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★08 Mar 1702
Anne became the Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland, succeeding William III.

★20 Aug 1707
The first Siege of Pensacola came to an end with the British abandoning their attempt to capture Pensacola in Spanish Florida.

★11 Mar 1708
Queen Anne withheld royal assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, in the most recent veto by a British monarch of a bill that had been passed by Parliament.

★02 Feb 1709
Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued by English captain Woodes Rogers and the crew of the Duke after spending four years as a castaway on an uninhabited island in the Juan Fernández archipelago, providing the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe.

★10 Sep 1711
The Tuscarora War began in the Province of North Carolina between the Tuscarora people and European settlers with their respective allies.

★24 Jun 1717
The first Masonic Grand Lodge, the Premier Grand Lodge of England, was founded in London.

★22 Oct 1727
George II and Caroline of Ansbach were crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.

★29 Nov 1729
Natchez Indians suddenly revolted against French colonists near modern-day Natchez, Mississippi, U.S., killing over 240 people.

★25 May 1738
King George II of Great Britain negotiated a cease-fire between the British colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania, ending Cresap's War.

★10 Apr 1741
War of the Austrian Succession: Prussian forces defeated Austrian troops at the Battle of Mollwitz in present-day Małujowice, Poland, cementing Frederick II's authority over the newly conquered territory of Silesia.

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