January 5th...The Great Frost of 1709

Here is the latest from The Year Was, which is that thing I do every week. We are up to episode 150. This time we examine the year 1709 as The Great Frost arrives in Europe.

Update schedule will be temporarily sporadic.

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Theme music by The Tim Kreitz Band

https://www.youtube.com/c/TimKreitzAdventures/

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iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-year-was/id1458174084 

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Sources:

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-coldest-temperatures-ever-recorded-on-earth.html

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/dec/17/how-the-great-frost-of-1709-left-englands-economy-in-ruin

https://www.grunge.com/394696/the-deadly-great-frost-of-1709-is-still-a-mystery/

https://todayinhistory.blog/2017/01/05/january-5-1709-the-great-frost/

https://www.onthisday.com/photos/great-frost-of-1709

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Frost_of_1709

https://www.royalhampshireregiment.org/about-the-museum/timeline/war-spanish-succession/

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Photo: 

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