Decades: 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s - 1700s - 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
Years: 1703 1704 1705 1706 1707 - 1708 - 1709 1710 1711 1712 1713
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 chamber musician and organist at the court in Weimar, Germany Year in topic 1708 in literature 1708 in science Births April 23 - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (died 1754) October 16 - Albrecht von Haller, Swiss anatomist and physiologist (died 1777) November 15 - William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, English politician (died 1778) December 8 - Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1765) Pompeo Batoni, Italian painter (died 1787) Richard Dawes, English classical scholar (died 1766) Deaths October 1 - John Blow, English composer (born 1648) Seki Kowa, mathematician Ehrenfried Walter Tschirnhaus, mathematician
