Rhijne Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about age 53. [1]
- December 12
- Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/Ijsselstein adopt Gregorian calendar. [1]
- December 31
- Frisia/Groningen adopt Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is January 12, 1701. [1]
1701
- January 1
- Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom. [1]
- Pietro Sanmartini composer, dies at age 64. [1]
- January 4
- Ernst R Tarhemberg Austria, field marshal, dies at age 62. [1]
- January 12
- Parts of the Netherlands (Frisia and Groningen) adopt the Gregorian calendar (others one year later). [1]
- January 18
- Frederik I/Sophie Charlotte van Hanover crowned king/queen of Prussia. [1] [37]
- February 15
- Adam Drese German composer, dies at age 80. [1]
- March 9
- France, Cologne and Bavaria sign alliance. [1]
- March 10
- Johann Schelle composer, dies at age 52. [1]
- March 27
- Anne Hilarion de Cotentin count of Tourville/French Admiral, dies at age 58. [1]
- March 28
- Domenico Guidi Italian sculptor, dies at age 75. [1]
- April 29
- Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701. [1]
- May 12
- Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701). [1]
- May 23
- Captain Kidd hung in London, England, after conviction of piracy and murder. [1] [343.15] [407.60]
- William Kidd Scottish pirate, hanged at London's Execution Dock. [1]
- June 12
- Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover. [1]
- July 24
- French make first landing at site of Detroit. [1]
- September 6
- James II king of England (1685-88), dies at age 68. [1]
- October 9
- Collegiate School of Ct (Yale U), chartered in New Haven. [1]
1702
- January 6
- Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1]
- January 13
- Peter Rabus Dutch poet/translator (Great Name Book), dies at age 41. [1]
- January 17
- Thomas Franklin English smith/uncle of B Franklin, dies. [1]
- March 8
- England's Queen Anne ascends throne upon death of King William III. [1] [309.60]
- John de Baen portrait painter/etcher, buried at age 69. [1]
- William III Dutch King of England (1689-1702), dies at age 51. [1]
- March 11
- First English daily newspaper, "Daily Courant", is published. [1]
- March 19
- James II's daughter Anne Stuart becomes queen of England. [1]
- Willem III Henry [Dutch William], king of England/Scotland, dies at age 51. [1]
- March 21
- Queen Anne Stuart addresses English parliament. [1]
- April 20
- Comet C/1702 H1 approaches within 0.0437 astronomical units (AUs) of Earth. [1]
- April 27
- Jean Bart French captain/sea hero (Escape out of Plymouth), dies at age 51. [1]
- May 5
- Jacob Hintze composer, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 14
- England and Netherlands declares war on France and Spain. [1]
- Swedish troops under King Charles XII occupy Warsaw. [1]
- May 15
- War of Spanish Succession, first American conflict between England and France. [1]
- June 1
- England enters the War of Spanish Succession. [857.29]
- October 12
- Tsar Peter of Russia captures Schlüsselburg. [452.48]
1703
- January 16
- Matteo Coferati composer, dies at age 64. [1]
- March 3
- Robert Hooke scientific genius, dies in London. [1]
- March 20
- Johann Kunckel/Kunkel German alchemist/ambassador to Sweden, dies. [1]
- April 26
- Georg Christoph Leuttner composer, dies at age 58. [1]
- May 1
- Battle at Rultusk: Swedish army beats Russians. [1]
- Kiva Yoshinaka Japanese monarch, murdered. [1]
- May 2
- Portugal signs treaty with England to become a Great Covenant. [1]
- May 3
- Eglon van de Down still-life painter, dies. [1]
- May 16
- Charles Perrault author/fairy tale writer, dies. [1]
- May 18
- Dutch and English troops occupy Cologne. [1]
- May 21
- Roemer Vlacq Dutch Admiral, dies in battle. [1]
- May 26
- Samuel Pepys English marine expert (Diary)/composer, dies at age 70. [1]
- May 27
- Tsar Peter the Great founds the city of Saint Petersburg. [1] [5]
- July 31
- Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers. [5]
- November 24
- First Lutheran pastor ordained in America, Justus Falckner at Philadelphia. [1]
- November 26
- Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships. [1]
- A severe storm destroys the Eddystone lighthouse off Plymouth, Devon, England, killing resident designer Mr. Winstanley. [272.623]
- December 27
- England and Portugal sign Methuen-Asiento-trade agreement. [1]
- December 29
- Mustapha II sultan (Turkey), dies at age 39. [1]
- December 30
- Tokyo hit by earthquake; about 37,000 die. [1]
1704
- January 21
- Willem B Schepers Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about age 83. [1]
- February 2
- Guillaume F A de l'Hospital French mathematician, dies at about age 62. [1]
- February 23
- Georg Muffat French/German organist/composer, dies at age 50. [1]
- February 24
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier French composer (church music), dies. [1]
- February 28
- Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York City, New York. [1]
- Indians attack Deerfield Massachusetts, kill 40, kidnap 100. [1]
- February 29
- French and Indians attack Deerfield Massachusetts, kill 50, abduct 100. [1]
- March 17
- Menno baron van Coehoorn fort builder/Coevorden/howitzer, dies at age 63. [1]
- April 12
- John Hudde 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at age 76. [1]
- April 17
- First successful US newspaper; published in Boston by John Campbell. [1]
- May 1
- Boston Newsletter publishes first newspaper ad. [1]
- May 3
- Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Austrian violist/composer, dies at age 59. [1]
- May 20
- Elias Neau forms school for slaves in New York. [1]
- July 21
- 1900 English and 400 Dutch marines land on Gibraltar Isthmus, succeeding in isolating the rock from the mainland. [857.29]
- July 26
- Spain surrenders fortress of Gibralter to England. [1] [857.29]
- August 13
- English defeat French at Battle of Blenheim in Bavaria. Duke of Marlborough is victorious cutting French line in two by cavalry attack in canter. 20,000 French killed, 14,000 taken prisoner. [1] [858.33]
- October 4
- French land over 11,000 French and Spanish marines at Gibraltar, to attempt to retake the fort from the British. [857.29]
1705
- January 8
- Georg F Händels first opera "Almira" premieres in Hamburg. [1]
- January 15
- Walraad the Young, Earl of Nassau-Ottweiler/Governor of Nijmegen, dies. [1]
- February 5
- Jean Gilles composer, dies at age 37. [1]
- April 16
- Queen Anne of England knights Isaac Newton at Trinity College. [1]
- April 20
- French and Spanish leave Gibraltar, leaving behind 12,000 dead, wounded, or missing troops. [857.30]
- May 5
- Leopold I von Hapsburg, Emperor of Holy Roman Empire, dies at age 64. [1]
- June 18
- Cornerstone is laid by Sir John Vanbrugh for Duke of Marlborough's house, also known as Blenheim Palace, in Oxfordshire, England. [858.33]
1706
- February 13
- Battle at Fraustadt Swedish army beats Russia/Saksen. [1]
- February 27
- John Evelyn diarist, dies. [1]
- March 3
- Johann Pachelbel organist/composer (Sterbens-Gedancken), dies at age 52. [1]
- March 8
- Vienna's Wiener Stadtbank established. [1]
- March 9
- Johann Pachelbel German organist/composer, dies at age 52. [1]
- April 19
- Galenus Abrahamsz de Haen Dutch baptist leader, dies. [1]
- April 29
- Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria. [1]
- May 23
- Battle of Ramillies-Marlborough defeats French; 17,000 killed. [1]
- November 3
- In Italy, a violent earthquake killed 15,000 inhabitants. [53]
- December 9
- Pedro II king of Portugal (1683-1706), dies at age 58. [1]
- December 28
- Pierre Bayle French theologist (History of Criticism), dies at age 59. [1]
1707
- January 1
- Jacob V succeeds his father Pedro II as king of Portugal. [1]
- January 4
- Louis Willem I count of Baden-Baden, dies. [1]
- February 20
- Aurangzeb Mogul emperor of India (1658-1707), dies. [1]
- March 3
- Aurangzeb Emperor of India (1658-1707), dies at age 88. [1]
- March 30
- Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, dies at age 73. [1]
- April 6
- Willem Van de Velde the Young, Dutch seascape painter, dies a 73. [1]
- April 25
- Battle of Almansa-Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portuguese. [1]
- April 29
- English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain. [1]
- May 1
- Act of Union between England and Scotland takes effect. [1] [391.30]
- May 3
- Michiel de Swaen South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at age 53. [1]
- May 9
- Dietrich Buxtehude German organist/composer, dies at about age 69. [1]
- October 23
- The parliament of Great Britain first meets. [5]
- December 1
- Jeremiah Clarke composer, dies. [1]
- December 24
- Noel Coypel French painter, dies at age 78. [1]
1708
- January 23
- Thomas Bullis composer, dies at age 80. [1]
- February 24
- Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen. [1]
- February 28
- Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island New York, 11 die. [1]
- March 23
- English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth. [1]
- March 27
- English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk. [1]
- April 30
- Simon de Vries book seller/writer (Unequal), dies. [1]
- May 27
- Jacques Danican Philidor composer, dies at age 51. [1]
- August 29
- Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French and Indians. [1]
- December 1
- Great Alliance occupies Brussels. [1]
- December 14
- Prosper Jolyot's "Electre" premieres in Paris. [1]
- December 29
- Great Alliance occupies Gent. [1]
- December 31
- Great Alliance captures Bridge. [1]
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