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March 16, 1697Born on Sunday March 17, 1697
- Adriaantje Heijblom, Gilze († 1765)
- Abraham de Vreede, Leiden
- Anna de Kuijper, Rotterdam († 1772)
- Teeuw(en), Berkenwoude
- Adriaan Lous, Westkapelle, Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1712)
- Anna van den Velden, Delft Zuid-Holland Nederland († 1760)
- Anna a Campo, Hoensbroek,, Limburg, Nederland
- Arij Grabelsz Hoogendam, Vlaardingen
- Adriaantje de Haen, 's-Grevelduin Capelle
- Ariaentje Pieters Barendregt, Barendrecht († 1782)
Died on Sunday March 17, 1697
- TEUNKEN JANS (57)
- Petrus Wilhelmus KNAEPKENS (66), Rijkevorsel, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Louis du Raynier (89), Droué, Loir-et-Cher, France
- Diebold MATZEN GANGLOFFS (66), Offwiller,67340,Bas-Rhin,Alsace,FRANCE
- Pieter Cornelisz MABÉ (33), Oostzaandam, Zaandam, Zaanstad, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Duifje Huijbrechtsd Boogaertman (28), Hoogvliet, zh.nld
- Margaret Tomlinson (55)
- Catharina Mestdagh (44), Ooigem
- Joannes Schipperhein (5), / NL
- Jacobus Couters (32), Gullegem (B)
Born on March 17
- 1611 » Robert Douglas, Count of Skenninge, Swedish field marshal († 1662)
- 1665 » Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer († 1729)
- 1676 » Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian († 1732)
- 1686 » Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver († 1755)
- 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
- 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
- 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
- 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
- 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
- 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
Died on March 17
- 1620 » John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)
- 1640 » Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)
- 1649 » Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (b. 1610)
- 1663 » Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (b. 1605)
- 1680 » François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613)
- 1704 » Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
- 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
- 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
- 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
- 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1697
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- March 13 » Nojpetén, capital of the last independent Maya kingdom, fell to Spanish conquistadors, the final step in the Spanish conquest of Guatemala.
- March 26 » Safavid government troops take control of Basra
- September 5 » War of the Grand Alliance: A French warship commanded by Captain Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville defeated an English squadron at the Battle of Hudson's Bay.
- September 20 » The Treaty of Ryswick is signed by France, England, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and the Dutch Republic, ending the Nine Years' War.
- November 9 » Pope Innocent XII founds the city of Cervia.
- December 2 » St Paul's Cathedral is consecrated in London.