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Born on Wednesday October 20, 1717
- Grietien Jans Swanicken, Laren N.H
- Dorothea Sebrechts, Zoersel
- jean nicolas LOR, Chièvres (Belgium) Hainaut
- Christianus Joannis van Beurden, Tilburg
- Jan Lensvelt, Dussen
- Anna Margaretha {Gering} Niver, Kemnat, Biberach, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany († 1790)
- Hillegont Snel, Amsterdam
- Jan, Harderwijk
- Allegonda STANS, Oirschot,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Christiaan van Beurden, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
Died on Wednesday October 20, 1717
- Joseph Hickox (44), Woodbury, Litchfield, Connecticut
- Annetje Leendertsd BLOKLAND (67), Oud-Beijerland
- Elin Bengtsdotter (0), Floda, Sodermanlands, Sweden
- naleken sanders (32)
- Andries Minties (82), Sneek
- Anneke Leenders Blokland (67), Zuidland
- Hans Thönen Teune (56), Kampen
- Matthaeus Steck (0)
- Maria Agnes Törner (1), Kloster Oesede
- Michel Rouleau (0), Montréal Québec Canada
Born on October 20
- 1660 » Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster († 1723)
- 1677 » Stanisław Leszczyński, King of Poland († 1766)
- 1711 » Timothy Ruggles, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, († 1795)
- 1718 » Catherine Gordon, Duchess of Gordon, Scottish aristocrat († 1779)
- 1719 » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist († 1772)
- 1740 » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet († 1805)
- 1759 » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut († 1815)
- 1780 » Pauline Bonaparte, French sister of Napoleon († 1825)
- 1784 » Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom († 1865)
- 1785 » George Ormerod, English historian and author († 1873)
Died on October 20
- 1570 » João de Barros, Portuguese historian and author (b. 1496)
- 1602 » Walter Leveson, Elizabethan member of parliament, Shropshire landowner (b. 1550)
- 1640 » John Ball, English clergyman and theologian (b. 1585)
- 1652 » Antonio Coello, Spanish poet and playwright (b. 1611)
- 1713 » Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652)
- 1740 » Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- 1865 » Champ Ferguson, American guerrilla leader (b. 1821)
- 1870 » Michael William Balfe, Irish violinist and composer (b. 1808)
- 1871 » Karl Christian Ulmann, Latvian-German theologian and academic (b. 1793)
- 1880 » Lydia Maria Child, American journalist, author, and activist (b. 1802)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1717
- This page is only available in Dutch.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.