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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

Births

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)

Deaths

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)

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