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★01 May 1707
Under the terms of the Acts of Union, the Kingdoms of England and Scotland merged to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, with a single parliament and government based in Westminster.

★13 Oct 1710
Queen Anne's War: The French surrender ending the Siege of Port Royal gave the British permanent possession of Nova Scotia.

★24 Feb 1711
George Frideric Handel's Rinaldo, the first Italian language opera written specifically for the London stage, premiered.

★11 Apr 1713
The main treaties of the Peace of Utrecht were signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht, helping to end the War of the Spanish Succession.

★29 Feb 1720
Unable to establish a joint sovereignty similar to Great Britain's William and Mary, Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicated in favour of her husband, who became Frederick I.

★01 Jan 1739
Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, the most remote island in the world, was discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.

★20 May 1741
War of Jenkins' Ear: Having lost more than 9,500 men, mostly from yellow fever, British forces were forced to withdraw, ending the two-month-long Battle of Cartagena de Indias against Spain.

★06 May 1757
English poet Christopher Smart was admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confinement to mental asylums.

★29 Apr 1760
Seven Years' War: France began an unsuccessful attempt to retake Quebec City, which had been captured by Britain.

★28 Dec 1767
Taksin the Great was crowned king of the newly established Thonburi Kingdom at the new capital of Thonburi in present-day Thailand.

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