• article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1708. July 14 – Joseph Trapp becomes the first Oxford Professor of Poetry. unknown...
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    Baroque architecture is a highly decorative and theatrical style which appeared in Italy in the late 16th century and gradually spread across Europe. It...
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    Aix-en-Provence or simply Aix, is a city and commune in southern France, about 30 km (20 mi) north of Marseille. A former capital of Provence, it is the...
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    Acadian architecture, also known as Cadien architecture, is a traditional style of architecture used by Acadians and Cajuns. It is prevalent in Acadia...
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    Jules Hardouin-Mansart (category 1708 deaths)
    Hardouin-Mansart (French pronunciation: [ʒyl aʁdwɛ̃ mɑ̃saʁ]; 16 April 1646 – 11 May 1708) was a French Baroque architect and builder whose major work included the...
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    bə-ROK, US: /-ˈroʊk/ -⁠ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished...
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    French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715)...
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    Philippe de La Hire (category Architectural theoreticians)
    céleste (1705) "Des conchoïdes en général". In: Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences, p. 32 of the memoirs section (1708) Tabulæ astronomicæ Ludovici...
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  • Bâtiments du Roi (category Ancien Régime French architecture)
    roi sous Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1699-1708)", Histoires de nobles et de bourgeois : Individus, groupes, réseaux en France. xvie-xviiie siècles, Hors collection...
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    of the 17th century. The citadel served as a Polish outpost, and in 1669-1708 – the official residence of Hetmans Demіan Ihnatovych, Ivan Samoilovych and...
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    ordered the construction of a larger wing for the Trianon, which was begun in 1708 by Hardouin-Mansart; this wing, called Trianon-sous-Bois, housed the Orléans...
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    Rohan (1705–1708), built for Soubise's son, Armand-Gaston, bishop of Strasbourg, and revisions to the former Palais Rohan in Strasbourg (1705–1708, demolished...
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    (Paris, 1708) Bibliotheca Coisliniana olim Segueriana, Paris: Ludovicus Guerin & Carolus Robustel, (Paris, 1715) L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures/Antiquitas...
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    Palace of Versailles (category Baroque architecture at Versailles)
    "Chapelle royale". In Gady, Alexandre (ed.). Jules hardouin-Mansart 1646–1708. Paris: Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l'homme. pp. 215–228. ISBN 9782735111879...
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    Louis XIV style (category Ancien Régime French architecture)
    (1680–1687) Façade of the Hôtel de Soubise by Pierre-Alexis Delamair (1704–1708) In the early period of his reign, Louis began building the church of Val-de-Grâce...
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  • processors. In later models, shaders are integrated into a unified shader architecture, where any one shader can perform any of the functions listed. Fillrate...
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    Romeyn de Hooghe (category 1708 deaths)
    Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645 – 10 June 1708) was a late Dutch Baroque painter, sculptor, engraver and caricaturist. He was born in Amsterdam...
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    one of the failed Starlink satellites from the recent launch, reentered at 1708 UTC Feb 12 off the coast of California. I believe this to be the last of...
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    six years later by the laying of the cornerstone for the Church itself. In 1708 the cloisters, library, and infirmary were completed. The church was inaugurated...
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    Capacity" (PDF). Ecology and Society. 18 (4). doi:10.5751/ES-05894-180421. ISSN 1708-3087. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 6 April...
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  • Observatory is located. MPC · 7481 7483 Sekitakakazu 1994 VO2 Takakazu Seki (1642–1708), Japanese mathematician and calendar scientist MPC · 7483 7484 Dogo Onsen...
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  • which are examples of Gothic architecture, either their totality or portions thereof; examples of Gothic Revival architecture have been excluded. This list...
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    Mansard roof (category Architectural elements)
    including Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1646–1708), his great-nephew, who is responsible for Château de Dampierre in Dampierre-en-Yvelines.[citation needed] The mansard...
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    Mogul India 1653–1708, Vol. 1. London, J. Murray. Manucci, Niccolao; tr. by William Irvine (1907). Storia do Mogor; or, Mogul India 1653–1708, Vol. 2. London...
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    bridge in Willemstad Queen Emma Bridge by night Penha Building, built in 1708 The Queen Juliana Bridge over St. Anna Bay in Willemstad, Curaçao "Curaçao"...
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    the city of Venice due to a remarkable visit he made during the winter of 1708–09. The King stayed in the city with an entourage of at least 80 people,...
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    Menorca (category 1708 establishments in the British Empire)
    1287–1298  Kingdom of Mallorca 1298–1343  Crown of Aragon 1343–1708  Kingdom of Great Britain 1708–1756  Kingdom of France 1756–1763  Kingdom of Great Britain...
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    Heather-Ann (ed.). Dutch South Africa: Early Settlers at the Cape, 1652–1708. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. pp. 2–13. ISBN 978-1904744955...
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    European authors. The first formal publication on these relationships was in 1708 by Dutch Orientalist Adriaan Reland, who recognized a "common language" from...
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    Notre-Dame de Paris (category Gothic architecture in France)
    members of the Académie Royale. Seventy-six paintings had been donated by 1708, when the custom was discontinued for financial reasons. Those works were...
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