February 13 » Galileo Galilei arrives in Rome for his trial before the Inquisition.
March 1 » Samuel de Champlain reclaims his role as commander of New France on behalf of Cardinal Richelieu.
June 18 » Charles I is crowned King of Scots at St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh.
June 22 » The Holy Office in Rome forces Galileo Galilei to recant his view that the Sun, not the Earth, is the center of the Universe in the form he presented it in, after heated controversy.
October 22 » The Ming dynasty defeats the Dutch East India Company.
February 13 » With the accession of young Charles XI of Sweden, his regents begin negotiations to end the Second Northern War.
May 21 » The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
May 25 » Charles II lands at Dover at the invitation of the Convention Parliament, which marks the end of the Cromwell-proclaimed Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and begins the Restoration of the British monarchy.
May 29 » English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
November 28 » At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
Day of burial February 21, 1717
The temperature on February 21, 1717 was about 3.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
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