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| 1 | 1706 | - 1706: London, England - The Evening Post, first evening newspaper issued
- 23 May 1706: Netherlands - British, Bavarian and Austrian troops under Marlborough defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies, and expel the French from the Netherlands
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| 2 | 1707 | - 1707: Great Britain - The Act of Union unites the kingdoms of England and Scotland and transfers the seat of Scottish Government to London
- 1707: CA - Port Royal is attacked twice by the English from Massachusetts.
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| 3 | 1708 | - 1708: NL - Strenge winter : vorst van 24 December tot in Mei.
- 11 Jul 1708: England - The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Oudenarde. The French incur heavy losses. Queen Anne vetoes a parliamentary bill to recognise the Scottish militia. This is the last time a bill is vetoed by the sovereign
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| 5 | 1710 | - 1710: Great Britain - Wooden panelling replaces tapestry as wall covering
- 1710: Great Britain - A Tory ministry is formed, under Harley, with the impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell and the fall of the Whig government
- 1710: CA - Francis Nicholson captures Port Royal for England.
- 1710: CA - The English recapture Acadia, this time permanently, and rename it Nova Scotia.
- 1710: CA - The English take Port Royal and name it Annapolis Royal.
- 1710: CA - The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish. Itinerant Assiniboine Indians bring them from Mandan settlements to their own territories southwest of Lake Winnipeg.
- 1710: UK - Three Mohawk chiefs and one Mahican are received in Queen Anne's court in England as the Four Kings of the New World.
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| 6 | 1711 | - 1711: Great Britain - Englishman John Shore invents the tuning fork.
- 1711: NL - Johan Willem Friso, erfstadhouder van Friesland, verdrinkt in het Hollands Diep.
- 1711: US - Tuscarora War on North Carolina frontier fought between British settlers and Tuscarora Indians. Remnants of this Iroquoian tribe migrate north.
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