1709 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1709 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Anne of Great Britain
[edit] Events
- January to March - Unusually cold weather brings floating ice into the North Sea.[1]
- 2 February - Alexander Selkirk is rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.[2]
- 12 April - first edition of society magazine Tatler published.[2]
- 30 July - War of the Spanish Succession: Capture of Tournai by John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy.[3]
- 11 September - War of the Spanish Succession: Battle of Malplaquet - Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria led by the Duke of Marlborough defeat France. The song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" is based on the French song "Marlbrough s'en va-t-en guerre" composed following this battle.[3]
- 9 October - War of the Spanish Succession: British army captures Mons.[1]
[edit] Undated
- Enaction of Britain's first copyright law, the Statute of Anne.[3]
- Abraham Darby pioneers the first coke-consuming blast furnace.[3]
- The earliest known match involving county teams played between Kent and Surrey.[4]
- Construction of Marlborough House begins.[1]
[edit] Births
- 17 January - George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton, politician (died 1773)
- 18 September - Samuel Johnson, writer and lexicographer (died 1784)
- 2 November - Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, (died 1759)
- John Cleland, English novelist (died 1789)
[edit] Deaths
- 24 January - George Rooke, English admiral (born 1650)
- 9 March - Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English diplomat (born c. 1638)
- 30 June - Edward Lhuyd, scientist (born 1660)
- 17 July - Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (born 1646)
- 9 October - Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, English mistress of Charles II of England (born 1640)
- 23 November - William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland, Favourite of William III of England (born 1649, Netherlands)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 207-208. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 292. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Icons, a portrait of England 1700-1750. Retrieved on 2007-08-24.
[edit] See also
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