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Historical Events in 1719

  • Jan 5 Britain, Hannover, Saxony-Poland and Austria sign anti-Prussian Russian pact
  • Jan 23 Liechtenstein became a sovereign member state of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • Feb 12 The Onderlinge van 1719 u.a., the oldest existing life insurance company in the Netherlands is founded

Robinson Crusoe Published

Apr 25 Daniel Defoe publishes "Robinson Crusoe", regarded as the 1st English novel

  • Jun 10 Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel - Jacobite army defeated by British forces
  • Nov 20 Sweden & Hannover sign for peace Treaty of Stockholm
  • Dec 11 1st recorded display of Aurora Borealis in north American colonies (New England)
  • Dec 18 Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children" in Boston, Massachusetts