1708

1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1708th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 708th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1708, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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

1708 in other calendars

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

Events

• 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.