1708
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Template:C18YearInTopicX Year 1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). Year 1708 of the Swedish calendar was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
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Events of 1708
January - June
- 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 - December
- July 1 - Tewoflos becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
- August - Wedding of the future Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
- August 23 - Meidingu Pamheiba crowned King of Manipur.
- September 28 - Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
Undated
- Kandahar is conquered by Mir Wais.
- One third of the population of Masuria, dies of plague.
- Johann Sebastian Bach is appointed as chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany.
- Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico delivers his inaugural lecture to the University of Naples, later published as his first book, On the Study Methods of Our Time, in 1709.
- Fearful of Swedish attack, Russians blow up the city of Tartu in Estonia.
Ongoing events
Births
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- January 25 - Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (d. 1787)
- 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)
- date unknown
- Richard Dawes, British classical scholar (d. 1766)
- John Hulse, Anglican priest (d. 1790)
- See also Category: 1708 births.
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)
- See also Category: 1708 deaths.af:1708
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