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=== 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]].