What Happened In May 1707 In History

Historical Events for May, 1707

• 1st » The Act of Union 1707 known as Act of Union joins the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.

Famous Birthdays on May in 1707

• 2nd » Jean-Baptiste Barrière, French cellist and composer (d. 1747)
• 23rd » Carl Linnaeus, Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (d. 1778)

Famous Deaths for May 1707

• 9th » Dieterich Buxtehude, German-Danish organist and composer (b. 1637)
• 27th » Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (b. 1640)

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