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Born on Thursday October 7, 1717
- Franciscus Rosseel, Brugge
- Jacobus Berkenhagen, Venlo († 1778)
- Anna VAN PEEL, Oostmalle, Malle, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
- Jacob Willemsen alias van Arnhem, Oldenzaal, 7570, Nederland
- Digna Willem van Dongen, Rijen
- Cornelia Bedaer, Ekeren († 1767)
- François Martial de Choiseul Beaupré († 1791)
- hiske engels, vlagtwedde
- Abraham de Gruijter, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Hendricus Veeder († 1719)
Died on Thursday October 7, 1717
- Elisabeth Van Berckelaer (74), Kontich
- Charles Fleming - Colonel (57), St Peter's Parish, New Kent, Virginia, British Colonial America
- Beatrix van Brienen Vrouwe van De Musschenberg (81)
- Susanna Virginia Bates Flemming (Tarleton (53), St Peters Parish, New Kent, Virginia, Colonial America
- van Brienen, heer van de Musschenberg (81), Spaubeek, Limburg, Nederland
- Charles Pierre de Schynckele, Furnes
- Janneke Plantefeber (36), Gapinge
- Elisabeth Van Berckelaer (74), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Gesche Jelschen (88), Filsum, Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Frans Ernst Lodewijk Frederik van Oettingen-Wallerstein (3), Augsburg, Zwaben, Beieren
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 7, 1717 at Delpher
Born on October 7
- 1635 » Roger de Piles, French painter († 1709)
- 1713 » Granville Elliott, English general († 1759)
- 1728 » Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware († 1784)
- 1744 » Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg († 1819)
- 1746 » William Billings, American composer and educator († 1800)
- 1748 » Charles XIII of Sweden († 1818)
- 1769 » Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit († 1846)
- 1786 » Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician († 1871)
- 1798 » Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman († 1875)
- 1819 » Ann Eliza Smith, American author and patriot († 1905)
Died on October 7
- 1620 » Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
- 1637 » Victor Amadeus I, duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
- 1651 » Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
- 1653 » Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
- 1708 » Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
- 1772 » John Woolman, American preacher and abolitionist (b. 1720)
- 1787 » Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
- 1792 » George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
- 1793 » Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
- 1796 » Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
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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.
- 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 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 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
- September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.