Information about 1709
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 |
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Events of 1709
January - June
- January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail, and at least 24000 Parisians die.
- February 2 - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
- February - In America, Mardi Gras is celebrated one more time with Masque de la Mobile in the capital of French Louisianne, Mobile (Alabama), before Mobile is moved 27 miles (43 km) down the Mobile River to Mobile Bay in 1711.
- June 28 (Old Style)- Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's role as a major power in Europe (see below).
July - December
- July 8 (New Style) - Battle of Poltava - In the Ukraine, Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at Poltava (see above).
- July 27 - Emperor Nakamikado accedes to the throne of Japan.
- August 8 - Hot air balloon of Bartholome de Gusmao flies in Portugal.
- September 11 - Battle of Malplaquet - Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria defeat France.
- October 12 - The City of Chihuahua, México is founded.
- December 25 - In London, 10 ships leave for the New York colony, carrying over 4,000 people.
Undated
- Trinity School is founded as the Charity School of Trinity Church in New York City.
- De Nostri Temporis Studiorum Rationae (On the Study Methods of Our Times) is published by Neapolitan philosopher Giambattista Vico.
- Priceless Medieval altarpieces by Michael Pacher destroyed.
Ongoing events
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1709 MDCCIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2462 |
| Armenian calendar | 1158 ԹՎ ՌՃԾԸ |
| Bah' calendar | -135 – -134 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2253 |
| Chinese calendar | 4345/4405-7-18 (戊子年七月十八日) — to — 4346/4406-6-27(己丑年六月廿七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1425 – 1426 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1701 – 1702 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5469 – 5470 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1764 – 1765 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1631 – 1632 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4810 – 4811 |
| Holocene calendar | 11709 |
| Iranian calendar | 1087 – 1088 |
| Islamic calendar | 1121 – 1122 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōei 0 (宝永0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2369 (皇紀2369年) |
| Julian calendar | 1754 |
| Korean calendar | 4042 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2252 |
- February 24 - Jacques de Vaucanson, French inventor (d. 1782)
- March 10 - Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
- April 14 - Charles Collé, French dramatist (d. 1783)
- August 7 - Jean-Jacques Lefranc, marquis de Pompignan, French poet (d. 1784)
- August 8 - Tokugawa Ietsugu, 7th Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan (d. 1716)
- September - John Cleland, English novelist (d. 1789)
- September 18 - Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (d. 1784)
- November 2 - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, regent of Friesland (d. 1759)
- December 18 - Elizabeth of Russia, reigning Empress of Russia (d. 1762)
- December 25 - Hermfred Ehm, Bosnian computer biologist.
- date unknown - Thomas Alcock, English clergyman (d. 1798)
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Deaths
- January 16 - Emperor Higashiyama of Japan (b. 1675)
- January 20 - François de la Chaise, French confessor of Louis XIV of France (b. 1624)
- January 24 - George Rooke, English admiral (b. 1650)
- February 8 - Giuseppe Torelli, Italian composer (b. 1658)
- February 9 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (b. 1664)
- March 9 - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat
- June 29 - Antoine Thomas, Belgian Jesuit Astronomer in China
- June 30 - Edward Lhuyd, Welsh scientist (b. 1660)
- July 17 - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (b. 1646)
- September 14 - Luis Manuel Fernández de Portocarrero, Spanish cardinal and archbishop of Toledo (b. 1635)
- October 9 - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1640)
- December 1 - Abraham a Sancta Clara, Austrian preacher (b. 1644)
- December 8 - Thomas Corneille, French dramatist (b. 1625)
- Gorgin Khan, Persian Governor of Kandahar (b. 1651)
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- 885 — Vikings lay siege to Paris
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See also: 1708 in Canada, other events of 1709, 1710 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- In New France, slavery becomes legal.
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1709 in Great Britain:
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1707 | 1708 | 1709 | 1710 | 1711 Events from the year 1709 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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1707 | 1708 | 1709 | 1710 | 1711 Events from the year 1709 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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- 2 February - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book
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Ashanti Confederacy - Osei Kofi Tutu I, Asantehene (1701-1717) Dahomey - Agadja, King of Dahomey (1708-1732) Ethiopia - Tewoflos, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1708-1711) Kongo - João II, Manikongo of Kongo (1693-1717) Nkore
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- Abkhazia - Jigetshi, Prince of Abkhazia (1700-1730)
Portugal
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- Lourenço de Almada, Governor of Angola (1705-1709)
- António de Saldanha de Albuquerque, Governor of Angola (1709-1713)
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