1708

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1708 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1708
MDCCVIII
Ab urbe condita2461
Armenian calendar1157
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԷ
Assyrian calendar6458
Bengali calendar1115
Berber calendar2658
British Regnal year6 Ann. 1  7 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar2252
Burmese calendar1070
Byzantine calendar7216–7217
Chinese calendar丁亥(Fire Pig)
4404 or 4344
     to 
戊子年 (Earth Rat)
4405 or 4345
Coptic calendar1424–1425
Discordian calendar2874
Ethiopian calendar1700–1701
Hebrew calendar5468–5469
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1764–1765
 - Shaka Samvat1629–1630
 - Kali Yuga4808–4809
Holocene calendar11708
Igbo calendar708–709
Iranian calendar1086–1087
Islamic calendar1119–1120
Japanese calendarHōei 5
(宝永5年)
Javanese calendar1631–1632
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4041
Minguo calendar204 before ROC
民前204年
Nanakshahi calendar240
Thai solar calendar2250–2251
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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 1918. 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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References

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