WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1707
Find out what all happened May to October 1707

The Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. (1. May 1707)

The first Parliament of Great Britain meets. (23. October 1707)

Scilly naval disaster: four British Royal Navy ships run aground near the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovell and thousands of sailors drown. (22. October 1707)

The first Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. (20. August 1707)

The 1707 Hōei earthquake causes more than 5,000 deaths in Honshu, Shikoku and Kyūshū, Japan (28. October 1707)

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