1702 38639 225087879 2008-07-11T20:36:06Z VolkovBot 3035831 robot Adding: [[vo:1702]] {{year nav|{{PAGENAME}}}} {{C18YearInTopicX}} Year '''1702''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the 11-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). 1702 of the [[Swedish calendar]] was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]], one day ahead of the Julian calendar. == Events of 1702 == ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 12]] - In America, ships from [[Fort Maurepas]] arrive at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff to build ''[[Fort Louis de la Mobile]]'' (future [[Mobile, Alabama]]) to become capital of [[French Louisiana]]. * [[March 8]] - [[William III of England|William III]] died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen [[Anne of England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]]. [[The States]] doesn't appoint a new [[stadtholder]], so the [[Dutch Republic|United Provinces]] become a true republic again. * [[March 11]] ([[Old Style|O.S.]])- 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 the [[Battle of Kliszow]]. * [[May 4]]/[[May 14|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, 1st Duke of Marlborough|John Churchill]] forces the surrender of [[Kaiserswerth]] on the [[Rhine]] ===July - December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Mapstaug.jpg|thumb|210px|right| [[October 27]]: [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]].]] * [[September]] - [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Churchill]] forces the surrender of [[Venlo]] on the [[Meuse River]]. * [[October 27]] - [[England|English]] troops plunder [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]] in [[Florida]]. * [[October]] - [[Sir George Rooke]] fails to take [[Cádiz]], but captures a Spanish treasure fleet and destroys French and Spanish [[warship]]s. [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|Churchill]] forces the surrender of [[Liège (city)|Liège]]. * [[December 14]] - [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough|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 [[Bushidō]] becomes a national legend. ==Births== {{Year in other calendars}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 14]] - [[Emperor Nakamikado of Japan]] (d. [[1737]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Carlo Marchionni]], Italian architect (d. [[1786]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Jack Sheppard]], British burglar and escapee (d. [[1724]]) * [[March 27]] - [[Johann Ernst Eberlin]], German composer (d. [[1762]]) * [[May 2]] - [[Friedrich Christoph Oetinger]], German theologian (d. [[1782]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Philip Doddridge (Nonconformist)|Philip Doddridge]], English religious leader (d. [[1751]]) * [[July 31]] - [[Jean Denis Attiret]], French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. [[1768]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Francesco Zuccarelli]], painter, elected to the [[Venetian Academy]] in [[1763 in art|1763]] (d. [[1788 in art|1788]]) * [[november 5]]- Grégoire Orlyk, Ukrainian-born French [[Lieutenant General]] (d. [[1759]]) : ''See also [[:Category: 1702 births]].'' ==Deaths== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[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. 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