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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.

Famous Birthdays in 1709

  • 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)

Famous Deaths in History for 1709

  • 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)