Today in History for Year 1708

Months in Year 1708: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 21 of 21

Feb 24th - Prince Johan Willem Friso sworn in as viceroy of Groningen
Feb 28th - Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
Mar 11th - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
Mar 23rd - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
Mar 27th - English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk
Jul 4th - Swedish King Karel XII beats Russians
Jul 11th - Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France
Jul 28th - Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC
Aug 3rd - Battle at Trencsén: Austria beats Hungarian rebellion army
Aug 23rd - Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
Aug 29th - English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia
Aug 29th - Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
Sep 11th - Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish empire is no longer a major power.
Sep 28th - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
Oct 9th - Battle at Lesnaya: Russian army captures Swedish convoy
Oct 21st - Dutch & English troops occupy Lille (Rijsel)
Oct 22nd - Great Alliance occupies Rijsel
Dec 1st - Great Alliance occupies Brussels
Dec 14th - Prosper Jolyot's "Electre," premieres in Paris
Dec 29th - Great Alliance occupies Gent
Dec 31st - Great Alliance captures Bridge

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 16 of 16

Jan 25th - Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, Italian painter
Jan 26th - William Hayes, composer
Jan 30th - Georg D Ehret, German/English cartoonist
Feb 8th - Vaclav Jan Kopriva, composer
Mar 21st - Caspar Ruetz, composer
Apr 6th - George Reuter, composer
Apr 8th - Georg Zarth, composer
Apr 23rd - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (Versuch einiger Poem)
May 3rd - Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theroist/composer
Jun 19th - Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, composer
Aug 10th - John Stinstra, baptist vicar
Oct 16th - Albrecht von Haller, Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science)
Nov 4th - Robert Praelisauer, composer
Nov 15th - William Pitt the Elder, London, British Prime Minister (Whig, 1756-61, 66-68), `Great Commoner', (d. 1778)
Dec 4th - Marianus Konigsperger, composer
Dec 8th - Francis I, Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

Jan 23rd - Thomas Bullis, composer, dies at 80
Apr 30th - Simon de Vries, book seller/writer (Unequal), dies
May 6th - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (b. 1623)
May 11th - Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (b. 1646)
May 12th - Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
May 27th - Jacques Danican Philidor, composer, dies at 51
Jun 15th - Romeyn de Hooghe, painter/goldsmith, buried at 62
Jul 1st - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1706)
Jul 2nd - Willem of Nassau, mister of Zuylenstein/lt-gen/baron Enfield, dies
Aug 4th - Vincenzo De Grandis, composer, dies at 77
Sep 3rd - Christian Liebe, composer, dies at 53
Sep 6th - Sir John Morden, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1623)
Sep 7th - Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia
Oct 1st - John Blow, composer (Venus & Adonis), dies at 59
Oct 7th - Guru Gobind Singh, tenth Sikh Guru (b. 1666)
Oct 10th - David Gregory, Scottish astronomer (b. 1659)
Oct 11th - Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
Oct 13th - Henry van Nassau, mister of Ouwerkerk/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
Oct 18th - Henry Van Nassau, stable master/fieldmarshal, dies at 67
Oct 22nd - Herman Witsius, [Wits], reformed theologist, dies at 72
Oct 24th - Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician
Oct 28th - Prince George of Denmark, Consort of Queen Anne of England (b. 1653)
Nov 3rd - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71
Nov 4th - Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry, dies at 71
Nov 7th - Ludolf Backhuysen, Dutch seascape painter/cartoonist, dies at 76
Dec 22nd - Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (b. 1681)
Dec 28th - Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist (b. 1656)