1702
*
March 8 -
William III died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen
Anne of England,
Wales,
Scotland and
Ireland.
The States doesn't appoint a new
stadtholder, so the
United Provinces become a true republic again.
*
March 11 - The first regular
English language newspaper,
The Daily Courant. is published for the first time.
*May -
Warsaw is conquered by
Charles XII of Sweden, who later the same year defeat Poland again at
Kliszow.
*
May 4/
14 - The
War of the Spanish Succession widens, as war is declared on
France by the
Grand Alliance.
* June - Queen Anne's Captain-General
John Churchill forces the surrender of
Kaiserswerth on the
Rhine* September -
Churchill forces the surrender of
Venlo on the River
Meuse* October -
Sir George Rooke fails to take
Cádiz, but captures a Spanish treasure fleet and destroys French and Spanish
warships.
Churchill forces the surrender of
Liège*
December 14 -
John Churchill is created
Duke of Marlborough*
December 15 -
Forty-Seven Ronin, formerly in the service of
Asano Naganori, assault the household of
Kira Yoshinaka, and kill him in vengeance for their lord. Their display of the ideals of
bushido becomes a national legend.
*
October 27 -
English troops plunder
St. Augustine in
Florida*
January 14 -
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d.
1737)
*
March 27 -
Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d.
1762)
*
May 2 -
Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d.
1782)
*
June 26 -
Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d.
1751)
*
July 31 -
Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d.
1768)
*
March 8 -
William III of Orange/King
William III of England,
Wales,
Scotland and
Ireland (b.
1650)
*
April 23 -
Margaret Fell, English Quaker leader (b.
1614)
*
April 27 -
Jean Bart, French admiral (b.
1651)
*
May 27 -
Dominique Bouhours, French critic (b.
1628)
*
September 28 -
Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, English statesman (b.
1640)
*
November 4 -
John Benbow, English admiral (b.
1653)
