1709 - Wikipedia As of the start of 1709, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Friday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar
Great Frost of 1709 - Wikipedia The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was known in France, was an extraordinarily cold winter in Europe in 1708–1709, [1] and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years
Could Europe’s freakish winter of 1709 happen again? On January 5, temperatures plummeted—not, perhaps, a surprise in European winter But 1709 was no ordinary cold snap Dawn broke the next morning on a continent that had frozen over from Italy to
1709 - Detailed Pedia January 6 – Western Europe's Great Frost of 1709, the coldest period in 500 years, begins during the night, lasting three months, with its effects felt for the entire year In France, the Atlantic coast and Seine River freeze, crops fail, and 24,000 Parisians die Floating ice enters the North Sea