1707 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Philip V

  Events

• April 25 - Battle of Almansa: the Bourbon army of Spain and France under the French-born Englishman James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, soundly defeats the allied forces of Portugal, 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 Valencia and Aragon under the laws of the Crown of Castile.

  Births

• May 21 - Francisco Salzillo, sculptor
• August 25 - Louis I of Spain

  Deaths