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1719

Years: 1716 1717 1718 - 1719 - 1720 1721 1722

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1719 in literature 1719 in music 1719 in science List of state leaders in 1719 List of religious leaders in 1719

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire
• April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe

Ongoing events

• Great Northern War (1700-1721)

Births

• November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, later Princess of Wales.

Deaths

• January 12 - John Flamsteed, astronomer
• June 17 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer
• November 8 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
• Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German landscape painter

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