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What Happened in April 1707

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Historical Events

  • Apr 25 Battle of Almansa; Franco-Spanish forces defeat British and Portuguese
  • Apr 29 English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May)

Events in 1707

Famous Birthdays

Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)

Apr 15 Swiss mathematician (Euler's Constant), born in Basel, Switzerland

Leonhard Euler
  • Apr 22 Henry Fielding, English novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones), born in Sharpham, Somerset, England (d. 1754)
  • Apr 26 Johannes Burman, Dutch botanist, plant author and physician, born in Amsterdam (d. 1779)
Born in 1707

Famous Deaths

  • Apr 6 Willem van de Velde the Younger, Dutch seascape painter, dies at 73
  • Apr 20 Johann Christoph Denner, German musician and inventor (clarinet), dies at 51
  • Apr 29 George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)

Famous People by Cause of Death

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