8th March » Anne, Queen of Great Britain Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II of England Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of Kingdom of England England, Kingdom of Scotland Scotland, and Kingdom of Ireland Ireland.
19th July » Great Northern War: A numerically superior Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II the Strong, operating from an advantageous defensive position, is defeated by a Swedish army half its size under the command of King Charles XII of Sweden named Charles XII in the
Famous Birthdays in 1702
6th January » José de Nebra, Spanish composer (d. 1768)
10th January » Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
27th February » Johann Valentin Görner, German composer (d. 1762)
4th March » Jack Sheppard, English criminal (d. 1724)
8th March » Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
27th March » Johann Ernst Eberlin, German organist and composer (d. 1762)
2nd May » Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
26th June » Philip Doddridge, English educator and hymnwriter (d. 1751)
22nd July » Alessandro Besozzi, Italian oboe player composer (d. 1775)
31st July » Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter (d. 1768)