1708
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Events
- March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth
- Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais
- In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague
- September 28: Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya
- J.S. Bach appointed as chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany
Year in topic
Births
- April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754)
- October 16 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (died 1777)
- November 15 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, British politician (died 1778)
- December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1765)
- Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (died 1787)
- Richard Dawes, British classical scholar (died 1766)
Deaths
- October 1 - John Blow, British composer (born 1648)
- Seki Kowa, mathematician
- Ehrenfried Walter Tschirnhaus, mathematician