1708

events

• Maó (Spanish Mahón), the capital of the Baleareninsel Menorca, is conquered by the British

culture

• 4. September: Premiere of the opera Amor tra nemici born of Attilio Ariosti in

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• 25. January: Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter († 1787)
• 27. January: Anna Petrowna, daughter of Peter the large one († 1728)
• 5. February: Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter († 1787)
• 14. February: Christian Andreas Cothenius, physician in Germany († 1789)
• 16. February: Adam Friedrich of its home, prince bishop von Würzburg and Bamberg († 1779)
• 25. February: Felix Benda, böhmischer composer († 1768)
• 23. April: Friedrich of Hagedorn, civil Rococo poet († 1754)
• 13. May: Maximilian Friedrich of Königsegg, archbishop of Cologne († 1784)
• 26. September: Ignaz Sichelbarth,in China active German böhmischer Jesuiten Missionar and painter
• 16. October: Albrecht of Haller, Swiss physician († 1777)
• 8. December: Franz I. Stephan of Lorraine, emperor of the holy Roman realm († 1756)

died

• 24. January: Friedrich II. (Hessen Homburg), land count of Hessen Homburg (* 1633)
• 6. May: François de Montmorency Laval, first catholic bishop in Canada (* 1623)
• 11. May: Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect (* 1646)
• 18. May: Arvid Axel Mardefelt, Swedish officer 18. Century (* 1655)
• 5. July: Carlo IV. Gonzaga, duke of Mantua (* 1652)
• 7. July: Konrad Samuel Schurzfleisch, German historian, Polyhistor and librarian(* 1641)
• 1. October: John Blow, English composer (* 1649)
• 2. October: Anne Jules de Noailles, marshal of France (* 1650)
• 11. October: Ehrenfried roll ago of Tschirnhaus, German scientist (* 1651)
• 28. October: George Denmark, married man of the British queen Anne (* 1653)
• 7. November: Ludolf Backhuysen, German naval painter in Holland (* 1630)
• 20. November: Paul Strudel, Austrian sculptor (* 1648)