Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck ( 1630 – 1702 ), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age.

* 1702 – Dietrich of Anhalt-Dessau ( d. 1769 )

* 1702 – Jean Bart, French admiral ( b. 1651 )

In February 1705, Queen Anne, who had made Marlborough a Duke in 1702, granted him the Park of Woodstock and promised a sum of £ 240, 000 to build a suitable house as a gift from a grateful crown in recognition of his victory – a victory which British historian Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy considered one of the pivotal battles in history, writing – " Had it not been for Blenheim, all Europe might at this day suffer under the effect of French conquests resembling those of Alexander in extent and those of the Romans in durability.

The term Bayesian refers to Thomas Bayes ( 1702 – 1761 ), who proved a special case of what is now called Bayes ' theorem in a paper titled " An Essay towards solving a Problem in the Doctrine of Chances ".

New England suffered smallpox epidemics in 1677, 1689 – 90, and 1702.

In the same year he set up his periodical A Review of the Affairs of France which supported the Harley Ministry, chronicling the events of the War of the Spanish Succession ( 1702 – 1714 ).

* John Churchill, 1st Earl of Marlborough ( 1650 – 1722 ), became Duke of Marlborough in 1702

* 1702 – Queen Anne's War: James Moore, Governor of the Province of Carolina, abandons the Siege of St. Augustine.

Born at Elston Hall, Nottinghamshire near Newark-on-Trent, England, the youngest of seven children of Robert Darwin of Elston ( 12 August 1682 – 20 November 1754 ), a lawyer, and his wife Elizabeth Hill ( 1702 – 1797 ).

* 1620 – François Charpentier, French archaeologist ( d. 1702 )

* 1702 – Carl August Thielo, Danish composer ( d. 1763 )

* 1702 – Johann Valentin Görner, German composer ( d. 1762 )

* 1702 May – Formal beginning of the War of the Spanish Succession.

* 1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader, educator, and hymnwriter ( d. 1751 )

* 1702 – José de Nebra, Spanish composer ( d. 1768 )

* 1702 – Alessandro Besozzi, Italian composer and oboist ( d. 1775 )

* 1702 – Johannes Zick, German painter ( d. 1762 )

* 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.

* John Browne ( anatomist ) ( 1642 – 1702 ), was a British anatomist and surgeon

* 1702 – Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian ( d. 1782 )

* 1702 – The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.

* 1702 – Dominique Bouhours, French essayist and critic ( b. 1628 )

The death of William III in 1702 once again created a political upheaval as the king was replaced by Queen Anne, who immediately began her offensive against Nonconformists.

The dukedom was created in 1702 by Queen Anne ; John Churchill, whose wife was a favourite of the queen, had earlier been made Lord Churchill of Eyemouth in the Scottish peerage ( 1682 ), which became extinct with his death, and Earl of Marlborough ( 1689 ) by King William III.

* 1702 – Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate ( d. 1782 )

Anne ( 1702 – 1714 ) followed this pattern but preferred Tory Cabinets.

Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714, had favoured deeper political integration between the two kingdoms and became the first monarch of Great Britain.

Although King William III died in 1702, his successor in England, Queen Anne, continued the vigorous prosecution of the war, under the guidance of her ministers, Godolphin and Marlborough.

– Anne Bonny, Irish-born pirate in the Caribbean ( b. 1702 )

Anne ( 6 February 1665 – 1 August 1714 ) ascended the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland on 8 March 1702.

After Mary's death in 1694, William continued as sole monarch until he was succeeded by Anne upon his own death in 1702.

Anne became Queen upon the death of William III on 8 March 1702, and was immediately popular.

Anne was crowned Queen on St George's Day, 23 April 1702.

Anne supported the Occasional Conformity Bill of 1702, which was promoted by the Tories and opposed by the Whigs.

William III died childless after a riding accident on March 8, 1702, leaving the House of Orange extinct, and leaving Scotland, England and Ireland to his sister-in-law Queen Anne.

* Willem Anne van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle ( 1702 – 1754 )

It was not until the accession of Queen Anne in 1702 that Marlborough reached the zenith of his powers and secured his fame and fortune.

When Anne came to the throne after William's death in 1702, the Duke of Marlborough, together with Sidney Godolphin, the first Earl of Godolphin, rose to head the government, partly as a result of his wife's friendship with the queen.

" Queen Anne " generally refers to Anne, Queen of Great Britain ( 1665 – 1714 ), Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1702, and of Great Britain from 1707.

* Anne of Great Britain, ( 1702 – 1714 )

* Anne of Great Britain, ( 1702 – 1714 ) Following the Act of Union with Scotland, Anne's personal union of the Scottish and English crowns was replaced by a political union.

In 1702, he was at Epsom when Prince George of Denmark, husband of Queen Anne fell ill.

After the accession of Queen Anne in March 1702, he became commander of the land forces co-operating with Sir George Rooke in Spain, where he fought in the Battle of Cádiz in August 1702 and the Battle of Vigo Bay in October 1702 during the War of the Spanish Succession.