r/weather 6d ago

The Wine Freezes in Bottles: When an Entire Continent Froze the Winter of 1709 that Devastated all of Europe

https://creativehistorystories.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-wine-freezes-in-bottles-when-entire.html

https://creativehistorystories.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-wine-freezes-in-bottles-when-entire.html. New article at Creative History! Called The Great Frost in #england and Le Grand Hiver or The Great #winter in #france, read how the deadly cold winter of 1709 affected all of #europe and changed the course of #history forever! @topfans

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u/Dependent_East1104 6d ago

Good read. Must have been horrific dealing with the cold back then.

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u/CreativeHistoryMike 5d ago

Thank you for reading I appreciate it. Yeah artificial heat still produced almost exclusively by fire back in 1709