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• Anna Charlotta de Lorraine, Luneville († 1773)
• Anne Charlotte van LOTHARINGEN-VAN VAUDEMONT († 1773)
• Anna Thomassen, Margraten
• Gerrit Nottelman, Hoorn, Noord-Holland, Nederland NL († 1785)
• Elisabeth VERSTRAETEN, Ophoven, Kinrooi, Province of Limburg, Belgium († 1774)
• Anne Charlotte of Lorraine Abbess of Remiremont Abbey, Château de Lunéville, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, France († 1773)
• Anna Margaretha Blumenschein, Rohrbach, Reichelsheim, Hessen, Germany († 1761)
• Guillaume VILLAIN, Paturages,7340,Hainaut,Wallonie,BELGIQUE († 1765)
• Carolus Dejaghere, Zande, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
• Aatje Pieters Roskam, Heemskerk

• Onke Onken (66), Mark
• Claes Hendriksen
• Anna Benfer (78), Amtshausen, Kreis Wittgenstein
• Hillegond Verplancken (63), New Barbadoes (Bergen County) (New Jersey)
• Johannes Hermannsz Gleim, Eschwege,, Hessen, Duitsland
• Johannes Hardenbroeck (48), New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Dirck (Theodorus) Theunisz(1) van den Bosch (0), De Lier
• Hana de Casseres, Amsterdam, North Holland, Paises Bajos
• Dirckjen Jans (38), Kampereiland, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Onke Onkens von Mark (66), Mitling, Ostfriesland, Germany

• 1682 » Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate († 1722)
• 1698 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter († 1752)
• 1706 » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian († 1780)
• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)

• 1607 » Anna d'Este, French princess (b. 1531)
• 1626 » Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)
• 1643 » Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• August 1 » George, Elector of Hanover, becomes King George I of Great Britain, marking the beginning of the Georgian era of British history.
• August 7 » The Battle of Gangut: The first important victory of the Russian Navy.
• September 11 » Siege of Barcelona: Barcelona, capital city of Catalonia, surrenders to Spanish and French Bourbon armies in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• September 18 » George I arrives in Great Britain after becoming king on August 1.

The temperature on May 17, 1714 was about 9.0 °C.