Events from the year 1709 in France
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
- 1 January – Battle of St. John's: French capture St. John's, capital of the British colony of Newfoundland.
- 6 January – Western Europe's Great Frost of 1709, the coldest period in 500 years, begins during the night, lasting three months, with its effects felt for the entire year.[2] In France, the Atlantic coast and Seine River freeze, crops fail, and 24,000 Parisians die. Floating ice enters the North Sea.
- 13 April – The Raudot Ordinance of 1709 becomes law in the French colony of New France, legalizing slavery.
- 11 September – Battle of Malplaquet (War of the Spanish Succession) fought near the French border: French strategic victory but tactical victory for the opposing alliance.
Births edit
- 7 February – Charles de Brosses, writer (died 1777)[3]
- 24 February – Jacques de Vaucanson, engineer and inventor (died 1782)
- 14 April – Charles Collé, dramatist (died 1783)
- 7 August – Jean-Jacques Lefranc, Marquis de Pompignan, polymath (died 1784)
- 29 August – Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, poet and dramatist (died 1777)
- 3 September – Joan Claudi Peiròt, Occitan writer (died 1795)
- 23 November – Julien Offray de La Mettrie, physician and philosopher (died 1751)
- Full date missing – Jean Girardet, painter of portrait miniatures (died 1778)
Deaths edit
- 20 January – François de la Chaise, confessor of Louis XIV (born 1624)
- 9 February – François Louis, Prince of Conti, general (born 1664)
- 5 April – Roger de Piles, painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (born 1635)
- 17 July – Pascal Collasse, composer (baptized 1649)
- 4 September – Jean-François Regnard, comic poet (born 1655)
- 17 October – François Mauriceau, obstetrician (born 1637)
- 8 December – Thomas Corneille, dramatist (born 1625)[4]
- 13 December – Louis de Verjus, politician and diplomat (born 1629)
- 31 December – Pierre Cally, philosopher (born 1630)
- Full date missing
- Jean-Baptiste Boyer d’Éguilles, engraver, painter and collector (born 1650)
- Louise de Prie, royal governess (born 1624)
- Thierry Ruinart, monk (born 1657)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "BBC - History - Historic Figures: Louis XIV (1638-1715)". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Pain, Stephanie. "1709: The year that Europe froze." New Scientist, 7 February 2009.
- ^ Blangstrup, Chr., ed. (1916). "Brosses, Charles de". Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon (in Danish). Vol. 4 (2 ed.). Copenhagen: J.H. Schultz Forlagsboghandel. Retrieved 2015-09-12.
- ^ "Thomas Corneille | French dramatist | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
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