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 – 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 )

Although it took some time after the fire of 1702, Uppsala Cathedral and Uppsala Castle were both eventually restored, both by Carl Hårleman, perhaps the most important Swedish architect of the era.

** Count Carl Piper ( acting July 12, 1702 – 1705 )

* Carl Gustaf Frölich ( 1702 – 1706 )

Benbow remained on station, and in August 1702 engaged Jean du Casse in an extended action off the coast of South America in which he suffered a mortal wound.

* August 17 – Stepan Fedorovich Apraksin, Russian soldier ( b. 1702 )

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

Francesco Zuccarelli ( 15 August 1702 – 30 December 1788 ) was an Italian painter of the late Baroque period.

John William Friso ( 4 August 1687 – 14 July 1711 ) ( or Dutch: Johan Willem Friso van Oranje-Nassau ) became the titular Prince of Orange in 1702.

During the Great Northern War, Częstochowa was captured by Swedish army on August 11, 1702.

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.

Arecibo is also known as La Villa del Capitán Correa ( Captain Correa's Villa ) after the Puerto Rican hero Captain Antonio de los Reyes Correa, who as a member of the Spanish Army defended Arecibo from a British invasion led by rear-admiral William Whetstone on August 5, 1702.

Frederick IV was killed at the Battle of Kliszów in 1702, and his brother Christian August acted as regent for his son Charles Frederick until 1718.

He was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Foot Guards on 12 May 1702 and fought with the Duke of Marlborough during the War of the Spanish Succession at the Battle of Peer in August 1702 and the Battle of Venlo in September 1702.

He was then involved in an incident during the Action of August 1702, where a number of his captains refused to support him while commanding a squadron of ships.

Controversy slowly began to develop over the events of August 1702.

The incident of August 1702 also took hold on the popular imagination, and was celebrated in an alehouse song:

Soon in August 1699 he had been appointed as the Governor of Fort St. George, in the year 1702 when the fort itself was besieged by Daud Khan of the Carnatic the Mughal Empire's local Subedar ( lieutenant ), Thomas Pitt was instructed to vie for peace.

His claim to fame came as a result of his defense of the city from an attack and possible invasion by the British on August 5, 1702.

On August 5, 1702, two British warships approached the coastal town of Arecibo.

# Dietrich ( Dessau, 2 August 1702 – Dessau, 2 December 1769 ), later Regent.

On 13 August 1702, the Russian army led by Peter the Great and Fyodor Apraksin met Swedes at the Izhora River and pushed them to the fortress.

* William Drummond, 2nd Viscount Strathallan ( 8 August 1670 – 7 July 1702 )