1707 in science

The year 1707 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Geophysics

• May 23 – Volcanic eruption in the Santorini caldera begins.
• October 28 – The Hōei earthquake ruptures all segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake known to have done this. It is the most powerful in Japan until 2011, with an estimated local magnitude of 8.6.
• December 16 – Hōei eruption, the last eruption of Mount Fuji in Japan, begins.

Mathematics

• Publication of Arithmetica universalis, the collected works of Isaac Newton on algebra.
• Abraham de Moivre derives de Moivre's formula.

Medicine

• John Floyer, in The Physician's Pulse Watch, introduces counting of pulse rate during one minute.
• Giovanni Maria Lancisi publishes De Subitaneis Mortibus (On Sudden Death), an early work in cardiology.
• Georg Ernst Stahl publishes '.