1708 (MDCCVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday 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 1923.
Theodorick Bland may refer to:
Alexander Mackenzie most commonly refers to:
Edward, Eddie or Ed Johnson may refer to:
Edward Osmund Bland was an American composer and musical director.
Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. An earlier form, not attested since Medieval times, was Hunfrid.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
O'Kelly is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Edward Byrne may refer to:
Richard Mitchell (1929–2002) was an American professor of English and classics.
Thomas Simpson (1710–1761) was a British mathematician and inventor.
John Powell may refer to:
Bland is a surname thought to derive from Old English (ge)bland ‘storm’, ‘commotion’. It is thought to have originated in an area in Yorkshire
Mundy is a surname of multiple origins. If of Norman origin, it is believed to have derived from Mondaye, which is the name of an abbey in Juaye-Mondaye, Normandy. The surname can also be of Irish origin
Ballard is a surname of English origin. It likely derives from Middle English "ball," meaning "white spot," plus the suffix "-ard," and would therefore mean "bald head." Indeed, Wyclif translated 2 Kings 2:23 as "Stye up, ballard," where Coverdale translated the same passage as "Come up here thou balde head."
Edward Finch may refer to:
Kleinschmidt is an occupational surname of German origin, which means "small smith", that is, a maker of small forged items and metal hand tools. The name may refer to:
Small is an English and Scottish surname, and it derives from the Old Norse Smålig meaning someone who is narrow or thin. Notable people with the surname include:
Bury is an English and French surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Quin is a shortened form of the Irish surname and male given name Quinlan.
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