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    April 21 – In Japan, the young daimyō Asano Naganori is ordered to commit seppuku (ritual suicide). A group of 47 samurai of his service begin planning to avenge his death. May 23 – After being convicted of murdering William Moore, and for piracy, Captain William Kidd is hanged in London.

  2. Events. March – The War of the Spanish Succession begins. It is an international retaliation to Louis XIV ’s acceptance in 1700 of the Spanish crown on behalf of his grandson Philip of Anjou, who became Philip V, first Bourbon king of Spain. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor forms the Grand Alliance with Great Britain, the Netherlands, Denmark ...

  3. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 is a resolution that was intended to resolve the 2006 Lebanon War. The resolution calls for a full cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Lebanon to be replaced by Lebanese and UNIFIL forces deploying to southern Lebanon, and the disarmament of ...

  4. 1701 ( MDCCI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar. It was the first year of the 18th century. As of the start of 1701, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

  5. Aug 12, 2024 · War of the Spanish Succession, (1701–14), conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs.

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  6. Act of Settlement, (June 12, 1701), act of Parliament that, since 1701, has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain. Toward the end of 1700 William III was ill and childless; his sister-in-law, the prospective queen, Anne, had just lost her only surviving child; and abroad the supporters of the exiled king, James II, were ...

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  8. The general election held in January 1701 saw contests in 92 (34 per cent) of the English and Welsh constituencies. The rival East India Companies were notably active in campaigning to secure representatives in the Commons as part of their struggle to gain control of the trade.

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