1708
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| Decades: | 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s |
| Years: | 1705 1706 1707 1708 1709 1710 1711 |
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| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1708 MDCCVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2461 |
| Armenian calendar | 1157 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԷ |
| Chinese calendar | 4344/4404-12-9 (丁亥年十二月初九日) — to — 4345/4405-11-20(戊子年十一月二十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1700 – 1701 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5468 – 5469 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1763 – 1764 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1630 – 1631 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4809 – 4810 |
| Iranian calendar | 1086 – 1087 |
| Islamic calendar | 1120 – 1121 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2251 |
1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1708 of the Swedish calendar was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
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Events
- March 11 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart unsuccessfully tries to land at the Firth of Forth.
- July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
- September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
- Kandahar is conquered by Mir Wais.
- In Masuria, one third of the population there dies during the plague.
- J.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany.
- Wedding of prince, to become future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor.
Ongoing events
Births
- April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (d. 1754)
- October 16 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (d. 1777)
- October 22 - Frederic Louis Norden, Danish explorer (d. 1742)
- November 15 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
- December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
- Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (d. 1787)
- Richard Dawes, British classical scholar (d. 1766)
- John Hulse, Anglican priest (d. 1790)
Deaths
- March 29 - John Partridge, English astrologer and almanack-maker (born 1644)
- May 6 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (born 1623)
- May 11 - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (born 1646)
- May 12 - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1658)
- June 30 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (stabbed to death)
- September 6 - John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (born 1623)
- October 1 - John Blow, British composer (born 1649)
- October 2 - Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (born 1650)
- October 7 - Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh religious leader (born 1666)
- October 10 - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (born 1659)
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walter von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (born 1651)
- October 22 - Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (born 1636)
- October 24 - Seki Kowa, Japanese mathematician (born c.1640)
- October 28 - Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (born 1653)
- November 17 - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch painter (born 1631)
- December 22 - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (born 1681)
- December 28 - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (born 1656)
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