Anniversarial — 2009
1709
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2009:
Births
- Allamand, François Louis (born 1709–died 1784), Swiss scholar, classicist, author
- Anne, Princess Royal & princess consort of Orange (born 1709–died 1759), German aristocrat, princess
- Barr, John (born c. 1709–died 1778), English churchman, author
- Berthier de Sauvigny, Louis Jean Baptiste (born 1709–died 1788), French civil servant
- Bollioud-Mermet, Louis (born 1709–died 1794), French author, composer, musicologist
- Bonnot de Mably, père Gabriel, abbé de Mably (born 1709–died 1785), French author, political author
- Bouret, Étienne Michel (born 1709–died 1777), French financier
- Brosses, Charles de, baron de Montfalcon (born 1709–died 1777), French magistrate, scholar, academic
- Brunassi, Lorenzo, duca di San Filippo (born 1709–died 1753), [unknown nationality & occupation]
- Chaillet, Jean Frédéric (born 1709–died 1778), Swiss soldier, lawyer, army officer
- Chiron, Étienne (born 1709–died 1780), Swiss schoolteacher
- Chomel, Jean Baptiste Louis (born 1709–died 1765), French surgeon
- Collé, Charles (born 1709–died 1783), French author, playwright, songwriter
- Du Molard-Bert, Charles (born 1709–died 1772), French scholar, academician, academic
- Elizabeth I, czarina of Russia (born 1709–died 1762), Russian aristocrat, monarch
- Fangé, Dom Augustin (born 1709–died 1784), French churchman, monk, Benedictine, historian
- Forbes, Sir Arthur (born 1709–died 1773), Scottish politician, university teacher, university administrator
- Gresset, Jean Baptiste Louis (born 1709–died 1777), French author, playwright, academician
- Harris, James (born 1709–died 1780), English philologist, philosopher, politician, member of Parliament
- Harte, Walter (born 1709–died 1774), English university teacher, university administrator, author
- Home of Ninewells, John (born 1709–died 1786), Scottish gentleman
- Johnson, Doctor Samuel (born 1709–died 1784), English scholar, journalist, lexicographer, academic
- Künzli, Martin (born 1709–died 1765), Swiss university administrator
- La Garde, Nicolas de Delay de (born 1709–died 1783), French gentleman
- La Rochebaron, Louis Marie Auguste de, duc d’Aumont (born 1709–died 1782), French aristocrat
- Lefranc, Jean Jacques, marquis de Pompignan (born 1709–died 1784), French magistrate, economist, playwright, academician
- Lisle, Thomas (born 1709–died 1767), English churchman, poet
- Lloyd, II, Henry (born 1709–died 1795), American [unknown occupation]
- Lyttelton, George, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (born 1709–died 1773), English aristocrat, politician, author
- Mainwaring, Edward (born 1709–died 1795), English gentleman, executor
- Maniban, Marie Françoise de, marquise de Malause (born 1709–died 1751), French aristocrat
- Montmollin, Frédéric Guillaume de (born 1709–died 1783), Swiss churchman, Protestant
- Montperny, Théodore Camille, marquis de Montperny (born 1709–died 1754), French aristocrat, courtier
- Morris, Samuel (born 1709–died 1770), American entrepreneur, politician
- Nicolay, Aymard Jean de, marquis de Goussainville (born 1709–died 1785), French aristocrat
- Nugent, Robert Craggs, Earl Nugent (born 1709–died 1788), Irish politician, member of Parliament, poet
- Offray de La Mettrie, Julien (born 1709–died 1751), French physician, philosopher
- Philibert, Claude Christophe (born c. 1709–died 1784), Swiss printer
- Pineau de Viennay, Jacques, baron de Lucé (born 1709–died 1764), French lawyer
- Preussen, Sophia Friderika Wilhelmina von, margravine of Bayreuth (born 1709–died 1758), German princess, consort
- Riquet, Jean Gabriel Amable Alexandre de, baron de Bonrepos (born 1709–died 1791), French aristocrat, politician
- Rosset de Rochefort, Jean Alphonse (born 1709–died 1766), Swiss churchman, Protestant, theologian
- Rougemont, Josué de (born 1709–died 1769), Swiss banker
- Sahuguet-Damarzit d’Espagnac, Léonard de (born 1709–died 1781), French lawyer, politician
- Sharpe, Samuel (born 1709–died 1778), English surgeon, academician
- Silhouette, Étienne de (born 1709–died 1767), French government minister
- Sirven, Pierre Paul (born 1709–died 1777), French notary, legal victim
- Stewart, William, 1st earl of Blessington (born 1709–died 1769), Irish aristocrat
- Thormann, Georg (born 1709–died 1764), Swiss soldier, politician, army officer
- Trevor, Elizabeth, Baroness Trevor [née Steele] (born 1709–died 1782), English home-maker
- Tronchin, Théodore (born 1709–died 1781), Swiss physician
- Walthoe, Nathaniel (born c. 1709–died 1770), English lawyer, civil servant
- Whatley, George (born c. 1709–died 1791), English author, economist, philanthropist
Deaths
- Addison, Gulston (born 1673–died 1709), English colonial governor
- Aignan, père François (born 1644–died 1709), French churchman, friar, Capuchin, physician, pharmacist
- Burnet, Elizabeth [formerly Mrs Berkeley; née Blake] (born 1661–died 1709), English gentlewoman, author
- Hotton, Petrus (born 1648–died 1709), Dutch university teacher
- Howe, Lieutenant-general Emanuel Scrope (born c. 1663–died 1709), English army officer, diplomat, politician, member of Parliament
- King, Edmund (born 1630–died 1709), English surgeon, physician, academician
- Kirkwood, Reverend James (born c. 1650–died after 1709), Scottish churchman, theologian
- Lockwood, Cutts (born 1672–died 1709), English merchant
- Minutoli, Vincent (born 1639–died 1709), Swiss churchman, Protestant, scholar, academic
- Montagu, Ralph, 1st duke of Montagu [1st creation] (born 1638–died 1709), English courtier, politician, member of Parliament, diplomat
- Mordaunt, Carey, countess of Peterborough [née Fraizer] (born 1658–died 1709), English aristocrat
- Papin, Isaac (born 1657–died 1709), French churchman, theologian
- Pawling, Robert (born 1635–died 1709), English mercer, councillor, politician, tradesman
- Perrot, Bernard (born 1619–died 1709), Italian glassmaker, inventor, tradesman
- Revett, Edmund (died 1709), English army officer
- Smith, Reverend Humfry (born 1655–died 1709), English churchman
- Veen, Egbertus (born 1630–died c. 1709), Dutch physician
