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• Elisabeth Meurs, Beek / NL
• , Piccardie (Veldhausen) († 1717)
• Elisabeth Corneli Maes, Wuestwezel
• Henricus Böhmer (Böemer) (Römer), Alt-Calcar († 1804)
• françois fleurange, sentzich († 1795)
• Engeltje (Rinskjen) Ruurds, ,, Beetsterzwaag, Opsterland, Friesland, Netherlands
• Anna Maria DE VOS, Lier, Lier, Antwerpen, België
• Charles François CORNU, Wiers, 7608, Hainaut, Wallonie, Belgique
• Andreas Jois Voets, Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Elizabeth Spaan van de, Klundert, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1785)

• Maria Andriesdr. Poleijn, Delft
• Jacoba (Jacquemine) Castelein (49), Moorslede
• Elizabeth Booth (75), York Co., VA
• Anna Mueller (181), Satellegi, Thurgau, Switzerland
• Jacquemine Castelein (49), Moorslede,8890,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Sarah Clark (64), Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
• Pleun Leendertsz van Leeuwen (67), Zevenhuizen Z.Holland
• Catharina CRABBE (0), Oud-Heverlee,3050,Vlaams-Brabant,Vlaander,BELGIË
• Henricus Kerstjens (0), Sonsbeck (D)
• Dijmpna Adrians Louwen (69), Hoeven, Halderberge, Noord Brabant, Nederland

• 1691 » Louis VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt († 1768)
• 1692 » Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress († 1730)
• 1719 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician, Lord Marshal of Sweden († 1794)
• 1726 » Benjamin Harrison V, American politician, planter and merchant († 1791)
• 1727 » Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer († 1797)
• 1729 » Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1809)
• 1730 » Jean Baptiste Seroux d'Agincourt, French archaeologist and historian († 1814)
• 1732 » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter and etcher († 1806)
• 1735 » Franziskus Herzan von Harras, Czech Roman Catholic cardinal († 1804)
• 1739 » Philemon Dickinson, American lawyer and politician († 1809)

• 1693 » Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, French noblewoman (b. 1627)
• 1695 » George Savile, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1633)
• 1697 » Charles XI, king of Sweden (b. 1655)
• 1704 » Christian Ulrich I, German nobleman and Duke of Württemberg-Oels (b. 1652)
• 1708 » Christian Heinrich, German prince and member of the House of Hohenzollern (b. 1661)
• 1709 » Roger de Piles, French painter, engraver, art critic and diplomat (b. 1635)
• 1712 » Jan Luyken, Dutch poet, illustrator and engraver (b. 1649)
• 1717 » Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)
• 1723 » Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect, sculptor and historian (b. 1656)
• 1735 » William Derham, English minister and philosopher (b. 1657)

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

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

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
• March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• March 31 » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, preached in the presence of King George I of Great Britain, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
• June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on April 5, 1717 was about 9.0 °C.