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

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)