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| c. 1700 |
| | | In the years after the battle of the Boyne, Catholic ownership of land in Ireland is reduced to just 14% of the total | |
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| 1700 |
| | | Charles II, the childless king of Spain. leaves all his territories to Philip of Anjou, a grandson of the French king, Louis XIV | |
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| c. 1700 |
| | | Peter the Great sets up numerous schools and commercial enterprises to enable Russia to compete in Europe | |
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| 1701 |
| | | The Act of Settlement declares that no Catholic may inherit the English crown | |
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| 1702 |
| | | On the death of her brother-in-law, William III, Anne becomes queen of England and Scotland | |
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| 1703 |
| | | Peter the Great falls for a Lithuanian serf, Catherine, who becomes his life-long companion | |
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| 1703 |
| | | Peter the Great founds the port and city of St Petersburg, giving Russia access to the Baltic | |
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| 1707 |
| | | The death of Aurangzeb introduces the long period of decline of the Mughal empire | |
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| 1707 |
| | | 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 | |
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| 1710 |
| | | Machines are thrown out of the window of a Spitalfields factory, in an early protest against industrialization | |
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