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| 1708 |
| | The secret of true porcelain is at last discovered in the west, at Dresden, by Johann Friedrich Böttger | |
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| 1709 |
| | The Swedish king Charles XII suffers his first major defeat in a brilliant career, when he faces the Russians at Poltava | |
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| 1709 |
| | The Tatler launches a new style of journalism in Britain's coffee houses, followed two years later by the Spectator | |
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| 1709 |
| | Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe, is discovered on a Pacific island where he has survived alone for nearly five years | |
| | Fleet marriage of original Robinson Crusoe, c.1718 National Archives, Kew
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| 1709 |
| | Abraham Darby at Coalbrookdale discovers the use of coke in the smelting of pig iron | |
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| 1709 |
| | In a friendly keyboard contest in Rome between Handel and Domenico Scarlatti, the result is a draw – Handel being the winner on the organ and Scarlatti on the harpsichord | |
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| c. 1710 |
| | Thomas Newcomen creates a piston steam engine, with the steam condensed in the cylinder by a jet of cold water | |
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| 1710 |
| | Christopher Wren's new domed St Paul's cathedral is completed in London | |
| | St.Paul's Cathedral Fotofile CG
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| 1710 |
| | Machines are thrown out of the window of a Spitalfields factory, in an early protest against industrialization | |
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| c. 1710 |
| | The Byerley Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian, ancestors of all thoroughbred racehorses, are imported into England | |
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