Great Winter
Faces famine and crisis during the severe winter.
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1709 in France
Explore 13 historical events and records for France in 1709.
Historical records for France in 1709
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January
Great Winter
The harsh winter deepens France's famine and financial crisis during the war.
March
Peace
Turns down peace proposals from Spain
September
Battle of Malplaquet
Boufflers supports Villars and helps organise French resistance at Malplaquet.
Battle of Malplaquet
Villars commands the French army at Malplaquet and inflicts heavy losses despite retreating.
Battle of Malplaquet
Inflicts heavy Allied losses despite French defeat.
Retreat from Malplaquet
Boufflers conducts an orderly French withdrawal after the costly battle at Malplaquet.
Wounding
Villars is wounded during the Battle of Malplaquet and command passes to Boufflers.
November
Birth of Julien Offray de La Mettrie
Julien Offray de La Mettrie is born at Saint-Malo in Brittany.
Other events (month unknown)
Arrest of Jansenist nuns
Arrests Jansenist nuns
French Defensive Army Concentrated near Flanders
Villars strengthens French defences after repeated Allied successes threaten the northern frontier.
Northern Army Command
Villars takes command of the main French army opposing Marlborough and Eugene.
Peace Negotiations
Louis XIV seeks peace after the severe military and economic strain of the war.
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