About the day » Wednesday December 8, 1717Calender converter

• Balthasar Baltzer Hess, Mutterstadt, Ludwigshafen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Palatinate) († 1800)
• Anna Maria Crousen, Heerlen,, Limburg, Nederland
• Geesjien Wolters, Zwolle († 1799)
• Adriana Sijdenbos, Schipluiden
• Helena Jan Meeuwssen MARQUIES, Schijf († 1806)
• Cornelius Petrus Deckers, Tilburg († 1780)
• Adam Maas-Rycksen Vranken van, Albany/NY
• Anna Claes, Berlaar, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen, België († 1741)
• Aagje~Chiele de Haas, Sliedrecht
• Albert Gelmers, Ruinerwold, Drenthe, Nederland

• Emerantiana de PELSMAECKER (69), Rotselaar, 3110, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen, België
• Franciscus HERINCKX, Schaarbeek/Brussel (B)
• John Frink (87), Stonington, Connecticut
• Jeanne BARRICAULT (48), Nanteuil, 79400, France
• Priscilla (Upham) Martin (75), Malden, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Mary Marston (31), York, York, Maine, United States
• Chevalier Daniel Duval (42), Ware, Gloucester, Virginia, Verenigde Staten
• Sarah Swett (67), Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States
• Priscilla Upham (75), Charlestown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
• Laurentius Theodorus Dirck ARIËNS (80), Best

• 1678 » Antonio de Benavides, colonial governor of Florida († 1762)
• 1678 » Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, English politician and diplomat, British Ambassador to France († 1757)
• 1699 » Maria Josepha of Austria († 1757)
• 1708 » Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor († 1765)
• 1724 » Claude Balbastre, French organist and composer († 1799)
• 1730 » Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch physician, physiologist, and botanist († 1799)
• 1731 » František Xaver Dušek, Czech pianist and composer († 1799)
• 1756 » Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria († 1801)
• 1765 » Eli Whitney, American engineer, invented the cotton gin († 1825)
• 1795 » Peter Andreas Hansen, Danish astronomer and mathematician († 1874)

• 1680 » Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English lawyer and politician (b. 1606)
• 1691 » Richard Baxter, English minister, poet, and hymn-writer (b. 1615)
• 1695 » Barthélemy d'Herbelot, French orientalist and academic (b. 1625)
• 1709 » Thomas Corneille, French playwright and philologist (b. 1625)
• 1722 » Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine (b. 1652)
• 1744 » Marie Anne de Mailly, French mistress of Louis XV of France (b. 1717)
• 1745 » Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
• 1746 » Charles Radclyffe, English courtier and soldier (b. 1693)
• 1756 » William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English politician and diplomat, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1690)
• 1768 » Jean Denis Attiret, French painter and missionary (b. 1702)

1. Jan
2. Joannes
3. Cornelis
4. Pieter
5. Johannes
6. Jacob
7. Petrus
8. Willem
9. Hendrik
10. Jean
11. Jacobus
12. Gerrit
13. Johann
14. John
15. Dirk
16. Henricus

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Marie
4. Catharina
5. Joanna
6. Johanna
7. Cornelia
8. Elisabeth
9. Neeltje
10. Mary
11. Grietje
12. Petronella
13. Trijntje
14. Jannetje
15. Aaltje
16. Elizabeth

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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.
• 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).
• 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 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.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on December 8, 1717 was about 5.0 °C.