Editing 1707 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 25]] (April 14 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Almansa]]: The [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] army of [[Enlightenment in Spain|Spain]] and [[Kingdom of France|France]] (with Irish mercenaries) under the French-born Englishman [[James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick]], soundly defeats the allied forces of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], [[Kingdom of England|England]], and the [[Dutch Republic]] led by the French-born [[Huguenot]] (in English service) [[Henri de Massue, Earl of Galway]]. Following this, [[Philip V of Spain]] promulgates the first [[Nueva Planta decrees]], bringing the Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Valencia|Valencia]] and [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]] under the laws of the [[Crown of Castile]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofspainpo00payn|title=A History of Spain and Portugal|volume=2|chapter=Chapter 16: The Eighteenth-Century Bourbon Regime in Spain|first=Stanley G.|last=Payne|year=1973|location=Madison|publisher=University of Wisconsin Press|isbn=0-299-06270-8|access-date=2008-04-17|url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] – The [[Kingdom of England]] and the [[Kingdom of Scotland]] are united as the [[Kingdom of Great Britain]].
* [[May 8]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Xàtiva (1707)|siege of Játiva]] within the Spanish [[kingdom of Valencia]] begins as 9,000 Castilian and French troops, at the direction of [[Philip V of Spain|King Philip V]] attack Játiva, defended by troops of the [[Kingdom of Aragon]].  Játiva (now [[Xàtiva]]) falls on June 6. 
* [[May 12]] (May 1 [[Old Style]]) &ndash; The new sovereign state of Great Britain comes into being, as a result of the [[Acts of Union 1707|Acts of Union]], which combine the Kingdoms of [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of England|England]] into a single united [[Kingdom of Great Britain]],<ref>[http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/ Acts of Union 1707] parliament.uk, accessed 31 December 2010.</ref> and merge the Parliaments of [[Parliament of England|England]] and [[Parliament of Scotland|Scotland]], to form the [[Parliament of Great Britain]].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology291">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/291 291]|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/291}}</ref>
* [[May 23]] &ndash; The [[volcanic eruption]] in the [[Santorini caldera]] begins.
* [[June 4]] &ndash; On the island now occupied by [[Sri Lanka]], [[Vira Narendra Sinha of Kandy|Narendra Sinha]] becomes the monarch of most of the area as the new [[Kingdom of Kandy|Kandyan]] king, succeeding to the throne upon the death of his father, King [[Vimaladharmasuriya II of Kandy|Vimaladharmasuriya II]].  Narendra Sinha reigns for almost 32 years until his death on May 13, 1739.
* [[June 6]] &ndash; The soldiers and officers defending the Aragonese city of Játiva are massacred after a larger force of Castilian troops breaks through the walls at the end of a [[Siege of Xàtiva (1707)|30-day siege]].  The rest of the town's residents are deported, and most of the dwellings are burned, with the area being renamed "San Felipe".  <ref>Ventura Pascual i Beltran, ''Datos para la historia del exterminio de Játiva en la Guerra de Sucesión'' (Associació d'Amics de la Costera, 1925) p. 177</ref> 
* [[June 8]] &ndash; Less than three months after proclaiming himself to be the new [[Mughal emperor|Emperor of India]], [[Muhammad Azam Shah]] and his three sons are killed in a battle by his troops led by his half-brother [[Bahadur Shah I|Muhammad Mu'azzam]]
* [[June 13]] &ndash; On [[Francis II Rákóczi]]'s recommendation, and with Count Miklos Bercsényi's support, a meeting of the Hungarian independence activists, held at the village of [[Ónod]]  declares the deposing of the [[House of Habsburg]] (and [[Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph I, King of Hungary]] from the Hungarian throne.
* [[June 19]] &ndash; The coronation of Muhammad Mu'azzam as the new Emperor of India, [[Bahadur Shah I]], takes place in [[Delhi]]
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Yeshe Gyatso]] is installed as the new [[Dalai Lama]] by his father, [[Lha-bzang Khan]], who has recently deposed the [[6th Dalai Lama]].  Though the justification is that the 21-year-old Yeshe was the true reincarnation of the [[5th Dalai Lama]], Yeshe receives no recognition from Buddhists in Tibet or Mongolia and the [[7th Dalai Lama]] is installed in 1710.