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1708

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1708 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1708
MDCCVIII
Ab urbe condita 2461
Armenian calendar 1157
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԷ
Assyrian calendar 6458
Bengali calendar 1115
Berber calendar 2658
British Regnal year Ann. 1 – 7 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar 2252
Burmese calendar 1070
Byzantine calendar 7216–7217
Chinese calendar 丁亥(Fire Pig)
4404 or 4344
    — to —
戊子年 (Earth Rat)
4405 or 4345
Coptic calendar 1424–1425
Discordian calendar 2874
Ethiopian calendar 1700–1701
Hebrew calendar 5468–5469
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 1764–1765
 - Shaka Samvat 1629–1630
 - Kali Yuga 4808–4809
Holocene calendar 11708
Igbo calendar 708–709
Iranian calendar 1086–1087
Islamic calendar 1119–1120
Japanese calendar Hōei 5
(宝永5年)
Javanese calendar 1631–1632
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar 4041
Minguo calendar 204 before ROC
民前204年
Nanakshahi calendar 240
Thai solar calendar 2250–2251


1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (dominical letter AG) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday (dominical letter DC) of the Julian calendar, the 1708th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 708th year of the 2nd millennium, the 8th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1708, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. In the Swedish calendar it was a leap year starting on Wednesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.


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