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• Joannes Franciscus Van den Broeck, Tielen,, Antwerpen, België († 1760)
• Anna van der Sande, Goirle
• Johan Fiole, Vielguth, Polen († 1779)
• Anna van de Sande, Goirle
• Anthonius Aertsen, Loenhout
• Allegonda van Horrick, Someren, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1762)
• Joanna Voskens, Tilburg († 1787)
• Doetje Tjallings, Veenwouden, Nederland
• Johan Viole, Vielguth,DO, Poland († 1779)
• Hindrik, Nieuw Beerta, Groningen, Nederland († 1778)

• Johannes Anthonisz. Witbol (47), Hooge Zwaluwe
• Elisabeth MAES (78), Sint-Oedenrode,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Susanna Philips, Nenderoth, Duitsland
• Hannah Elizabeth Raymond (74), New London, New London County, Connecticut Colony, Colonial America
• Charles Lucas (61), Surrey, England, United Kingdom
• Sarah Swett (67), Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States of America
• Leendert Gerritzn Halverhout (46), 'S Gravenhage
• Jonathan Dunham (92), Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts
• Johanna Margaretha van Asseburg (22)
• Estienne BLANCHET, Princé, 35232, Île-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France

• 1610 » Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist and historian († 1688)
• 1620 » Heinrich Roth, German missionary and scholar († 1668)
• 1626 » Christina, Queen of Sweden († 1689)
• 1660 » Countess Johanna Magdalene of Hanau-Lichtenberg († 1715)
• 1661 » Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and inventor († 1751)
• 1662 » James Douglas, 2nd Duke of Queensberry, Scottish colonel and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland († 1711)
• 1707 » Charles Wesley, English missionary and composer († 1788)
• 1725 » Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and theologian († 1791)
• 1734 » Jean-Baptiste Rey, French conductor and composer († 1810)
• 1800 » James Watney, English brewer and businessman († 1884)

• 1645 » Nur Jahan, empress consort of the Mughal Empire (b. 1577)
• 1651 » William Brabazon, 1st Earl of Meath, English lawyer and politician (b. 1580)
• 1692 » Veit Ludwig von Seckendorff, German scholar and politician (b. 1626)
• 1737 » Antonio Stradivari, Italian instrument maker (b. 1644)
• 1787 » Soame Jenyns, English poet and politician (b. 1704)
• 1799 » Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician and historian (b. 1725)
• 1803 » Johann Gottfried Herder, German philosopher, theologian, and poet (b. 1744)
• 1829 » Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (b. 1744)
• 1843 » Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, Scottish-English general and politician (b. 1748)
• 1848 » Bernard Bolzano, Bohemian priest and mathematician (b. 1781)

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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.
• July 17 » King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
• August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on December 18, 1717 was about 5.0 °C.