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• Antonius Sannen, Tilburg, Nederland († 1731)
• Anna Priems, Haaren, Nederland
• Catharina Buijsers, Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland († 1769)
• Eva SEVEREIJNS, Rotem,Provincie Limburg,Flanders,Belgi († 1785)
• Catharina+ Buijsers+, Berg en Terblijt, Netherlands († 1769)
• Aletta Catharina LYCKLAMA À NIJEHOLT, Leeuwarden Friesland Netherlands († 1789)
• Catherine Columbe, Saint Laurent, Montmorency, Quebec († 1800)
• Adrianus Joannes Dregghe, de stad Gent
• Aletta Catharina LYCKLEMA a NIJEHOLT († 1789)
• Catharina Buijsers, Berg en Terblijt, Limburg, Nederland

• Corstiaan Stolck (70), Hillegersberg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• marie thérèse CORNUT (0), Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Pieter Trotsenburg (57), Leiden
• Aeltie Henricks Stalle
• Toussaint DHORDAIN, Sancourt, 59552, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
• Petrus Creusen (75), Schaesberg
• Henry Lowe (Lt. Col.) (65), St. Mary's, St. Mary's, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• pierre jh. RANDOUR (0), Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
• Joris Marinusse (41)
• Livinus VAN DER DONCKT (46), Nevele, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België

• 1550 » Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen († 1612)
• 1604 » George Ent, English scientist († 1689)
• 1814 » Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone († 1894)
• 1841 » Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician († 1915)
• 1851 » Charles Dow, American journalist and economist († 1902)
• 1854 » John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader († 1932)
• 1861 » James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball († 1939)
• 1880 » Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company († 1967)
• 1884 » May Brahe, Australian composer († 1956)
• 1885 » Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient († 1935)

• 1492 » Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)
• 1656 » Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)
• 1672 » Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)
• 1692 » Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)
• 1752 » Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)
• 1816 » Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)
• 1918 » Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)
• 1942 » Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)
• 1964 » Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)
• 1965 » Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)

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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 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.

The temperature on November 6, 1717 was about 8.0 °C.