Fait mathématique: 1308 is the smallest value of n for which n, n+1, n+2, and n+3 have the same number of prime factors.
Culture générale: 1308 is an uninteresting number.
Date historique: July 31st is the day in 1703 that Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.