1719
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1719 (MDCCXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1719th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 719th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1719, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

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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
Births
- None at this time
Deaths
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola
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