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1707
Events
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Births
- William Hoare - English painter (d. 1792)
- Moshe Chaim Luzzatto - Italian rabbi, mystic, and philosopher (d. 1746)
- Charles Wesley - Methodist leader, brother of John Wesley (d. 1788)
- January 13 - John Boyle, writer and 5th Earl of Cork (d. 1762)
- February 1 - Frederick, Prince of Wales (d. 1751)
- February 14 - Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French novelist (d. 1777)
- February 25 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (d. 1793)
- March 7 - Stephen Hopkins, Founding Father of the United States (d. 1785)
- March 14 - Johan Ihre, Swedish philologist and historical linguist (d. 1780)
- March 23 - Henry Somerset, 3rd Duke of Beaufort (d. 1745)
- April 10 - John Pringle, Scottish physician (d. 1782)
- April 15 - Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1783)
- April 22 - Henry Fielding, British novelist and dramatist (d. 1754)
- May 12 - Francisco Salzillo, Spanish sculptor (d. 1781)
- May 23 - Carolus Linnaeus, Swedish botanist (d. 1778)
- August 14 - Johann August Ernesti, German theologian and philologist (d. 1781)
- August 24 - Selina, Methodist leader and Countess of Huntingdon (d. 1791)
- August 25 - Louis, Spanish king (d. 1724)
- September 7 - Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French scientist (d. 1788)
Deaths
- March 3 - Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor (born 1618)
- April 6 - William van de Velde, the younger, Dutch painter (born 1633)
- April 20 - George Farquhar, British dramatist (born 1677)
- May 9 - Dietrich Buxtehude, Danish composer
- May 27 - Marquise de Montespan, mistress of the French King Louis XIV
- June 23 - John Mill, English theologian (born c1645)
- September 15 - George Stepney, British poet and diplomatist (born 1663)
- September 24 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born 1642)
- October 22 - Sir Cloudsley Shovel, British admiral (born 1650)
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