1700 to 1709

1700

jun - Massachusetts passes a law ordering all Roman Catholic priests to leave the colony within three months. New York then passes a similar law.
x - Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Jewish Hasidism, is born. [d.1760]
x - Judah the Pious settles Jerusalem with 1,000 followers.
x - |Russia ?+| Start of war with Sweden [u.1709]
x - |STATUS| The Anglo population in the English colonies in America reaches c250,000; Boston, at c7000, is the largest city, New York: c5000.
c - Jewish Modern and Contemporary Periods [u.present]
c - The burial cross of King Arthur vanishes from history. It was last known to be in the possession of one William Hughes, Chancellor of the cathedral of Wells.
x - Clement XI + becomes pope ?+ [u.1721] [re.List of Popes]

1701

jul - The French establish a settlement at Detroit.
oct - Yale College is founded in Connecticut.
x - |England ?+| English Parliament passes the Act of Settlement stating that only an Anglican can inherit the throne.

1702

mar - Queen Anne ascends the English throne.
may - |WAR of the SPANISH SUCCESSION| England ?+ declares war on France after the death of the King of Spain, Charles II, to stop the union of France and Spain.
x - |WAR of the SPANISH SUCCESSION| Queen Anne's War between the British and the French, their Native American allies, and the Spanish in North America begins.
x - England's first daily newspaper, the Daily Courant is founded.
x - |MARYLAND| The Anglican Church is established as the official church, financially supported by taxation.

1703

x - Jonathan Edwards, American Christian preacher, born [d.1758]
x - |Russia ?+| St. Petersburg founded, becomes capital in 1713.

1704

apr - The first enduring newspaper in America, The Boston News-Letter, is published. A newspaper in Boston prints advertising.

1705

x - |JERUSALEM| Jews subjected to restrictions.
x - |VIRGINIA| Slaves are assigned the status of real estate by the Virginia Black Code of 1705.
x - |NEW YORK| Law against runaway slaves assigns the death penalty for those caught over 40 miles north of Albany.
x - Massachusetts declares marriage between African Americans and whites to be illegal.

1706

jan 17 - Benjamin Franklin ?*+ is born in Boston.
nov - South Carolina establishes the Anglican Church as its official church.

1707

x - The Act of Union joins Scotland, England, and Wales into the United Kingdom of Great Britain.

1709

x - |Russia ?+| Peter the Great + of Russia defeats the Swedes at Poltava.
x - Italian Bartolommeo Cristofori [b.1655 d.1731] invents the pianoforte