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1703
 
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Peter the Great falls for a Lithuanian serf, Catherine, who becomes his life-long companion       
1703
 
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Peter the Great founds the port and city of St Petersburg, giving Russia access to the Baltic       
1703
 
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The Mortlake Tapestry workshops are closed See in Google maps   
1703
 
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Work begins on a house for Richard Hill, brother of Queen Anne's confidante Mrs Masham, which is named for two stone trumpeters either side of the portico See in Google maps   
Trumpeters' House


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1704
 
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The tenth Sikh guru, Gobind Rai, names as his successor the sacred book known as the Granth       
1704
 
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The duke of Marlborough wins a major victory over the French at Blenheim, capturing twenty-four battalions and four regiments      
1707
 
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The death of Aurangzeb introduces the long period of decline of the Mughal empire       
Aurangzeb
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1707
 
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The Act of Union merges England and Scotland as 'one kingdom by the name of Great Britain', a century after the union of the crowns      
1708
 
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The secret of true porcelain is at last discovered in the west, at Dresden, by Johann Friedrich Böttger       
1709
 
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The Swedish king Charles XII suffers his first major defeat in a brilliant career, when he faces the Russians at Poltava