Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1708. 1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday...
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Scottish Militia Bill (redirect from Scottish Militia Bill 1708)
The Scottish Militia Bill 1708 (known formerly as the Scotch Militia Bill) was a bill that was passed by the House of Commons and House of Lords of the...
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Jacobitism (redirect from Proposed French invasion of Scotland of 1708)
were serious revolts in 1715, 1719 and 1745, French invasion attempts in 1708 and 1744, and numerous unsuccessful plots. While the 1745 Rising briefly...
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The year 1708 in science and technology involved some significant events. Herman Boerhaave publishes Institutiones medicae, one of the earliest textbooks...
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The Rajput rebellion began in 1708, due to the harsh treatment of the Rajput Rajas by the Mughal emperor. It erupted into a two-year rebellion that forced...
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The administrative division reform of 1708 was carried out by Russian Tsar Peter the Great in an attempt to improve the manageability of the vast territory...
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The 1708 British general election was the first general election to be held after the Acts of Union had united the Parliaments of England and Scotland...
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Murat Kuchukov Movement (redirect from Insurgency in Chechnya (1708))
The Murat Kuchukov Movement, also known as the 1708 Insurgency in Chechnya or the 1708 Insurgency in the North Caucasus, was caused by the oppressive...
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Dockyard to the 1706 Establishment of dimensions, and launched on 18 October 1708. Chester was placed on harbour service in 1743 and was broken up in 1749...
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Kepler-1708b (redirect from Kepler-1708)
7906827.01) is a Jupiter-sized exoplanet orbiting the Sun-like star Kepler-1708, located in the constellation of Cygnus approximately 5,600 light years away...
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