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Year 1717 (MDCCXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Golden Age of Piracy (1700-1730 was rife in the Caribbean influencing trade in the world's main centres Events and trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving Pianos World leaders Louis XV King of France Events and trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Events and trends Frederick II ascends the throne of Prussia, upon the death of his father " Frederick William I of Prussia " This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1716 ( MDCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1719 ( MDCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1720 ( MDCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. The year 1717 in architecture involved some significant events Events Paintings Births August 11 - Giovanni Carlo Galli-Bibiena The year 1717 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Works published Alexander Pope: Translator Homer's Iliad, Book III this year preceded by Book The year 1717 in music involved some significant events Events July 13 - Domenico Zipoli arrives in Buenos Aires with 52 other Jesuit The year 1717 in Science and Technology involved few significant events See also 1716 in Canada, other events of 1717, 1718 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - George I of Great Britain Events 1 January - Count Karl von Gyllenborg 1716 state leaders - Events of 1717 - 1718 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - # João Manuel de Noronha, Governor of Angola ( 1713 - 1717) # Henrique Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any common year starting on Monday ( Dominical letter G) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1717
January - June
- January 4 - The Netherlands, Britain & France sign the Triple Alliance. Events 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a State in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1800 This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Triple Alliance was a Treaty between the Dutch Republic, France and Great Britain, against Spain, attempting to maintain the agreement
- February 1 - The Silent Sejm, in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, marks the beginning of the Russian Empire's increasing influence and control over the Commonwealth. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Silent Sejm (or Dumb Sejm, Sejm Niemy Nebylusis seimas is the name given to the session of the Sejm ( Parliament) of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, officially the Commonwealth of the Crown of the Polish Kingdom and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania also known as the Most Serene Republic The Russian Empire ( Pre-reform Russian: Pоссійская Имперія Modern Russian: Российская Империя translit: Rossiyskaya
- February 26-March 6 - What is now the northeastern United States is paralyzed by a series of blizzards that bury the region. Events 747 BC - Epoch (origin of Ptolemy 's Nabonassar Era 364 - Valentinian I is proclaimed Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of The Great Snow of 1717 was a series of snowstorms between February 27 and March 7, 1717.
- March 2 - Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain shown in Drury Lane, The Loves of Mars and Venus. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Drury Lane is a street in the Covent Garden area of London, running between Aldwych and High Holborn.
- March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George, begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that God favors churches with no government. Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Benjamin Hoadly ( 14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman who was successively Bishop of Bangor George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless The Bangorian Controversy was a theological argument within the Church of England in the 18th century
- April 26 - The Whydah Gally, flagship of "Black Sam" Bellamy, is wrecked in a storm off Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Samuel Bellamy (c February 23 1689 &ndash April 27, 1717) aka "Black Sam" Bellamy was a formidable pirate in the early eighteenth Wellfleet is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. The Whydah sinks with a reputed four and a half tons of treasure on board, and all but two of her crew are lost, including Bellamy.
- June 24 - The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the 'Modern' and first Free-Masonic Grand Lodge (which later merges with the Antient Grand Lodge of England in 1813 to form the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England. Events 972 - Battle of Cedynia, the first documented victory of Polish forces takes place The Premier Grand Lodge of England was founded on 24 June 1717 as the Grand Lodge of London and Westminster and it existed until 1813 when it The Antient Grand Lodge of England or Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England according to the Old Constitutions was a rival Grand Lodge to the Premier Grand The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE is the main governing body of Freemasonry within England and Wales and in some countries predominantly ex- London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
July - December
- September - The first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, what is later to become the Ancient Order of Druids (AOD). John Toland ( November 30, 1670 - March 11, 1722) was an Irish Philosopher. Primrose Hill is a hill of located on the north side of Regent's Park in North London, England, and also the name for the surrounding district London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. An equinox is the event of the Sun passing over the Earth's equator in its annual cycle The Ancient Order of Druids (AOD was founded in England in 1781 as a Secret society, rather similar to the Freemasons The tradition in the Order
- November - Crews on two ships commanded by Benjamin Hornigold and Edward Teach attack and capture the British-built French guineyman "Concorde" in the eastern Caribbean. Captain Benjamin Hornigold (d 1719? was an English Pirate during the early 18th century Edward Teach (tɛtʃ c 1680 – November 22, 1718) better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English Pirate in the Caribbean The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting Hornigold soon accepts a British amnesty for all pirates, but Teach rejects it and subsequently becomes known as Blackbeard.
- December - Blackbeard teams up with Stede Bonnet but later takes his ship and demotes Bonnet to guest. Events in December Union Day of Romania (1 December World AIDS Day ( December 1) National Day of Stede Bonnet (c 1688 – December 10 1718 was an early 18th-century Barbadian pirate, sometimes called "the gentleman pirate" because he was a moderately The "Queen Anne's Revenge" and "Revenge" take several ships as prizes in the Caribbean. Queen Anne's Revenge was the name of the pirate Blackbeard 's infamous Flagship, used by him for less than a year but an effective tool in his Blackbeard eventually adds two more ships to his party and sails north to the North American coast.
- December 24/25 - A disastrous flood hits the North Sea coast between the Netherlands and Denmark. Events 563 - The Byzantine church Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is dedicated for the second time after being destroyed by Earthquakes Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian The Christmas Flood 1717 ( Kerstvloed 1717) was the result of a northwesterly storm which hit the coast area of the Netherlands, Germany and Scandinavia The North Sea is a marginal, Epeiric sea of the Atlantic Ocean on the European Continental shelf. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Thousands die or lose their houses.
Undated
- Voltaire is sentenced to the Bastille for a year because of his satirical writings. François-Marie Arouet ( 21 November 1694 30 May 1778) better known by the Pen name Voltaire, was a French The Bastille was a Fortress - Prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine —Number 232 Rue Saint-Antoine—best known today
- Spain unites its South American colonies as New Granada. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. South America is a Continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a
- Montevideo, Uruguay, is founded by the Portuguese. Montevideo (monteβi'ðeo is the largest city the capital and chief port of Uruguay. Uruguay.(official full name in República Oriental del Uruguay;, Oriental Republic of Uruguay) is a country located in the southeastern part of South America Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula.
- A rift between George I of Great Britain and his son the Prince of Wales leads to the latter being thrown out of the royal household. George I (George Louis German Georg Ludwig; 28 May 1660 &ndash 11 June 1727 For the first year of his life George was the only heir to his father's and three childless George II (George Augustus 10 November 1683 &ndash 25 October 1760 was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, wife of the British ambassador to Istanbul, has her son inoculated. The Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( 26 May 1689 &ndash 21 August 1762) was an English aristocrat and writer Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey
Ongoing events
- Great Northern War (1700–1721)
- Maharaja Pamheiba of Manipur is converted to Hinduism by Shantidas Goswami, and decrees Hinduism the official religion of Manipur. The Great Northern War (1700-21 was fought between Russia and Sweden for supremacy in the Baltic Sea. Year 1721 ( MDCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Meidingu Pamheiba (1690-1751 was an emperor in Manipur in the early 18th century Manipur (mnipur in Meitei Mayek) is a state in northeastern India, making its capital in the city of Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Shantidas Adhikari ( Bengali: শান্তিদাস গোস্বামী (also known as Shantidas Gosai, Shantidas Goswami,and Shantidas Babaji Hinduism is a religious tradition that originated in the Indian subcontinent. Manipur (mnipur in Meitei Mayek) is a state in northeastern India, making its capital in the city of
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1717 MDCCXVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2470 |
| Armenian calendar | 1166 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -127 – -126 |
| Berber calendar | 2667 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2261 |
| Burmese calendar | 1079 |
| Chinese calendar | 4353/4413-11-19 (丙申年十一月十九日) — to —
4354/4414-11-29(丁酉年十一月廿九日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1433 – 1434 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1709 – 1710 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5477 – 5478 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1772 – 1773 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1639 – 1640 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4818 – 4819 |
| Holocene calendar | 11717 |
| Iranian calendar | 1095 – 1096 |
| Islamic calendar | 1129 – 1130 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 2 (享保2年) |
| Korean calendar | 4050 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2260 |
- January 2 - Edward Seymour, 9th Duke of Somerset, son of Edward Seymour, 8th Duke of Somerset and Mary Webb (died 1792)
- January 5 - William Barrington, 2nd Viscount Barrington, British statesman (died 1793)
- January 21 - Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa, Spanish military officer (died 1779)
- January 23 - Benjamin Beddome, English Baptist minister and hymnist (died 1795)
- January 28 - Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (died 1774)
- January 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, British soldier and conqueror of Quebec (died 1797)
- February 2 - Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (died 1790)
- February 17 - Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher (died 1799)
- February 19 - David Garrick, English actor (died 1779)
- February 27 - Johann David Michaelis, German biblical scholar and teacher (died 1791)
- April - Pieter Barbiers, Dutch artist (died 1780)
- April 9 - Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer (died 1750)
- May 8 - Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles, husband of Madame de Pompadour (died 1799)
- May 13 - Maria Theresa of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, married with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (died 1780)
- June 5 - Emanuel Mendez da Costa, English botanist (died 1791)
- June 8 - John Collins, American politician (died 1795)
- June 19 - Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (died 1757)
- June 20 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (died 1776)
- June 27 - Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (died 1799)
- July 5 - Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (died 1786)
- August 13 - Louis François I de Bourbon, prince de Conti, French military leader (died 1776)
- August 15
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, French dramatist (died 1806)
- John Metcalf, English roadbuilder (died 1810)
- September 4 - Job Orton, English dissenting minister (died 1783)
- September 7
- A-kuei, Chinese noble general for the Ch'ing dynasty (died 1797)
- Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (died 1791)
- September 22 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (died 1783)
- September 24 - Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, British writer (died 1797)
- September 28 - William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (died 1781)
- October 5 - Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (died 1744)
- October 13 - John Armstrong, American civil engineer and soldier who served as a major general in the Revolutionary War (died 1795)
- October 30 - Jonathan Hornblower, English pioneer of steam power (died 1780)
- November 13 - Prince George William of Wales, member of the British Royal Family (died 1718)
- November 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician and encyclopædist (died 1783)
- November 17 - Caroline Townshend, 1st Baroness Greenwich, British peeress (died 1794)
- November 25 - Alexander Sumarokov, Russian poet and playwright (died 1777)
- December 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar and archaeologist (died 1768)
- December 16 - Elizabeth Carter, English writer (died 1806)
- December 20 - Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (died 1785)
- December 25 - George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield (died 1790)
- December 27 - Pope Pius VI (died 1799)
- December 28 - Johann Heinrich Gottlob Justi, leading German Kameralist in the 18th century (died 1771)
- date unknown
- Giambattista Almici, Italian jurist (died 1793)
- Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset, French philanthropist (died 1773)
- Nicholas Cooke, first Governor of Rhode Island (died 1782)
- Jean-François-Marie de Surville, French trader and navigator (died 1770)
- Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner, cartographer and geologist (died 1778)
- Antoine Guenée, French priest and Christian apologist (died 1803)
- Elimelech of Lizhensk, Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great Hassidic Rebbes of the past (died 1577)
- Henry Middleton, second President of the Continental Congress (died 1784)
- James Paine, English architect (died 1789)
- Isaac de Pinto, Dutch Jew of Portuguese origin (died 1787)
- Anne Steele, hymn-writer (died 1778)
- Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician born in Rothesay (died 1785)
- Molla Panah Vagif, Azerbaijani poet (died 1797)
- William Williams Pantycelyn, one of the key leaders of the 18th century Welsh Methodist revival (died 1791)
Deaths
- January 13 - Maria Sibylla Merian, naturalist and scientific illustrator who studied plants and insects and made detailed paintings about them (born 1647)
- February 23 - Magnus Stenbock, Swedish military officer (born 1664)
- March 3 - Pierre Allix, French Protestant clergyman (born 1641)
- March 5 - François de Callières, member of the Académie française (born 1645)
- March 8 - Abraham Darby I, first of that name of three generations of an English Quaker family that was key to the development of the Industrial Revolution (born 1678)
- March 19 - John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist (born 1636)
- April 3 - Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (born 1640)
- April 5 - Jean Jouvenet, French painter (born 1647)
- April 11 - Abraham ben Saul Broda, Bohemian Talmudist
- April 26 - John King, 18th century pirate
- May 10 - John Hathorne, American magistrate (born 1641)
- May 20 - John Trevor, English Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1637)
- June 3 - Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva, duque de Linares, Spanish nobleman and military officer
- June 9 - Jeanne Marie Bouvier de la Motte Guyon, French mystic (born 1648)
- July 17 - Juan María de Salvatierra, Catholic missionary to the Americas (born 1648)
- August
- William Blathwayt, civil servant and politician
- William Cochrane, Scottish MP in the British Parliament
- August 30 - William Lloyd, born at Tilehurst (born 1627)
- September 17 - Robert Cotton, English politician (born 1644)
- October - Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle, naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland (born 1661)
- October 22 - Henry Luttrell (Colonel) shot and mortally wounded in his sedan chair in Dublin. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Shōtoku and before Gembun. This period spanned the years from 1716 through 1736. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Edward Seymour 9th Duke of Somerset ( January 2 1717 &ndash January 2 1792) was the son of Edward Seymour 8th Duke of Somerset and Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. William Wildman Shute Barrington 2nd Viscount Barrington PC ( 5 January 1717 &ndash 1 February 1793) was a British secretary Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa marqués de Valleheroso y conde de Jerena (sometimes spelled Bucareli y Urzúa) ( January 21, 1717, Seville Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Benjamin Beddome ( January 23, 1717 - September 23, 1795) was an English Baptist minister and hymnist Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Mustafa III ( Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى ثالث Muṣṭafā-yi sālis) ( January 28, 1717 January The Ottoman Dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ( Turkish: Osmanlı Hanedanı) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922 beginning with Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Field Marshal Jeffery Amherst 1st Baron Amherst of Montreal KB (sometimes spelled Geoffrey, or Jeffrey, he himself spelled his name as Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Baron Ernst Gideon von Laudon ( German: Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon (originally Laudohn or Loudon) ( February 2, 1717 Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1500 - Battle of Hemmingstedt. 1600 - Philosopher Giordano Bruno is burned alive at Campo de' Fiori Adam Friedrich Oeser ( February 17 1717 in Bratislava - March 18 1799 in Leipzig) was a German etcher Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum David Garrick (born 19 February 1717 in Hereford &ndash 20 January 1779) was an English Actor, Playwright, Year 1779 ( MDCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Johann David Michaelis ( February 27 1717 &ndash August 22 1791) a famous and eloquent German biblical scholar and teacher was a Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Pieter Antonsz Barbiers (bapt Apr 23 1717, Amsterdam - Sep 7 1780, Amsterdam was a skilful Dutch artist Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Georg Matthias Monn (also called Georg Mann) ( April 9, 1717, Vienna &ndash October 3, 1750, Vienna was an Austrian Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Charles-Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles ( 8 May 1717 - 18 March 1799) is best known as being the husband of Madame de Pompadour or Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia see also names in other languages; May 13, 1717 November 29 1780) was the Archduchess regnant Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Emanuel Mendez da Costa ( June 5 1717 &ndash May 31 1791) was an English botanist, naturalist, philosopher Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable John Collins (1717 March 4 1795 third governor of the US state of Rhode Island, was born in Newport, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth Collins Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Jan Václav Antonín Stamic (later during his life in Mannhein Germanized as Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz ( June 17, 1717 &ndash March 27 Year 1757 ( MDCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Jacques François Joseph Saly, also known as Jacques Saly ( June 20, 1717 &ndash May 4, 1776) French-born sculptor who worked Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Pedro III (ˈpedɾu or Peter III ( July 5 1717 &ndash May 25 1786) became King of the Kingdom of Portugal and Maria I ( December 17, 1734 – March 20, 1816) was Queen of Portugal and the Algarves from 1777 until her death Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3114 BC - According to the Lounsbury correlation the start of the Maya calendar. Louis François I de Bourbon ( August 13, 1717 &ndash August 2, 1776) was the Prince of Conti from 1727 to his death following his Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 778 - The Battle of Roncevaux Pass, at which Roland is killed Louis Carrogis Carmontelle ( August 15[[ 717]]&ndash December 26 1806) was a French dramatist painter and architect author of little pieces Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Metcalf, or as he was more popularly known Blind Jack Metcalf ( August 15, 1717 &ndash April 26, 1810) was the first of Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Job Orton ( 4 September 1717 - 1783 was an English Dissenting minister. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Agui ( September 7, 1717 - October 10, 1797 in Beijing) was a Chinese noble general for the Qing dynasty. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Martin Dobrizhoffer ( September 7, 1717 - July 17, 1791) was an Austrian Roman Catholic Missionary. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica. 1236 - The Lithuanians Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin ( Sunne parish Jämtlands län September 22 1717 &ndash Stockholm December 13, 1783) Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Horace Walpole 4th Earl of Orford ( 24 September, 1717 &ndash 2 March, 1797) more commonly known as Horace Walpole, was a politician Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein 4th Earl of Rochford, KG, PC (1717 &ndash 28 September 1781) was a British diplomat and statesman Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchesse de Châteauroux ( October 5, 1717 &ndash December 8, 1744) was a mistress of Louis XV of Louis XV (15 February 1710 &ndash 10 May 1774 ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774 Year 1744 ( MDCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees John Armstrong ( October 13, 1717 &ndash March 9, 1795) was an American Civil engineer and soldier who served as a Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. This article is about steam engineer Jonathan Hornblower (1717-1780 Year 1780 ( MDCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Prince George William ( 13 November 1717 – 17 February 1718) was a member of the British Royal Family, an infant son of George Year 1718 ( MDCCXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 534 - A second and final revision of the Codex Justinianus is published Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Caroline Townshend 1st Baroness Greenwich ( 17 November 1717 &ndash 11 January 1794) was a British peeress, a daughter of Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1034 - Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots dies Donnchad, the Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian Александр Петрович Сумароков ( November 25 1717 - October 12 1777) was Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 536 - Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city Johann Joachim Winckelmann ( December 9, 1717 - June 8, 1768) a German Art historian and Archaeologist, Year 1768 ( MDCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 755 - An Lushan revolts against Chancellor Yang Guozhong at Fanyang, initiating the An Shi Rebellion Elizabeth Carter, ( December 16 1717 &ndash February 19 1806) was a poet classicist writer and translator and a prominent and learned member Year 1806 ( MDCCCVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 69 - Vespasian, formerly a general under Nero, enters Rome to claim the title of Emperor. Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes ( December 20, 1717 &mdash February 13, 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian George Augustus Eliott 1st Baron Heathfield, KB ( 1717-12-25 - 1790-07-06) was a British Army officer most notable for his command of the Year 1790 ( MDCCXC) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Pope Pius VI (December 27 1717 &ndash August 29 1799 born Count Giovanni Angelo Braschi, Pope from 1775 to 1799 was born at Cesena. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Johann Heinrich Gottlob von Justi ( December 28, 1717 - July 21, 1771) was one of the leading German political Economists Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Giambattista Almici (1717&mdash1793 was a celebrated Italian Jurist. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Claude Humbert Piarron de Chamousset (1717 - 1773 was a French Philanthropist. Year 1773 ( MDCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Nicholas Cooke ( 1717 - 22 February 1782) was the first Governor of Rhode Island after it became a state of the United States of America holding Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-François-Marie de Surville (1717 - April 1770 was a French trader and Navigator. Year 1770 ( MDCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Friday Gottlieb Sigmund Gruner (1717 - 1778 cartographer and geologist was the author of the first connected attempt to describe in detail the snowy mountains of Switzerland. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Antoine Guenée (born at Etampes 1717 died 1803 was a French Priest and Christian Apologist. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk ( Polish: Leżajsk) (1717-1786 was an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi and one of the great Hassidic Henry Middleton (1717 June 13 1784 of South Carolina was the second President of the Continental Congress from October 22 1774 Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year James Paine (1717 &ndash 1789 was an English Architect. Essentially a Palladian, early in his career he was clerk of works at Nostell Priory Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Not to be confused with Isaac Pinto, an American Jewish publisher Year 1787 ( MDCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is for the hymn writer For the fictional character see Anne Steele (Buffyverse. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Matthew Stewart may refer to Matthew Stewart 4th Earl of Lennox, (1516-1571 father of Henry Stewart King of the Scots Matthew Stewart 2nd Year 1785 ( MDCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Molla Panah Vagif (1717-1797 was a 18th century Poet, the founder of realism genre in the Azerbaijani poetry and also a prominent statesman and diplomat Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Williams Pantycelyn (also known as Williams Pantycelyn and Pantycelyn) (1717 &ndash January 11, 1791 Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt &ndash died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist Events 1455 - Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western Book printed from Movable Count Magnus Gustafsson Stenbock ( Stockholm, August 12 1664 - Copenhagen, February 23 1717) was a Swedish military Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Pierre Allix (1641 &ndash March 3, 1717) French Protestant pastor and author Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a François de Callières sieur de Rochelay et de Gigny (Thorigny-sur-Vire Lower Normandy, 14 May 1645 — Paris, 5 March 1717 Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Abraham Darby ( April 14, 1678 &ndash May 5, 1717) was the first and most famous of three generations with that name in an Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. John Campbell 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1636&ndash 19 March 1717) son of Sir John Campbell of Glen Orchy, and of the Lady Mary Graham daughter Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. Jacques Ozanam ( 1640 - April 3, 1717) was a French Mathematician. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Jean-Baptiste Jouvenet ( 1644 - April 5, 1717) was a French painter He came from an artistic family one of whom Noel Jouvenet Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Abraham ben Saul Broda (??? c 1640 Mladá Boleslav - April 11, 1717, Frankfort/Main) was a Bohemian Talmudist ( Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. John King (c 1708&ndash April 26, 1717) was an 18th century Pirate. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. John Hathorne ( August 5, 1641 &ndash May 10, 1717) was one of the associate magistrates in the Salem witch trials, and the only one Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Sir John Trevor ( c 1637 &ndash 20 May 1717) was Speaker of the English House of Commons from 1685 to 1687 and from 1689 to 1695 Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva duque de Linares y marqués de Valdefuentes (c Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Early life and marriage Guyon was the daughter of Claude Bouvier, a procurator of the tribunal of Montargis. Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Juan María de Salvatierra ( November 15, 1648 &ndash July 17, 1717) was a Catholic missionary to the Americas William Blathwayt (or Blathwayte) (1649?-August 1717 was a civil servant and politician who established the War Office as a department of the British Government William Cochrane (after 1659 &ndash August 1717 was a Scottish MP in the British Parliament. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and William Lloyd may refer to William Watkiss Lloyd, writer William Lloyd (councillor, Conservative councillor Geoffrey William Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Sir Robert Cotton ( 2 May 1644 &ndash 17 September 1717) was an English politician Philippe de Pastour de Costebelle ( c 1661 &ndash October 1717 was a naval officer and Governor of Newfoundland, born Languedoc died Louisbourg Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Colonel Henry Luttrell (c 1655 – 22 October 1717) was an Irish soldier the second son of Thomas Luttrell of Luttrellstown.
- October 26 - Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester, English mistress of James II of England (born 1657)
- November 21 - Jean-Baptiste Santerre, French painter (born 1650)
- November 26 - Daniel Purcell, English composer (born 1664)
- December 4 - William Hamilton, surgeon in the British East India Company
- December 5 - Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, English politician (born 1654)
- date unknown
- Jane Wiseman, English actress, poet and playwright (born ca. Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Also including Sedley's daughter Lady Catherine Darnley Catherine Sedley Countess of Dorchester Countess of Portmore (c James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem. Jean-Baptiste Santerre ( 1650 - November 21, 1717) French painter, was born at Magny, near Pontoise, and Events 43 BC - The Second Triumvirate alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ("Octavian" later "Caesar Augustus" Daniel Purcell ( 1664 - November 26, 1717) was an English composer the younger brother of Henry Purcell. "December 4th" redirects here For the song by Jay-Z, see December 4th (song. William Hamilton (died 4 December 1717) was a surgeon in the British East India Company. Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Richard Onslow 1st Baron Onslow, PC ( June 23 1654 &ndash December 5 1717) was a British Whig member Jane Holt Wiseman (fl c1682–1717 was an actress poet and playwright 1682)
- Lambert Bos, Dutch scholar and critic (born 1670)
- William Diaper, English poet of the Augustan era (born 1685)
- Wang Hui, Chinese landscape painter (born 1632)
- Osei Kofi Tutu I, founder of the Ashanti Confederacy
- William Boyd, 3rd Earl of Kilmarnock, Scottish nobleman
- Jan Dobrogost Krasiński, Polish nobleman (szlachcic)
- Niccolao Manucci, Italian writer and traveller (born 1639)
- Empress XiaoHui, second Consort of the Qing Dynasty Shun Zhi Emperor of China (born 1641)
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