Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1708
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Literature
- Fontenelle, Dialogues of the Dead, tr. Hughes
- William King, The Art of Cookery
- John Philips, Cyder
- Rabelais, Works, tr. Urquhart and Benjamin Motteux
- Jonathan Swift, Elegy upon Partridge; Predictions for
1708; An Account of Partridge's Death; Sentiments of a Church
of England Man; Argument Against Abolishing Christianity
Theatre
- Lewis Theobald, The Persian Princess
Art
- Sir James Thornhill begins the Painted Hall at Greenwich (completed in
1727)
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), La
resurrezione
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Il trionfo del
tempo e del disinganno
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Aci, Galatea e
Polifemo
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- Battle of Oudenarde
- Harley and St. John resign
- The Naturalization Act
- Joseph Addison becomes an MP and Keeper of Records, Dublin
- John Oldmixon, The British Empire in America
- The British East India Company and the New East India
Companies merge
Philosophy & Theology
- Bingham, Origines Ecclesiasticae
- Collier, Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, vol. 1
- Downes, Roscius Anglicanus
- William Law receives his B.A. from Cambridge
- John Locke, Letters (posthumous)
- Shaftesbury, A Letter Concerning Enthusiasm
Milestones
- Birth of Francis Hayman, painter
Miscellaneous
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