1709
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Events
- January 12 – Two-month freezing period begins in France – The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24.000 Parisians die
- February 2 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
- June 27- Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
- July 8 – Battle of Poltava – In the Ukraine, 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 – Hot air balloon of Bartholome de Gusmao flies in Portugal
- September 11 – Battle of Malplaquet – Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria defeat France
- Emperor Nakamikado ascends to the throne of Japan
- First pianoforte built in Florence by Bartolommeo Cristofori
Ongoing events
Births
- February 24 – Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
- March 10 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- August 7 – Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, French poet (d. 1784)
- September 18 – Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- December 18 – Elizabeth of Russia, reigning Empress of Russia (d. 1762)
- John Cleland, English novelist (d. 1789)
- Charles Collé, French dramatist (d. 1783)
Deaths
- January 16 – Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- September 14 – Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo (b. 1635)
- December 8 – Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)
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