1709 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1709?
- February 1, 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- July 8, 1709 – Great Northern War: Battle of Poltava – 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, 1709 – Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon
- September 11, 1709 – Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.
Who Were Born In The Year 1709?
- February 24, 1709 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
- March 10, 1709 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- July 11, 1709 – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist (d. 1785)
- September 18, 1709 – Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- November 2, 1709 – Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- December 11, 1709 – Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, queen consort of Spain (d. 1742)
- December 29, 1709 – Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
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