1708 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1708?
- March 11, 1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- March 23, 1708 – James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.
- August 23, 1708 – Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
- September 11, 1708 – Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire ceases to be a major power.
- October 9, 1708 – Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.
Who Were Born In The Year 1708?
- January 27, 1708 – Anna Petrovna of Russia (d. 1728)
- November 15, 1708 – William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1778)
- December 8, 1708 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1765)
Who Died In The Year 1708?
- May 6, 1708 – François de Laval, French bishop (b. 1623)
- May 11, 1708 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
- May 12, 1708 – Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
- July 1, 1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- September 6, 1708 – Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
- September 7, 1708 – Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
- October 1, 1708 – John Blow, British composer (b. 1649)
- October 2, 1708 – Anne-Jules, 2nd duc de Noailles, French general (b. 1650)
- October 7, 1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
- October 10, 1708 – David Gregory, Scottish mathematician (b. 1659)
- October 11, 1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
- October 22, 1708 – Hermann Witsius, Dutch theologian (b. 1636)
- October 24, 1708 – Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
- October 28, 1708 – Prince George of Denmark, consort of Anne of England (b. 1653)
- November 17, 1708 – Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch painter (b. 1631)
- December 22, 1708 – Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
- December 28, 1708 – Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)
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