Major Events
- Jan 8 Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded with gold sunk after British squadron attacks off coast of Colombia (rediscovered 2015)
- Feb 24 Prince John William Friso sworn in as Stadtholder of Groningen
- Feb 28 Slave revolt in Newton, Long Island NY results in 11 deaths
- Mar 11 Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation
- Mar 23 Pretender to the English throne James III attempts to land at Firth of Forth, Scotland, but is turned away by the British Royal Navy
- Mar 27 Pretender to the English throne James III flees to Dunkirk
- Jul 4 Battle of Holowczyn: Swedish King Charles XII defeats superior Russian force in surprising vctory
- Jul 11 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
- Jul 28 Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
- Aug 3 Battle at Trencsén: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army
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Fun Fact About 1708
Spanish armada headed by the San Jose and loaded with gold sunk after British squadron attacks off coast of Colombia (rediscovered 2015)
Who Died in 1708
- Jan 23 Thomas Bullis, English composer, dies at 80 (buried)
- Apr 30 Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
- May 6 François de Laval, French clergyman, 1st Roman Catholic bishop of Québec, and saint, dies at 85
- May 11 Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, dies at 62
- May 12 Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
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Famous Weddings in 1708
- Aug 1 Future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI (32) marries Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (16) at the church of Santa María del Mar, Barcelona
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