1719
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s |
| Years: | 1716 1717 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722 |
| 1719 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1719 MDCCXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2472 |
| Armenian calendar | 1168 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԸ |
| Chinese calendar | 4355/4415-11-11 (戊戌年十一月十一日) — to — 4356/4416-11-21(己亥年十一月廿一日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1711 – 1712 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5479 – 5480 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1774 – 1775 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1641 – 1642 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4820 – 4821 |
| Iranian calendar | 1097 – 1098 |
| Islamic calendar | 1131 – 1132 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2262 |
Contents |
Events
- January 23 - The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire
- April 25 - Daniel Defoe publishes Robinson Crusoe
- June 10 - Battle of Glen Shiel
- Prussia conducts Europe's first systematic census
- Miners in Falun, Sweden find an apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson in an unused part of the copper mine
- France declares war on Spain
Unknown Dates
- Raine's Foundation School, Bethnal Green, opens in Wapping. Opened by Henry Raine.
Ongoing events
Births
- January 2 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (died 1797)
- January 3 - Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (died 1773)
- January 17 - William Vernon, American merchant (died 1806)
- January 23 - John Landen, English mathematician (died 1790)
- January 28 - Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (died 1749)
- March 4 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (died 1777)
- March 13 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (died 1797)
- April 2 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (died 1803)
- May 30 - Roger Newdigate, English politician (died 1806)
- June 28 - Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (died 1785)
- July 4 - Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (died 1797)
- August 4 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (died 1767)
- August 20 - Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (died 1783)
- August 20 - Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (died 1791)
- August 25 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (died 1795)
- September 27 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (died 1800)
- October 17 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (died 1792)
- October 20 - Gottfried Achenwall, German statistician (died 1772)
- November 14 - Leopold Mozart, Austrian composer (died 1787)
- November 23 - Spranger Barry, Irish actor (died 1777)
- November 30 - Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (died 1772)
- December 15 - Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (died 1742)
Deaths
- April 7 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer (born 1651)
- April 15 - Françoise d'Aubigné, marquise de Maintenon, second wife of Louis XIV of France (born 1635)
- April 21 - Philippe de la Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (born 1640)
- June 17 - Joseph Addison, English politician and writer (born 1672)
- July 5 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, Irish general (born 1641)
- September 7 - John Harris (writer), English writer (born c.1666)
- September 21 - Johann Heinrich Acker, German writer (born 1647)
- September 27 - George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (born 1662)
- November 8 - Michel Rolle, French mathematician (born 1652)
- December 2 - Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (born 1634)
- November 26 - John Hudson, English classical scholar (born 1662)
- December 31 - John Flamsteed, English astronomer (born 1646)
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (born 1667)
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