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Events
March 8
-
William III
died; Princess Anne Stuart becomes Queen
Anne of England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
.
March 11
- The first regular
English language
newspaper
,
The Daily Courant
. is published for the first time.
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.
Births
Thomas Bayes
- British mathematician and Presbyterian minister, noted for
Bayes' theorem
(died
1761
)
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan
Deaths
March 8
-
William III of Orange
,
Stadtholder
of
Holland
,
Zeeland
and
Utrecht
, King
William III of England
,
Scotland
and
Ireland
(born
1650
)
John Benbow
, English admiral (born
1653
)
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