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 |
|---|---|
| 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.