Editing 1708 (section)

== Events ==
<onlyinclude>

=== January&ndash;June ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Charles XII of Sweden]] invades Russia, by crossing the frozen [[Vistula]] River with 40,000 men.
* [[January 7]] – Bashkir rebels [[Siege of Yelabuga (1708)|besiege]] [[Yelabuga]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Akmanov |first=Irek |url=https://ihtika.ru/book/akmanov-ig-bashkirskie-vosstaniya-17-18-vv-ufa-kitap-2016-376-s/text/155 |title=Башкирские восстания XVII–XVIII веков – феномен в истории народов Евразии |year=2016 |isbn=978-5-295-06448-7 |pages=156 |publisher=Kitap |language=ru |quote=Еще в начале января 1708 г. туда перебрался Кусюм во главе с 2 000 башкир и осадил Елабугу}}</ref>
* [[January 12]] &ndash; [[Shahu I]] becomes the fifth [[Chhatrapati]] of the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] in the [[Indian subcontinent]].
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[HMS Falmouth (1708)|HMS ''Falmouth'']], a 50-gun [[fourth-rate]] [[ship of the line]] built at [[Woolwich Dockyard]] for the [[Royal Navy]], is launched.
* [[March 11]] &ndash; [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]] withholds [[Royal Assent]] from the [[Scottish Militia Bill]], the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[James Francis Edward Stuart]], [[Jacobite pretender]] to the throne of Great Britain, unsuccessfully tries to land from a French fleet in the [[Firth of Forth]] in Scotland.
* [[April 8]] &ndash; Easter Sunday: The first performance of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s [[oratorio]] ''[[La resurrezione]]'' takes place in Rome.
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Ottoman dynasty|Ottoman]] princess [[Emine Sultan (daughter of Mustafa II)|Emine Sultan]], daughter of [[Sultan]] [[Mustafa II]], marries [[Grand Vizier]] Çorlulu Ali Pasha.
* [[April 28]] &ndash; The [[List of Kyoto's fires|Great Hoei fire]] breaks out in [[Kyoto]], Japan, destroying the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|Imperial Palace]] and a large portion of the old capital.
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[War of Spanish Succession]]: [[Wager's Action]], a naval confrontation, takes place between a [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] squadron under [[Charles Wager]] and the [[Spanish treasure fleet]] off [[Cartagena, Colombia|Cartagena]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. [[Spanish galleon San José|Spanish galleon ''San José'']] explodes and sinks with the loss of almost all her 600 crew and an estimated 8.8 million ounces [[troy weight]] in gold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldsaltblog.com/2012/02/galleon-san-jose-the-holy-grail-of-ship-wrecks/|title=Galleon San Jose, the 'Holy Grail of Ship Wrecks'|last=Spilman|first=Rick|work=The Old Salt Blog|date=2012-02-29|accessdate=2015-12-08}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;December ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Tewoflos]] becomes [[Emperor of Ethiopia]].
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]] &ndash; [[Battle of Oudenarde]]: Allied forces under the command of [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], defeat the French.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology292">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/292 292]|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/292}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; The future [[Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor]] weds [[Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]].
* [[August 3]] &ndash; In the [[Battle of Trenčín]], 8,000 soldiers of the [[Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Emperor|Imperial Army]] of the [[Habsburg]]s are victorious over the 15,000 Hungarian [[Kuruc]] forces of [[Francis II Rákóczi]].
* [[August 18]] &ndash; War of the Spanish Succession: [[Menorca]] is captured by British forces.<ref name="Cassell's Chronology292"/>
* [[August 23]] &ndash; [[Pamheiba|Meidingu Pamheiba]] is crowned King of [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]].
* [[August 29]] &ndash; A French-Native American [[Raid on Haverhill (1708)|attack]] in [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]] kills 16 settlers.
* [[September 28]] ([[Old Style and New Style dates|O.S.]]); September 29 ([[Swedish calendar]]); October 9 (N.S.) &ndash; [[Great Northern War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Lesnaya]]: [[Peter the Great]] of [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] defeats the forces of the [[Swedish Empire]].
* [[October 12]] &ndash; [[War of the Spanish Succession]]: British forces capture [[Lille]] after a two-month siege, although the [[citadel]] continues to hold out for another six weeks.<ref name=CBH205206>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=205–206|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Topping out]] of new [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23484259-details/Stamps+celebrate+St+Paul's+with+Wren+epitaph/article.do|title=Stamps celebrate St Paul's with Wren epitaph|work=Evening Standard|access-date=2008-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080519010804/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23484259-details/Stamps+celebrate+St+Paul%27s+with+Wren+epitaph/article.do|archive-date=May 19, 2008|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[December 14]] &ndash; The première of ''Electre'' by [[Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon]] takes place in [[Paris]].<ref name="CrébillonMarillier1785">{{cite book|author1=Claude-Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon|author2=Marillier|title=Oeuvres complettes de Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qA92Za45qZ8C&pg=PA187|year=1785|publisher=chez les Libraires Associés|pages=187–}}</ref>
* [[December 17]] &ndash; [[Deborah Churchill]], British [[pickpocket]] and [[prostitute]], is executed before a large crowd for being an accomplice to [[murder]].

=== Date unknown ===
* Fearful of a [[Sweden|Swedish]] attack, the Russians blow up the city of [[Tartu]], [[Duchy of Estonia (1561–1721)|Estonia]].
* The Russians burn the city of [[Porvoo]], [[Finland]] (at the time part of Sweden).<ref>[https://porvoossa.fi/historia/ Historia – Porvoossa.fi] (in Finnish)</ref><ref>[https://metalsafaris.com/porvoo/?lang=fi About Porvoo – Metal Safaris]</ref>
* One third of the population of [[Masuria]] dies of the [[Great Northern War plague outbreak|plague]].
* [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] is appointed as chamber musician and organist, at the court in [[Weimar]].
* Italian philosopher [[Giambattista Vico]] delivers his inaugural lecture to the University of Naples, which will be published in [[1709]] as his first book, ''De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Ratione'' (''On the Order of the Scholarly Disciplines of Our Times'').
* Calcareous [[hard-paste porcelain]] is produced for the first time in Europe, at [[Dresden]], [[Saxony]], by [[Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus]], and developed after his death (October) by [[Johann Friedrich Böttger]].
* The Company of Merchants of London Trading (with consent of the [[Parliament of Great Britain]]) merges with the East Indies, and the more recently established English Company Trading to the East Indies, to form the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies, known as the [[Honourable East India Company]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://victorianweb.org/history/empire/india/eic.html|title=The British East India Company — the Company that Owned a Nation (or Two)|first=George P.|last=Landow|work=The Victorian Web|year=2010|access-date=2011-11-22}}</ref></onlyinclude>