1707

1707 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1707; MDCCVII
Ab urbe condita	2460
Armenian calendar	1156; ԹՎ ՌՃԾԶ
Assyrian calendar	6457
Balinese saka calendar	1628–1629
Bengali calendar	1114
Berber calendar	2657
British Regnal year	5 Ann. 1 – 6 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar	2251
Burmese calendar	1069
Byzantine calendar	7215–7216
Chinese calendar	丙戌年 (Fire Dog); 4403 or 4343; — to —; 丁亥年 (Fire Pig); 4404 or 4344
Coptic calendar	1423–1424
Discordian calendar	2873
Ethiopian calendar	1699–1700
Hebrew calendar	5467–5468
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1763–1764
- Shaka Samvat	1628–1629
- Kali Yuga	4807–4808
Holocene calendar	11707
Igbo calendar	707–708
Iranian calendar	1085–1086
Islamic calendar	1118–1119
Japanese calendar	Hōei 4; (宝永４年)
Javanese calendar	1630–1631
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4040
Minguo calendar	205 before ROC; 民前205年
Nanakshahi calendar	239
Thai solar calendar	2249–2250
Tibetan calendar	阳火狗年; (male Fire-Dog); 1833 or 1452 or 680; — to —; 阴火猪年; (female Fire-Pig); 1834 or 1453 or 681

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1670s 1680s 1690s – 1700s – 1710s 1720s 1730s
Years:	1704 1705 1706 – 1707 – 1708 1709 1710

1707 (MDCCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1707th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 707th year of the 2nd millennium, the 7th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1707, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events[change | change source]

January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal
May 1 – The Acts of Union 1707 become law, making the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland into one country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
April 25 – Allied army is defeated by Bourbonic army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession.
September 29 – Four British Royal Navy ships run aground near Scilly Isles because of faulty navigation – Admiral Sir Cloddisley Shovel and thousands of sailors drown
October 23 – First Parliament of Great Britain.
A fortress is founded on the future site of Ust-Abakanskoye (modern Abakan).
Mount Fuji in Japan erupts.
The Lao empire of Lan Xang officially ends and splits into the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak.