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1707| 1689–1724 | UK [horse-racing] | The Byerley Turk, the Darley Arabian, and the Godolphin Arab, the horses from which all modern thoroughbreds are descended in the male line, are imported to England from the Middle East and north Africa. | | 1707 | UK [everyday life] | English grocers William Fortnum and Hugh Mason open Fortnum and Mason's, a high-quality grocery shop, in Piccadilly, London, England. | | 1707 | [maths] | The French mathematician Abraham de Moivre uses trigonometric functions to represent complex numbers for the first time, in the form cos z + i(sin nx) where cos x is the real part of the complex number, i(sin x) is the imaginary part, and i is the square root of -1. | | 1707 | UK [theatre and dance] | The comedy The Beaux Stratagem by the Irish dramatist George Farquhar is first performed, in London, England. | | 1 January 1707 | Portugal [political events] | João V, regent of Portugal in 1704 and 1705, succeeds to the throne following the death of his father Pedro II. | | 3 March 1707 | India, Mogul Empire [political events] | The death of the Mogul emperor Aurangzeb, whose formerly successful rule in India has been increasingly challenged by the Marathas and other enemies, leads to the succession of Bahadur, who oversees the further crumbling of the empire. | | 3 March 1707 | India [births and deaths] | Aurangzeb, Mogul emperor of India 1658–1707, dies in India (88). | | 1 May 1707 | UK [political events] | The Act of Union unites England and Scotland as the United Kingdom of Great Britain. The terms of the act provide for: (a) the Hanoverian succession; (b) one Parliament, to which Scotland is to send members; (c) the churches remaining as before; and (d) adoption of one flag, the Union Jack. |
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