* 1708 – Georg Reutter II, Austrian composer ( d. 1772 )

* 1623 – Fran &# 231 ; ois de Laval, French bishop ( d. 1708 )

* 1646 – Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect ( d. 1708 )

* 1328 – The House of Gonzaga seizes power in the Duchy of Mantua, and will rule until 1708.

* 1653 – Prince George of Denmark, prince consort of Anne of England ( d. 1708 )

This became the dominant form in the Restoration, when composers such as Henry Purcell ( 1659 – 1695 ) and John Blow ( 1649 – 1708 ) wrote elaborate examples for the Chapel Royal with orchestral accompaniment.

* 1666 – Guru Gobind Singh, Sikh guru ( d. 1708 )

Under King Agaja ( ruled 1708 – 1732 ), the kingdom conquered Allada, where the ruling family originated.

* 1650 – Anne-Jules, French general ( d. 1708 )

* 1708 – Egidio Duni, Italian composer ( d. 1775 )

The first child of Augustine Washington ( 1694 – 1743 ) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington ( 1708 – 1789 ), George Washington was born on their Pope's Creek Estate near present-day Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia.

Around 1707 – 1708 he entered the service of Duke Johann Wilhelm of Saxe-Eisenach, becoming Konzertmeister on 24 December 1708 and Secretary and Kapellmeister in August 1709.

King Agadja ( 1708 – 1740 ) attempted to end the slave trade by keeping the slaves on plantations producing palm oil, but the European profits on slaves and Dahomey's dependency on firearms were too great.

* 1708 – William Hayes, English composer, organist, singer and conductor ( d. 1777 )

* 1681 – Hedvig Sophia of Sweden ( d. 1708 )

* 1659 – David Gregory, Scottish astronomer ( d. 1708 )

* 1708 – Anna Petrovna of Russia ( d. 1728 )

* 1708 – Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ( b. 1658 )

* 1708 – Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

* 1708 – James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth.

From 1708 – 1711, approximately 50 percent of the inhabitants of the newly rebuilt villages died from the Black Death.

In 1708 James Francis Edward Stuart, who became known as " The Old Pretender ," attempted an invasion with a French fleet, but the Royal Navy prevented any from landing.

* August 18 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ( b. 1708 )

During the Rococo era Portraiture was an important component of painting in all countries, but especially in Great Britain, where the leaders were William Hogarth ( 1697 – 1764 ), in a blunt realist style, and Francis Hayman ( 1708 – 1776 ), Angelica Kauffman who was Swiss, ( 1741 – 1807 ), Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds ( 1723 – 1792 ), in more flattering styles influenced by Antony Van Dyck ( 1599 – 1641 ).

* Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1708 – 1765 ), duke of Lorraine and later Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I ( Francis Stephen ; 8 December 1708 – 18 August 1765 ) was Holy Roman Emperor and Grand Duke of Tuscany, though his wife effectively executed the real powers of those positions.

* Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer ( 1708 – 1781 ) ( abeyance terminated 1763 ; abeyant 1781 )

* Francis Newport, 2nd Baron Newport ( 1620 – 1708 ) ( created Viscount Newport in 1675 and Earl of Bradford in 1694 )

* Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford ( 1620 – 1708 )

In the beginning he mostly helped his father but from 1708 he worked independently and two years later, in the age of 22, he acquired a reputation for his work on several statues on the Charles Bridge in Prague ( the statuary of St. Adalbert, the statue of St. Gaetano, the sculpture group of Francis Borgia, the statues of St. Ignatius and Francis Xaverius, statuary of Saints John of Matha, Felix of Valois and Ivo including the famous statue of Turk, etc.

* Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1708 – 1765, reigned 1745 – 1765 )

Sir Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer | Francis Dashwood, 2nd Baronet ( 1708 – 1781 ), notorious " bon vivant " and builder of West Wycombe, dressed in his " Ottoman " dining club garb.

# Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1708 – 1765

Francis Hayman ( 1708 – 2 February 1776 ) was an English painter and illustrator who became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768 and later its first librarian.

The classical statements among 17th century continental theologians include Johannes Cocceius ( c. 1603-1669 ) in The Doctrine of the Covenant and Testament of God ( Summa doctrinae de foedere et testamento dei, 1648 ), Francis Turretin ( 1623 – 1687 ) in his Institutes of Elenctic Theology, and Hermann Witsius ( 1636 – 1708 ) in The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man.

* Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1708 – 1765 )

In 1708, he led Prince James Francis Edward Stuart to Scotland, in an attempt to reconquer the Throne of England ; ill-prepared, the attempt failed, and Forbin ceased to navigate.

Francis Dashwood, 15th Baron le Despencer ( December 1708 – 11 December 1781 ) was an English rake and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer ( 1762 – 1763 ) and founder of the Hellfire Club.

* Sir Francis Dashwood ( 1708 – 1781 ), an English rake and politician

Francis Makemie ( 1658 – 1708 ) was an Irish clergyman, considered to be the founder of Presbyterianism in United States of America.

* 1705 – 1708: Francis Godolphin, Viscount Rialton