assassinated on the island of Tana, on orders of his son, Tekle Haymanot I, who has ruled in Iyasu's place. After being crowned as the new Empeor, Tekle Haymanot is stabbed to death in 1708 on orders of Iyasu's brother, Tewoflos October – Twinings founder, Thomas Twining, opens the first known tea room at 216 Strand, London, still open . November 4 – The Parliament of Scotland votes, 116 to 83, to approve the merger of Scotland with England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. November 6 – A British attempt to conquer the Canary Islands fails when a fleet of 12 Royal Navy warships, commanded by Admiral John Jennings is forced to retreat after being met by a heavy artillery attack while sailing into Santa Cruz Bay November 15 – Five months after having been deposed from his position as the Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso disappears while in exile in Qinghai and is presumed to have been murdered. November 28 – The royal wedding of Prussia takes place in Berlin between the 18-year-old Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm and his bride Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, the 19-year-old daughter of the future King George I of Great Britain. December 9 – João V becomes the new King of Portugal upon the death of his father, Dom Pedro II, and begins a reign of 43 years. December 14 – Spanish General Alexandre Maître, Marquis de Bay leads the successful capture of Alcántara from Portugal December 31 – François Martin, the first Governor General of French India (now part of India's union territory of Puducherry, retires after seven years and is replaced by Pierre Dulivier. Births January–March January 1 Henry Howard, 10th Earl of Suffolk (d. 1745) Nils Wallerius, Swedish physicist (d. 1764) January 3 – Johann Caspar Füssli, Swiss portrait painter and writer (d. 1782) January 7 – Johann Heinrich Zedler, German publisher (d. 1751) January 17 Benjamin Franklin, American inventor and Founding Father (d. 1790) George Michael Moser, Swiss artist and enameller (d. 1783) Richard Penn Sr., proprietary and titular governor of Pennsylvania and the counties of New Castle County (d. 1771) January 20 – Frederick Charles Augustus, Count of Lippe (d. 1781) January 26 – John Elder, pastor (d. 1792) January 28 – Shubal Stearns, colonial evangelist and preacher during the Great Awakening (d. 1771) February 2 – Claude-Godefroy Coquart, Jesuit priest who probably arrived in Quebec in 1739