About the day » Sunday January 3, 1717Calender converter

• Anna Elisabeth Tiben, Niderlangen, Emsland
• Allard Egberts, Wierum, Nederland
• "Maayke" Cornelisdr Koning, Sliedrecht
• Anna Maria Stijffs, Hoensbroek (L) († 1784)
• Abram Maleys, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Allard EGBERTS, Wierum
• Anna Theresia Roose, Zarren
• Aaltje Jorisd. Steeneveld, Koudekerk († 1782)
• Antoni Verburg, Veenendaal
• Aaltje Jorisdr. Steenevelt, Koudekerk

• Maria Scholten (64), Beek (Bergh)
• Jan Geurtsz van Elst (1), Veenendaal
• Joseph Vanhille, Dunkerque, Frankrijk
• Hendrik Aalten
• Elisabetha BOVEN (50), Meerhout, Provincie Antwerpen, Flanders, Belgie
• Guillaume Louis Blanchard I (66), Port Royal, Acadia, Canada
• Johannes KRUG (5), Mainz, 55001, Rheinland-Pfalz, Allemagne
• Claase (Pieter Gijsberts) van der Ende (28)
• Jan Willemsz Nab (12), Zetten
• Gebba Büssing, Dörpen

• 1698 » Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet and songwriter († 1782)
• 1710 » Richard Gridley, American soldier and engineer († 1796)
• 1722 » Fredrik Hasselqvist, Swedish biologist and explorer († 1752)
• 1731 » Angelo Emo, Venetian admiral and statesman († 1792)
• 1760 » Veerapandiya Kattabomman, Indian ruler († 1799)
• 1775 » Francis Caulfeild, 2nd Earl of Charlemont († 1863)
• 1778 » Antoni Melchior Fijałkowski, Polish archbishop († 1861)
• 1793 » Lucretia Mott, American activist († 1880)
• 1802 » Charles Pelham Villiers, English lawyer and politician († 1898)
• 1803 » Douglas William Jerrold, English journalist and playwright († 1857)

• 1641 » Jeremiah Horrocks, English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1618)
• 1656 » Mathieu Molé, French politician (b. 1584)
• 1670 » George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1608)
• 1701 » Louis I, prince of Monaco (b. 1642)
• 1705 » Luca Giordano, Italian painter and illustrator (b. 1634)
• 1743 » Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian painter and architect (b. 1657)
• 1777 » William Leslie, Scottish captain (b. 1751)
• 1779 » Claude Bourgelat, French surgeon and lawyer (b. 1712)
• 1785 » Baldassare Galuppi, Italian composer (b. 1706)
• 1795 » Josiah Wedgwood, English potter, founded the Wedgwood Company (b. 1730)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
• 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 January 3, 1717 was about 4.0 °C.