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• Anna Catharina KHÖNLE, Herrenberg, BW, D († 1764)
• Anna Ursula Klein
• Grietje Hiddinga († 1772)
• Jan Klaes van Reeuwijk, Benthuizen
• Gertrudis Wilting, Wehl
• Elizabeth Locke, Medford († 1803)
• Arnoldus Engelen, Merkelbeek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Erasme Loly, Oupeye (Hermee) (B)
• Elisabetha Lockefer, Kieldrecht, België († 1743)
• Arnoldus Engelen, Merkelbeek

• Geertje Heerts (Heerckesdr) (56), Dronrijp, Menaldumadeel, Friesland, Nederland
• Maertie Teunisdr Cortecaes (27), Wassenaar aangifte
• Geertje Heerts, Dronrijp
• Theodorus Johannesz Drabbe (27), Bergen op Zoom, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
• Sigismund van Voss Heer van Gievitz (58)
• Maarten van Castilje (0), Overschie
• Reijer de BOON (52), Hardinxveld
• Oudelette Cloes de BEFVE (63), THIMISTER, Liège, Belgique
• Siegfried von Voss (58), Floto
• Maartje Teunisdr Kortekaas (27), Wassenaar

• 1631 » Gauharara Begum, Mughal princess († 1706)
• 1682 » Charles XII, Swedish king († 1718)
• 1691 » Giovanni Paolo Panini, Italian painter and architect († 1765)
• 1693 » Johann Georg Walch, German theologian and author († 1775)
• 1704 » John Kay, English engineer, invented the Flying shuttle († 1780)
• 1714 » César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer († 1784)
• 1718 » George Howard, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Minorca († 1796)
• 1778 » Gregory Blaxland, English-Australian explorer († 1853)
• 1800 » William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, English-Irish astronomer and politician († 1867)
• 1808 » Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian poet, playwright, and linguist († 1845)

• 1649 » Injo of Joseon, Korean king (b. 1595)
• 1674 » Jijabai, Dowager Queen, mother of Shivaji (b. 1598)
• 1694 » Philip Howard, English cardinal (b. 1629)
• 1696 » John III Sobieski, Polish king (b. 1629)
• 1719 » Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1672)
• 1734 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1653)
• 1740 » Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1687)
• 1762 » Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, French poet and playwright (b. 1674)
• 1771 » Daskalogiannis, Greek rebel leader (b. 1722)
• 1775 » John Pitcairn, Scottish-English soldier (b. 1722)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
• August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
• August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.

The temperature on June 17, 1716 was about 15.0 °C.