1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
Decades: | 1670s 1680s 1690s – 1700s – 1710s 1720s 1730s |
Years: | 1705 1706 1707 – 1708 – 1709 1710 1711 |
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 | 6 Ann. 1 – 7 Ann. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2252 |
Burmese calendar | 1070 |
Byzantine calendar | 7216–7217 |
Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4404 or 4344 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 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 | Hōei 5 (宝永5年) |
Javanese calendar | 1631–1632 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
Korean calendar | 4041 |
Minguo calendar | 204 before ROC 民前204年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 240 |
Thai solar calendar | 2250–2251 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1834 or 1453 or 681 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1835 or 1454 or 682 |

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Events
change- July 11 – War of the Spanish Succession: Allied forces commanded by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough defeated the French at the Battle of Oudenarde.
- August 18 – War of the Spanish Succession: The British capture Minorca, Spain.