1708
Events * March 23 - James Francis Edward Stuart lands at the Firth of Forth * Kandahar conquered by Mir Wais * In Masuria one third of the population die during the plague * September 28: Peter the Great defeats the Swedes at the Battle of Lesnaya * J.S. Bach appointed as chambermusician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany Births * December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor ( 1765) Deaths * Seki Kowa, mathematician * Ehrenfried Walter Tschiernhaus, mathematician
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