In the year 1709, the Great Frost of 1709 in Western Europe begins, killing thousands (Jan 6), the production of hard-paste porcelain in Europe starts (Mar 28), Peter the Great defeats the Swedish forces at Poltava, and thus ends Sweden’s role as a major power in Europe (Jun 27), the city of Chihuahua in Mexico is founded (Oct 12), ten ships leave London for the New York Colony (Dec 25) - and all these fine people were born:

1709-0101 1709-0102 Teresia Constantia Phillips* courtesan/bigamist//autobiographer - Chester, England (1765/56) 1709-0110 Liisa Iisakintytär Lusa** (b Krekola) mother of Juho Juhonpoika Jaakko-Kokko - Krekola farm, Kurikka, Sweden-Finland (1767/58) 1709-0120 1709-0131 1709-0216 Henrika Juliana von Liewen* socialite/noble/politically active - Sweden (1779/70) 1709-0224 Jacques de Vaucanson* inventor/artist/designer of automata - Grenoble, France (1782/73) 1709-0310 Georg Wilhelm Steller* - botanist/zoologist/explorer - Windsheim, Germany (1746/37) 1709-0414 Charles Collé* dramatist/songwriter - Paris, France (1783/74) 1709-0417 Giovanni Domenico Maraldi* Italian astronomer/active in France - Perinaldo, Liguria (1788/79) 1709-0501 Joachim Wasserschlebe* German-Danish politician/diplomat/ patron of the arts - Salzwedel, Margraviate of Brandenburg (1787/77) 1709-0624 Gustaf Johan Gyllenstierna* Swedish nobleman/public servant/spy for the Russian Empire - (1764/54) 1709-0808 Tokugawa Ietsugu* 7th shogun of Tokugawa shogunate - Edo, Japan (1716/6) 1709-0810 Jean-Jacques Lefranc* Marquis de Pompignan/man of letters - Cahors, France (1784/75) 1709-0918 Samuel Johnson* writer/critic/lexicographer - Lichfield, Staffordshire, England (1784/75) 1709-0924 John Cleveland* (B) novelist - Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England (1789/79) 1709-1218 Elizabeth of Russia* Empress of Russia - Moscow, Tsardom of Russia (1762/52) Updated 15.4.2023-2 Search for another year here