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Great Frost of 1709
Coldest recorded winter in Europe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other Great Frosts, see River Thames frost fairs.
The Great Frost, as it was known in England, or Le Grand Hiver ("The Great Winter"), as it was known in France, was an extraordinarily cold winter in Europe in 1708–1709,[1] and was the coldest European winter during the past 500 years.[2]
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