What Happened In 1709 - Historical Events 1709

Historical Events for the Year 1709

2nd February » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring the book 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe.
28th June » Peter I of Russia or Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
8th August » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the King of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal
28th August » Pamheiba known as Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
11th September » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.

1st January » Johann Heinrich Hartmann Bätz, German-Dutch organ builder (d. 1770)
24th January » Dom Bédos de Celles, French monk and organ builder (d. 1779)
24th February » Jacques de Vaucanson, French engineer (d. 1782)
10th March » Georg Wilhelm Steller, German botanist, zoologist, physician, and explorer (d. 1746)
27th March » William Flackton, English organist, viola player, and composer (d. 1798)
14th April » Charles Collé, French playwright and songwriter (d. 1783)
25th June » Francesco Araja, Italian composer (d. 1762)
5th July » Étienne de Silhouette, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1767)
11th July » Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1785)
8th August » Hermann Anton Gelinek, German-Italian monk and violinist (d. 1779)
18th September » Samuel Johnson, English lexicographer and author (d. 1784)
25th October » Georg Gebel (the younger) named Georg Gebel, German organist and composer (d. 1753)
2nd November » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
22nd November » Franz Benda, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1786)
1st December » Franz Xaver Richter, Czech singer-songwriter, violinist, and conductor (d. 1789)
29th December » Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)

20th January » François de la Chaise, French priest (b. 1624)
24th January » George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
8th February » Giuseppe Torelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1658)
9th February » François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
19th February » Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)
9th March » Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat (b. 1638)
30th June » Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (b. 1660)
17th July » Robert Bolling, English-American planter and merchant (b. 1646)
2nd October » Ivan Mazepa, Ukrainian diplomat (b. 1639)
9th October » Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
1st December » Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian monk (b. 1644)
8th December » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)