1709

Years: 1706 1707 1708 - 1709 - 1710 1711 1712

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1709 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders

Contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24.000 Parisians die
• February 2 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
• June 27- Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
• July 8 - Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe
• August 8 - Hot air balloon of Bartholome de Gusmao flies in Portugal
• September 11 - Battle of Malplaquet - Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria defeat France
• Emperor Nakamikado ascends to the throne of Japan
• First pianoforte built in Florence by Bartolommeo Cristofori

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)
• War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713)

Births

• February 24 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
• March 10 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
• August 7 - Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, French poet (d. 1784)
• September 18 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
• December 18 - Elizabeth of Russia, reigning Empress of Russia (d. 1762)
• John Cleland, English novelist (d. 1789)
• Charles Collé, French dramatist (d. 1783)

Deaths

• January 16 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
• September 14 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo (b. 1635)
• December 8 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)

See also: 1709, 1625, 1635, 1670s, 1675, 1680s, 1690s, 1700, 1700s