1708

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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.

1 Events of 1708
2 Ongoing events
3 Births
4 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1708

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

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Plague in Masuria, Poland.

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.

[edit] Ongoing events

Great Northern War (1700 - 1721).
War of the Spanish Succession (1702 - 1713).

[edit] Births

**1708 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1708 MDCCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2461
Armenian calendar	1157 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԷ
Bahá'í calendar	-136 – -135
Berber calendar	2658
Buddhist calendar	2252
Burmese calendar	1070
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)
Coptic calendar	1424 – 1425
Ethiopian calendar	1700 – 1701
Hebrew calendar	5468 – 5469
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1763 – 1764
- Shaka Samvat	1630 – 1631
- Kali Yuga	4809 – 4810
Holocene calendar	11708
Iranian calendar	1086 – 1087
Islamic calendar	1119 – 1120
Japanese calendar	Hōei 5 (宝永5年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2368 (皇紀2368年)
Korean calendar	4041
Thai solar calendar	2251
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