January 1709Great WinterLouis XIV Sun King
Faces famine and crisis during the severe winter.
Historical records for France in 1709, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Faces famine and crisis during the severe winter.
The harsh winter deepens France's famine and financial crisis during the war.
Turns down peace proposals from Spain
Boufflers supports Villars and helps organise French resistance at Malplaquet.
Villars commands the French army at Malplaquet and inflicts heavy losses despite retreating.
Inflicts heavy Allied losses despite French defeat.
Boufflers conducts an orderly French withdrawal after the costly battle at Malplaquet.
Villars is wounded during the Battle of Malplaquet and command passes to Boufflers.
Arrests Jansenist nuns
Villars strengthens French defences after repeated Allied successes threaten the northern frontier.
Villars takes command of the main French army opposing Marlborough and Eugene.
Louis XIV seeks peace after the severe military and economic strain of the war.
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