Timeline July 1708

Events in July 1708 3

• 1708 First general election of Great Britain Inaugural election to the unified Parliament Following the 1707 Act of Union merging England and Scotland, voters across Great Britain elected the first Parliament of the new unified kingdom. The Whigs won a majority, strengthening support for the ongoing War of Spanish Succession. Scottish representation was integrated through a mix of elected and peer-selected members.
• 1708 Battle of Oudenarde Allied victory over France in the War of Spanish Succession Allied forces under the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy defeated a French army near Oudenarde in the Spanish Netherlands. The victory thwarted a French offensive and paved the way for the Allied siege of Lille. It was one of Marlborough's four great victories of the war.
• 1708 Battle of Golovchin Sweden's last victory of the Russian campaign King Charles XII of Sweden defeated a Russian army under Prince Anikita Repnin near the village of Golovchin during the advance toward Moscow. It was the final battlefield victory for Sweden in the campaign that would end disastrously at Poltava the following year. Heavy rain and Russian artillery inflicted significant Swedish casualties despite the win.