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• Joanna DICKENS, Weelde, Ravels, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium († 1743)
• Frankje Hendriks, Elspeet († 1790)
• Elisabeth Kettwich, Nijmegen († 1808)
• Cornelius van Hassel, Waspik, Nederland († 1742)
• Albert Kannegiesser, Aurich, Frisia Orientalis († 1788)
• Arnoldus ten Bosch, Zutphen
• Adriaan Roelse, Grijpskerke († 1745)
• Johanna Kleinen, Mheer, Limburg, Nederland
• Jan Wijnen, Putten
• FRANCKJE HENDRIKS, Elspeet († 1790)

• Arien (Cornelisz) Evegroen (39)
• Jannetje van der Schalk (9), Schiedam
• Jacques GIRAUDET, Moulins, 03190, Allier, Auvergne, France
• George MacKenzie (84), Tarbat House, Ross-shire, Scotland
• John Noble (52), New Milford, Litchfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
• Johann David Cless (49), Markgröningen
• Aeltje Roelen (59), Laren
• Marguerite GENY (57), Batilly, 54980, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Lorraine, FRANCE
• Arien Cornelisz Evegroen (36)
• Charlotte Charland (0), Charlesbourg, Québec

• 1603 » Lennart Torstensson, Swedish Field Marshal, Privy Councillour and Governor-General († 1651)
• 1612 » Jeremi Wiśniowiecki, Polish nobleman († 1651)
• 1629 » John III Sobieski, Polish–Lithuanian king († 1696)
• 1686 » Nicola Porpora, Italian composer and educator († 1768)
• 1753 » Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian († 1828)
• 1768 » Louis Desaix, French general († 1800)
• 1786 » Davy Crockett, American soldier and politician († 1836)
• 1786 » Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld († 1861)
• 1801 » Fredrika Bremer, Swedish writer and feminist († 1865)
• 1828 » Jules Bernard Luys, French neurologist and physician († 1897)

• 1673 » Regnier de Graaf, Dutch physician and anatomist (b. 1641)
• 1676 » Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German author (b. 1621)
• 1720 » Anne Dacier, French scholar and translator (b. 1654)
• 1723 » Joseph Bingham, English scholar and academic (b. 1668)
• 1768 » Vasily Trediakovsky, Russian poet and playwright (b. 1703)
• 1785 » Jonathan Trumbull, English-American merchant and politician, 16th Governor of Connecticut (b. 1710)
• 1786 » Frederick the Great, Prussian king (b. 1712)
• 1809 » Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (b. 1728)
• 1814 » John Johnson, English architect and surveyor (b. 1732)
• 1834 » Husein Gradaščević, Ottoman general (b. 1802)

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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 August 17, 1714 was about 16.0 °C.