1709
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Gregorian calendar | 1709 MDCCIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2462 |
Armenian calendar | 1158 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԸ |
Chinese calendar | 4345/4405-11-21 (戊子年十一月廿一日) — to —
4346/4406-12-1(己丑年十二月初一日) |
Ethiopian calendar | 1701 – 1702 |
Hebrew calendar | 5469 – 5470 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1764 – 1765 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1631 – 1632 |
- Kali Yuga | 4810 – 4811 |
Iranian calendar | 1087 – 1088 |
Islamic calendar | 1121 – 1122 |
Japanese calendar | Hōei 6 (宝永6年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2369 (皇紀2369年) |
- Jōmon Era | 11709 |
Thai solar calendar | 2252 |
1709 (MDCCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). 1709 of the Swedish calendar was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] 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 28 (Old Style)- Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe(see below)
- July 8 (New Style) - Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava (see above)
- August 8 - Hot air balloon of Bartholome de Gusmao flies in Portugal
- September 11 - Battle of Malplaquet - Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria defeat France
- October 12 - The City of Chihuahua, México is founded.
- Emperor Nakamikado ascends to the throne of Japan
- Teofania di Adamo, inventor of the poison Aqua Tofana, is executed in Naples, Italy
- Trinity School is founded as the Charity School of Trinity Church in New York City.
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[edit] 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)
- August 8 - Tokugawa Ietsugu, 7th Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan (d. 1716)
- September 18 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- November 2 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, (d. 1759)
- December 18 - Elizabeth of Russia, reigning Empress of Russia (d. 1762)
- John Cleland, English novelist (d. 1789)
- Charles Collé, French dramatist (d. 1783)
[edit] Deaths
- January 16 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- January 20 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
- January 24 - George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
- February 8 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
- February 9 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)
- March 9 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat
- June 30 - Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
- July 17 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (b. 1646)
- September 14 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo (b. 1635)
- October 9 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
- December 1 - Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian preacher (b. 1644)
- December 8 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)