1708

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century–18th century–19th century
Decades:	1670s1680s1690s–1700s–1710s1720s1730s
Years:	170517061707–1708–170917101711

1708 in othercalendars

Gregorian calendar	1708 MDCCVIII
Ab urbe condita	2461
Armenian calendar	1157 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԷ
Assyrian calendar	6458
Balinese saka calendar	1629–1630
Bengali calendar	1115
Berber calendar	2658
British Regnal year	6Ann. 1– 7Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar	2252
Burmese calendar	1070
Byzantine calendar	7216–7217
Chinese calendar	Đinh HợiNăm(FirePig) 4404 or 4344 — to — Mậu tử năm(EarthRat) 4405 or 4345
Coptic calendar	1424–1425
Discordian calendar	2874
Ethiopian calendar	1700–1701
Hebrew calendar	5468–5469
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1764–1765
-Shaka Samvat	1629–1630
-Kali Yuga	4808–4809
Holocene calendar	11708
Igbo calendar	708–709
Iranian calendar	1086–1087
Islamic calendar	1119–1120
Japanese calendar	Hōei5 ( bảo vĩnh ５ năm )
Javanese calendar	1631–1632
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4041
Minguo calendar	204 beforeROC Dân trước 204 năm
Nanakshahi calendar	240
Thai solar calendar	2250–2251
Tibetan calendar	Âm hỏa heo năm (female Fire-Pig) 1834 or 1453 or 681 — to — Dương thổ chuột năm (male Earth-Rat) 1835 or 1454 or 682

1708(MDCCVIII) was aleap yearstarting on Sundayof theGregorian calendarand aleap year starting on Thursdayof theJulian calendar,the 1708th year of theCommon Era(CE) andAnno Domini(AD) designations, the 708th year of the2nd millennium,the 8th year of the18th century,and the 9th year of the1700sdecade. As of the start of 1708, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

• July 11–War of the Spanish Succession:Allied forces commanded byJohn Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlboroughdefeated the French at theBattle of Oudenarde.
• August 18– War of the Spanish Succession: The British captureMinorca,Spain.