About the day » Thursday December 17, 1716Calender converter

• Gerardus Hoensseler, Gennep,, Limburg, Nederland
• Annetje Eijberts, Harderwijk († 1789)
• Anna Elisabeth Mendel, Giershofen
• Catharina Wingaerts, Heerlen, Limburg, Niederlande
• Dirk Vuuren, Lexmond,Gemeente Zederik,South Holland,Pays-Bas
• Gerrit NIEWOUDT
• Annetie Schuurman, Harderwijk
• Annetje Eijberts, Harderwijk († 1789)
• Arentje Pieters van den Bosch, Monster
• Cornelius PAUWELS, Puurs,2870,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE

• Isaak Jonasse Verstrate (72)
• Elisabeth Antonis Raep (66), Veenendaal, Utrecht, Nederland
• Jan Jansen Loenen (91), Nieuw-Loosdrecht, Niederlande
• Klaas Pietersz (2)
• Juliana Elisabeth van Rohr (31)
• Nicolaus Calant (45), Sijsele,, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Arie Crul (56)
• Edward Moss 10 E (79), Old Rappahannock (Richmond) County, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Edward Moss (79), Old Rappahannock, Virginia, United States
• Steven Cornelisse van Steenhoven, Waspik

• 1632 » Anthony Wood, English historian and author († 1695)
• 1685 » Thomas Tickell, English poet († 1740)
• 1699 » Charles-Louis Mion, French composer and educator († 1775)
• 1706 » Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist († 1749)
• 1734 » Maria I of Portugal († 1816)
• 1749 » Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer and educator († 1801)
• 1778 » Humphry Davy, English chemist and physicist († 1829)
• 1796 » Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Canadian judge and politician († 1865)
• 1797 » Joseph Henry, American physicist and engineer († 1878)
• 1807 » John Greenleaf Whittier, American poet and activist († 1892)

• 1559 » Irene di Spilimbergo, Italian Renaissance poet and painter (b. 1538)
• 1562 » Eleonora di Toledo, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (b. 1522)
• 1663 » Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba (b. 1583)
• 1721 » Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, English soldier and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1640)
• 1830 » Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan general and politician, 2nd President of Venezuela (b. 1783)
• 1833 » Kaspar Hauser, German feral child (b. 1812)
• 1847 » Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma (b. 1791)
• 1857 » Francis Beaufort, Irish hydrographer and officer in the Royal Navy (b. 1774)
• 1904 » William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (b. 1848)
• 1907 » William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, Irish-Scottish physicist and engineer (b. 1824)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Petrus
5. Johannes
6. Pieter
7. Jacob
8. Hendrik
9. Willem
10. Jean
11. Gerrit
12. Jacobus
13. John
14. Johann
15. Dirk
16. Adrianus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Catharina
5. Joanna
6. Elisabeth
7. Johanna
8. Neeltje
9. Cornelia
10. Elizabeth
11. Mary
12. Trijntje
13. Grietje
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Anne

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
• August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.

The temperature on December 17, 1716 was about 1.0 °C.