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• Joannes Baprist Peter Hendrick BROCATUS, Brecht,2960,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1766)
• Jacques MATHIAN, Flachères,ISÈRE,Rhône-Alpes,France († 1777)
• Albert Hendriks* († 1719)
• Maria Theresia ROSSEEUW, Reningelst,8970,West Vlaanderen,Vlaams Gewest,Begie,Belgie († 1789)
• Helena van Eijckhoven, Overpelt (B) († 1748)
• John Rainie
• Maria van Geel, Kalmthout (B)
• Joannes Anton Schlaen "Schlamann" gt. Baneke, Hörsteloe, Ottenstein-Ahaus, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Catharina Leenderts (Trijntje) van Meurs, Zoeterwoude, ZH, Nederland († 1783)
• Atske Sytses Wijma, Grouw, Idaarderadeel, Friesland, Nederland

• Giovanni Battista Principe Borghese (77), Rome, ITALY
• Catharina de Vos (48)
• Anne Marguerite MANGOLT (23), Br√©chaumont (68210, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Cornelis Ariensz. (den) Hertogh, Hardinxveld
• Cornelis (Theunisz) van Dam, Stolwijk
• Cornelis Teunisz (Cornelis Anthonisz.) van Dam (57), Stolwijk, South Holland, Netherlands
• Catharina DE BOLLE, Lede, Lede, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Laurentius Johannes Schapendonk (61), Udenhout
• Elisabeth Hendrickx (72), Moorsel
• Elisabeth Hendrickx (72), Moorsel

• 1641 » Nicolaes Witsen, Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands († 1717)
• 1653 » Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Minister of Defence († 1734)
• 1670 » Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1726)
• 1698 » Henry Baker, English naturalist († 1774)
• 1720 » William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1764)
• 1735 » Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician († 1811)
• 1737 » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician († 1794)
• 1745 » Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer († 1801)
• 1753 » Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader († 1811)
• 1786 » John Vianney, French priest and saint († 1859)

• 1668 » Catherine of St. Augustine, French-Canadian nun and saint (b. 1632)
• 1766 » Samuel Chandler, English minister and author (b. 1693)
• 1773 » Ali Bey al-Kabir, Egyptian sultan (b. 1728)
• 1781 » Richard Jago, English priest and poet (b. 1715)
• 1782 » Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1699)
• 1785 » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1719)
• 1785 » Pietro Longhi, Italian painter (b. 1701)
• 1788 » Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1723)
• 1794 » Antoine Lavoisier, French chemist and biologist (b. 1743)
• 1819 » Kamehameha I, king of the Hawaiian Islands

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jacob
7. Petrus
8. Willem
9. Hendrik
10. Jean
11. Jacobus
12. Gerrit
13. Johann
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Catharina
5. Joanna
6. Johanna
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Mary
11. Grietje
12. Petronella
13. Trijntje
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Elizabeth

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• 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 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.
• June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
• 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.
• August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on May 8, 1717 was about 10.0 °C.