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=== January–June === === January–June ===
* ] – The ] in which the ] capture ], the capital of the ] ].
* ] &ndash; Western Europe's ], the coldest period in 500 years, begins during the night, lasting three months, with its effects felt for the entire year.<ref name="newscientist">Pain, Stephanie. "." '']'', 7 February 2009.</ref> In France, the Atlantic coast and ] River freeze, crops fail, and 24,000 Parisians die. Floating ice enters the ]. * ] &ndash; Western Europe's ], the coldest period in 500 years, begins during the night, lasting three months, with its effects felt for the entire year.<ref name="newscientist">Pain, Stephanie. "." '']'', 7 February 2009.</ref> In France, the Atlantic coast and ] River freeze, crops fail, and 24,000 Parisians die. Floating ice enters the ].
* ] &ndash; ] successfully produces ] using ] at his ] ] in ], England.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mott|first=R. A.|title=The earliest use of coke for ironmaking|journal=The Gas World, coking section supplement|volume=145|pages=7–18|date=5 January 1957}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur|last=Raistrick|title=Dynasty of Ironfounders: the Darbys and Coalbrookdale|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green|year=1953|page=34}}</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology292">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/292}}</ref> * ] &ndash; ] successfully produces ] using ] at his ] ] in ], England.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Mott|first=R. A.|title=The earliest use of coke for ironmaking|journal=The Gas World, coking section supplement|volume=145|pages=7–18|date=5 January 1957}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Arthur|last=Raistrick|title=Dynasty of Ironfounders: the Darbys and Coalbrookdale|location=London|publisher=Longmans, Green|year=1953|page=34}}</ref><ref name="Cassell's Chronology292">{{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/292}}</ref>
* ] &ndash; In America, ] is celebrated one more time with '']'' in the capital of ], ], before Mobile is moved 27 miles (43&nbsp;km) down the ] to ] in ]. * ] &ndash; In America, ] is celebrated one more time with '']'' in the capital of ], ], before Mobile is moved 27 miles (43&nbsp;km) down the ] to ] in ].
* ] or ] &ndash; During his first voyage, Captain ] encounters marooned privateer ], and rescues him after four years living on one of the ], inspiring ]'s novel '']''.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ober|first=Frederick A.|title=Our West Indian Neighbors: the Islands of the Caribbean Sea|location=New York|publisher=James Pott & Company|year=1912|page=11}}</ref> After sacking ], he and Selkirk will visit the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Michael H.|title=Galapagos: a Natural History|publisher=University of Calgary Press|year=1993|isbn=1-895176-07-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/galapagos00mich}}</ref> * ] or ] &ndash; During his first voyage, Captain ] encounters marooned privateer ], and rescues him after four years living on one of the ], inspiring ]'s novel '']''.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Ober|first=Frederick A.|title=Our West Indian Neighbors: the Islands of the Caribbean Sea|location=New York|publisher=James Pott & Company|year=1912|page=11}}</ref> After sacking ], he and Selkirk will visit the ].<ref>{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Michael H.|title=Galapagos: a Natural History|publisher=University of Calgary Press|year=1993|isbn=1-895176-07-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/galapagos00mich}}</ref>
* ] &ndash; ] becomes the sixth '']'' of the ] of ].
* ] &ndash; ] reports the first production of ] in Europe, at ]. * ] &ndash; ] reports the first production of ] in Europe, at ].
* ] &ndash; ] took control of ] from ] governor. * ] &ndash; ] took control of ] from ] governor.
* ] &ndash; The ] becomes law in the French colony of ], legalizing slavery.
* ] &ndash; The first influx into Britain of poor ] families of ] from the ] arrives, mostly ] ''en route'' to the ] colonies.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gardiner, Juliet|editor=Wenborn, Neil|title=The History Today Companion to British History|location=London|publisher=Collins & Brown|year=1995|isbn=1-85585-178-4|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/historytodaycomp0000unse/page/577}}</ref> * ] &ndash; The first influx into Britain of poor ] families of ] from the ] arrives, mostly ] ''en route'' to the ] colonies.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Gardiner, Juliet|editor=Wenborn, Neil|title=The History Today Companion to British History|location=London|publisher=Collins & Brown|year=1995|isbn=1-85585-178-4|page=|url=https://archive.org/details/historytodaycomp0000unse/page/577}}</ref>
* ] (June 28 in the ]; ] ]) &ndash; ] &ndash; ]: In the ], ], ], defeats ], thus effectively ending ]'s role as a major power in Europe. * ] (June 28 in the ]; ] ]) &ndash; ] &ndash; ]: In the ], ], ], defeats ], thus effectively ending ]'s role as a major power in Europe.


=== July&ndash;December === === July&ndash;December ===
* ] &ndash; ] of ] is executed in ] for the murder of Jane Young, his fiancée. He was the first person in modern ] executed for murder based exclusively on ], and he maintained his innocence to the last.
* ] &ndash; Production of ] is begun by perfumier ] in Germany, founding ].
* ] &ndash; Production of ] is begun by perfumier ] in Germany, founding ].
* ] &ndash; ]'s opera ''Desiderius, König der Langobarden'' is premiered in ].<ref name="Griffel2018">{{cite book|author=Margaret Ross Griffel|title=Operas in German: A Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H-xEDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA97|date=23 January 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-1-4422-4797-0|page=97}}</ref>
* ] &ndash; ] accedes to the throne of Japan. * ] &ndash; ] accedes to the throne of Japan.
* ] &ndash; ]: ] is captured by ] and ].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology292"/> * ] &ndash; ]: ] is captured by ] and ].<ref name="Cassell's Chronology292"/>
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* ] &ndash; The city of ], Mexico is founded. * ] &ndash; The city of ], Mexico is founded.
* ] &ndash; From London, ten ships leave for the ] carrying over 4,000 people. * ] &ndash; From London, ten ships leave for the ] carrying over 4,000 people.
* ] &ndash; The first performance of the opera '']'' by ] takes place at the ] in ].


=== Date unknown === === Date unknown ===
* ] is founded as the ] of ], in New York City. * ] is founded as the ] of ], in New York City.
* The second ], erected off the south west coast of England by ], is completed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Fred|last=Majdalany|title=The Red Rocks of Eddystone|location=London|publisher=Longmans|year=1959|page=86}}</ref> * The second ], erected off the south west coast of England by ], is completed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Fred|last=Majdalany|title=The Red Rocks of Eddystone|location=London|publisher=Longmans|year=1959|page=86}}</ref>
* ], an ancient town in ], ], Italy and buried under volcanic ash and pumice in the eruption of ] in 79 AD, is discovered by accident when attempts to drill a well for a monastery encountered marble and other materials.
* The first modern edition of ]'s plays is published in ], ] ]. * The first modern edition of ]'s plays is published in ], ] ].
* ''De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Ratione'' (''On the Study Methods of Our Times'') is published by ] philosopher ]. * ''De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Ratione'' (''On the Study Methods of Our Times'') is published by ] philosopher ].
* Priceless medieval ]s, created by Tyrolese sculptor ], are destroyed.</onlyinclude> * Priceless medieval ]s, created by Tyrolese sculptor ], are destroyed.
* The first ] is exhibited in ] by its inventor ] (1655-1731), who named it "gravicembalo col piano e forte", a name which was subsequently shortened to "pianoforte" and then "piano".
* A collapsible ] is introduced in ].<ref>{{cite web|title=The History of Umbrellas|url=http://www.oakthriftumbrellas.com/pages/umbrellas4.htm|publisher=Oakthrift Corporation|accessdate=2011-12-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130902053708/http://www.oakthriftumbrellas.com/pages/umbrellas4.htm|archive-date=2013-09-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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== Births == == Births ==
* ] &ndash; ], British autobiographer (d. ]) ] born ]]]
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], Swedish political salonniére (d. ])
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], French inventor (d. ])
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], German naturalist (d. ])
<!-- ] born ]]] -->
* ] &ndash; ], French dramatist (d. ])
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], French polymath, author and poet (d. ])
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], 7th ] of Japan (d. ])
]]] ] born ]]]
] born ]]]
* ] &ndash; ], English writer, critic and lexicographer (d. ])

* ] ''(bapt.)'' &ndash; ], English novelist (d. ])
=== January&ndash;March ===
* ] ''(bapt.)'' &ndash; ], English clergyman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British autobiographer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], operator of a ferry service at ] in the United States (d. ])
* ]
** ], Italian cardinal (d. ])
** ] (d. ])
** ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Benedictine monk and master pipe organ builder (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] French writer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French physician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Swedish political salonniére (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French inventor of mechanical automata (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] American missionary, ], schoolteacher, judge, Superintendent of Indian Affairs (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ]
** ], English clergyman (d. ])
** ], German naturalist (d. ])
** ], German botanist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], scientist and member of the Swedish parliament (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian professor of natural philosophy (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Swiss mathematician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French naval general, governor of Martinique, governor general of the Windward Islands (d. ])

=== April&ndash;June ===
* ] &ndash; ], farmer, local official, and Massachusetts legislator (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], lawyer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French dramatist and songwriter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Italian-born astronomer (d. ])
* ]
** ], Swedish architect (d. ])
** ], American manufacturer of stoves and furnaces (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German physician and botanist born in Brieg (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German-Danish diplomat (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], doctor of philosophy, priest of the Society of Jesus, and teacher (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Genevan physician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Welsh Moravian worker and activist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], veteran Spanish captain who founded Laredo (d. ])
* ]
** ], English peer who served as Chairman of Committees in the House of Lords from 1765 (d. ])
** ], English Catholic and supporter of the exiled House of Stuart or Jacobite (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German portrait painter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], farmer (d. ])

=== July&ndash;September ===
* ] &ndash; ], Italian painter active mainly in the Valselsia (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French Ancien Régime Controller-General of Finances under Louis XV (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English property developer and slave owner (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French architect (d. ])
* ]
** ], Italian Cardinal who served as Bishop of Imola (d. ])
** ], German philosopher (d. ])
** ], Italian painter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], grammarian (d. ])
* ]
** ], German monk and musician (d. ])
** ], German naturalist (d. ])
** ], seventh ''shōgun'' of the Tokugawa dynasty (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French man of letters and erudition (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British noble (d. ])
* ]
** ], Danish theologian and bishop (d. ])
** ], English judge, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas (1766–1771) (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], officer of the Royal Navy (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French priest and martyr (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French poet and dramatist (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German Benedictine (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Swiss painter (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Japanese ''daimyō'' of the Edo period (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], ] of ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], English poet, biographer, essayist, and lexicographer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], soldier (d. ])

=== October&ndash;December ===
* ]
** ], British-Danish industrialist (d. ])
** ], Italian painter of the Rococo or late-Baroque period (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British landowner and Tory MP (d. ])
* ]
** ], Archbishop of Paris and cardinal of the Catholic Church (d. ])
** ], English clergyman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Scottish nobleman (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Irish peer and politician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German historian (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], French-born surgeon who spent time practicing medicine in eastern Canada (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], British Member of Parliament in the reign of George II (d. ])
* ]
** ], German musician and composer (d. ])
** ], Dutch historian (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German Jesuit writer (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Hanoverian-born regent of Friesland (d. ]) * ] &ndash; ], Hanoverian-born regent of Friesland (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], leader in the American Revolution (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], mathematician, amateur astronomer, secretary of the Dutch government for 40 years (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], German Lutheran theologian during the Age of Enlightenment (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Austro-Moravian singer, violinist, composer, conductor and music theoretician (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], art of the Acadian and ] resistance against the British Empire in Acadia (d. ])
* ]
** ], rector of the Latin school of Wageningen, The Netherlands, and writer of Greek and Latin grammars (d. ])
** ], British military officer who (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], empress regnant of Russia (d. ]) * ] &ndash; ], empress regnant of Russia (d. ])
* ]
** ], MP (d. ])
** ], ] (d. ])
* ] &ndash; ], Austrian-German painter (d. ])


== Deaths == == Deaths ==

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1709 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1709
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Ab urbe condita2462
Armenian calendar1158
ԹՎ ՌՃԾԸ
Assyrian calendar6459
Balinese saka calendar1630–1631
Bengali calendar1115–1116
Berber calendar2659
British Regnal year7 Ann. 1 – 8 Ann. 1
Buddhist calendar2253
Burmese calendar1071
Byzantine calendar7217–7218
Chinese calendar戊子年 (Earth Rat)
4406 or 4199
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4407 or 4200
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Hebrew calendar5469–5470
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Islamic calendar1120–1121
Japanese calendarHōei 6
(宝永６年)
Javanese calendar1632–1633
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Korean calendar4042
Minguo calendar203 before ROC
民前203年
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(male Earth-Rat)
1835 or 1454 or 682
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阴土牛年
(female Earth-Ox)
1836 or 1455 or 683
July 8: Battle of Poltava.

1709 (MDCCIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1709th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 709th year of the 2nd millennium, the 9th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1700s decade. As of the start of 1709, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Calendar year

In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January–June

July–December

Date unknown


Births

Teresia Constantia Phillips born 2 January
Christian Gottlieb Ludwig born 30 April
Théodore Tronchin born 24 May
Johann Georg Gmelin born 8 August
Ludvig Harboe born 16 August
John Eardley Wilmot born 16 August
Jagat Singh II born 17 September
Samuel Johnson born 18 September

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Deaths

References

  1. Pain, Stephanie. "1709: The year that Europe froze." New Scientist, 7 February 2009.
  2. Mott, R. A. (January 5, 1957). "The earliest use of coke for ironmaking". The Gas World, coking section supplement. 145: 7–18.
  3. Raistrick, Arthur (1953). Dynasty of Ironfounders: the Darbys and Coalbrookdale. London: Longmans, Green. p. 34.
  4. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 292. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  5. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  6. Ober, Frederick A. (1912). Our West Indian Neighbors: the Islands of the Caribbean Sea. New York: James Pott & Company. p. 11.
  7. Jackson, Michael H. (1993). Galapagos: a Natural History. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1-895176-07-7.
  8. Gardiner, Juliet (1995). Wenborn, Neil (ed.). The History Today Companion to British History. London: Collins & Brown. p. 577. ISBN 1-85585-178-4.
  9. Margaret Ross Griffel (January 23, 2018). Operas in German: A Dictionary. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4422-4797-0.
  10. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 207–208. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  11. Majdalany, Fred (1959). The Red Rocks of Eddystone. London: Longmans. p. 86.
  12. "The History of Umbrellas". Oakthrift Corporation. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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