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March 1, 1709Born on Saturday March 2, 1709
- Elizabetha Adriaen Versantvoort, Sint-Oedenrode († 1785)
- Gerritie Baers, Rotterdam
- Joannes Jacob Lava, Klerken
- Anna Maria Counts, EVANGELISCH, OBERFISCHBACH, WESTFALEN, PRUSSIA
- Joannes Cardinael, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, België, St.Salv.2de († 1710)
- Euphemia Robbenhaar, Tubbergen
- Geesken Wentink, Zeddam
- Dirk Ariens, Schaijk
- Andreas Volk, Bretzingen, Germany († 1772)
- Catharina Agatha Eva von Kerpen
Died on Saturday March 2, 1709
- Antoinette Kremer, Folkling, Moselle, Lorraine, France
- Cornelis Franciscus van Sundert (61), Sprundel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Cornelis Franciscus (Franssen) van Sundert (61), Sprundel
- Amalberga Van Mieghem (84), Moorsel, Belgium
- Amalberga Van Mieghem (84), Moorsel
- Cornelis Pietersz. MOLENAAR (59)
- Frans van Dam (84), Amerongen, Netherlands
- Cornelis Fransen van Sundert (61), Sprundel
- Joanna Jacobs van Bavel (64), Rucphen
- Jan Klinkenbergh (34)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from March 2, 1709 at Delpher
Born on March 2
- 1628 » Cornelis Speelman, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies († 1684)
- 1651 » Carlo Gimach, Maltese architect, engineer and poet († 1730)
- 1705 » William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer († 1793)
- 1740 » Nicholas Pocock, English naval painter (d.1821)
- 1760 » Camille Desmoulins, French journalist and politician († 1794)
- 1769 » DeWitt Clinton, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of New York († 1828)
- 1770 » Louis-Gabriel Suchet, French general († 1826)
- 1779 » Joel Roberts Poinsett, American physician and politician, 15th United States Secretary of War († 1851)
- 1793 » Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas († 1863)
- 1800 » Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian-Italian poet and philosopher († 1844)
Died on March 2
- 1589 » Alessandro Farnese, Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1520)
- 1619 » Anne of Denmark, queen of Scotland (b. 1574)
- 1729 » Francesco Bianchini, Italian astronomer and philosopher (b. 1662)
- 1755 » Louis de Rouvroy, French duke and diplomat (b. 1675)
- 1791 » John Wesley, English cleric and theologian (b. 1703)
- 1793 » Carl Gustaf Pilo, Swedish-Danish painter and academic (b. 1711)
- 1797 » Horace Walpole, English historian and politician (b. 1717)
- 1829 » Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, Mexican revolutionary (b. ca. 1773)
- 1830 » Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, German physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (b. 1755)
- 1835 » Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1768)
Names that were popular for boys in 1709
Names that were popular for girls in 1709
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1709
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- February 2 » Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.
- June 28 » Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava.
- July 8 » Peter I of Russia defeats Charles XII of Sweden at the Battle of Poltava, thus effectively ending Sweden's status as a major power in Europe.
- August 8 » Bartolomeu de Gusmão demonstrates the lifting power of hot air in an audience before the king of Portugal in Lisbon, Portugal.
- August 28 » Meidingnu Pamheiba is crowned King of Manipur.
- September 11 » Battle of Malplaquet: Great Britain, Netherlands and Austria fight against France.