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1709 Historical Event(s)
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 On 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)