Editing 1707 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[John V of Portugal|John V]] is crowned [[King of Portugal and the Algarves]] in [[Lisbon]]. 
* [[January 16]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1707|Treaty (or Act) of Union]], of the two Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]], is ratified by the [[Parliament of Scotland]] by a vote of 110 to 68.  <ref>Robert S. Rait, ''The Parliaments of Scotland'' (Maclehose, Jackson and Company, 1924) p.121</ref>
* [[February 4]] &ndash;  [[Great Northern War]]: Eighteen months after losing the [[Battle of Warsaw (1705)|Battle of Warsaw]], while leading a cavalry charge for [[Electorate of Saxony|Saxony]] against the army of [[Sweden]], General [[Otto Arnold von Paykull|Otto von Paykull]] of [[Swedish Livonia]] is [[decapitation|beheaded]] outside of [[Stockholm]], following his conviction for treason.  
* [[February 15]] &ndash; As part of the process of the [[Acts of Union 1707|unification of Scotland and England as Great Britain]], [[Scotland]] [[List of elections of Scottish representative peers|selects 16 members]] to sit in the [[House of Lords]] at the [[Palace of Westminster]].
* [[March 3]] &ndash; [[Mughal Empire|Emperor]] [[Aurangzeb]] dies in Ahmednagar, Aurangabad.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[Acts of Union 1707|Act of Union]] with Scotland is ratified by the [[Parliament of England]]; the [[Parliament of Scotland]] is adjourned for the last time on [[May 1]], 1707.