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July 21, 1708Born on Sunday July 22, 1708
- Balthazar Pierre GARCIA, Dunkerque, 59183, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1772)
- Aafje de Man, Oudewater († 1776)
- Arij Egbertszn Notemans, Bleskensgraaf, Zuid-Holland, Nederland Nederland († 1771)
- Adriana Jacobse Malsem van, Waspik, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Arie Egbertsz Nooteman, Bleskensgraaf († 1771)
- Adrianus van Heijningen, Monster, Westland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Berendina Heijting (Heitink)
- Aafje de Man, Oudewater († 1776)
- Arie van Dongen, Cillaarshoek, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Adriaantje Jans Bergakker, Herwijnen,, Gelderland, Nederland
Died on Sunday July 22, 1708
- Janneke Hendriks (37), Hoek, Nederland
- Anna van POPPEL (32), Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hermann Bald (70), Womelsdorf, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Johan van Lith de Jeude, Tiel, Gelderland, Nederland
- Johan van van Lidth de Jeude, Tiel (GL)
- Dorothea Lötzsch (70), Crottendorf-Walthersdorf SN
- Gerbrecht (Gerbrigs) de Kemp (32), Wageningen
- Janneken Hendrikse (37), Hoek
- Bastiaan Pietersz Nooteman (52)
- Rente Hemmes (6), Veendam, Groningen, Nederland
Born on July 22
- 1618 » Johan Nieuhof, Dutch traveler († 1672)
- 1621 » Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom († 1683)
- 1630 » Madame de Brinvilliers, French aristocrat († 1676)
- 1647 » Margaret Mary Alacoque, French nun, mystic and saint († 1690)
- 1651 » Ferdinand Tobias Richter, Austrian organist and composer († 1711)
- 1711 » Georg Wilhelm Richmann, German-Russian physicist and academic († 1753)
- 1713 » Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, designed the Panthéon († 1780)
- 1733 » Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and historian († 1790)
- 1755 » Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer († 1839)
- 1784 » Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician and astronomer († 1846)
Died on July 22
- 1619 » Lawrence of Brindisi, Italian priest and saint (b. 1559)
- 1645 » Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, Spanish statesman (b. 1587)
- 1676 » Pope Clement X (b. 1590)
- 1726 » Hugh Drysdale, English-American politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia
- 1734 » Peter King, 1st Baron King, English lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1669)
- 1789 » Joseph Foullon de Doué, French politician, Controller-General of Finances (b. 1715)
- 1802 » Marie François Xavier Bichat, French anatomist and physiologist (b. 1771)
- 1824 » Thomas Macnamara Russell, English admiral
- 1826 » Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1746)
- 1832 » Napoleon II, French emperor (b. 1811)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1708
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- March 11 » Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- March 23 » James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth as part of the planned French invasion of Britain.
- September 11 » Charles XII of Sweden stops his march to conquer Moscow outside Smolensk, marking the turning point in the Great Northern War. The army is defeated nine months later in the Battle of Poltava, and the Swedish Empire ceases to be a major power.
- October 9 » Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya.