1702 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1702?
- March 8, 1702 – Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- March 11, 1702 – The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
- July 19, 1702 – 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 in the Battle of Klissow.
- November 10, 1702 – English colonists besiege Spanish St. Augustine in Queen Anne’s War.
- December 30, 1702 – Queen Anne’s War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.
Who Were Born In The Year 1702?
- January 10, 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter (d. 1762)
- January 14, 1702 – Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1737)
- March 4, 1702 – Jack Sheppard, English burglar and escapee (d. 1724)
- March 8, 1702 – Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
- March 27, 1702 – Johann Ernst Eberlin, German composer (d. 1762)
- May 2, 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (d. 1782)
- June 26, 1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader (d. 1751)
- July 31, 1702 – Jean Denis Attiret, French Jesuit missionary and painter (d. 1768)
- August 2, 1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau, German Prince (d. 1769)
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