Year (''' MDCCVIII ''') was a Leap Year Starting On Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year Starting On Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian Calendar ). Year 1708 of the Swedish Calendar was a Leap Year Starting On Wednesday , one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
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- March 29 - John Partridge , English astrologer and almanack-maker (born 1644 )
- May 6 - François De Laval , first bishop of New France (born 1623 )
- May 11 - Jules Hardouin Mansart , French architect (born 1646 )
- May 12 - Adolf Friedrich II Of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born 1658 )
- June 30 - Emperor Tekle Haymanot I Of Ethiopia (stabbed to death)
- September 6 - John Morden , English merchant and philanthropist (born 1623 )
- October 1 - John Blow , British composer (born 1649 )
- October 2 - Anne-Jules, 2nd Duc De Noailles , French general (born 1650 )
- October 7 - Guru Gobind Singh , Sikh religious leader (born 1666 )
- October 10 - David Gregory , Scottish astronomer (born 1659 )
- October 11 - Ehrenfried Walter Von Tschirnhaus , German mathematician (born 1651 )
- October 22 - Hermann Witsius , Dutch theologian (born 1636 )
- October 24 - Seki Kowa , Japanese mathematician (born c. 1640 )
- October 28 - Prince George Of Denmark , consort of Anne Of England (born 1653 )
- November 17 - Ludolf Backhuysen , Dutch painter (born 1631 )
- December 22 - Hedwig Sophia, Duchess Of Holstein-Gottorp , Swedish writer (born 1681 )
- December 28 - Joseph Pitton De Tournefort , French botanist (born 1656 )
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