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• Adriana Ariens Kerkhoff, Berkel-Rodenrijs, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1784)
• adriana ariensdr kerkhoff, berkel en rodenrijs (zuid holland) († 1784)
• Abraham Ariensz de Vlaming, Mijnsheerenland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1786)
• abraham ariens de VLAMING, mijnsheerenland († 1786)
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• Anna Petronella Cornelis Knoppert, Woudenberg († 1718)
• "Geertje" Krijnsdr Gogh, Vlaardingen
• Allardina Elisabeth Beatrix Gansneb Genaamd Tengnagel, NG Kerk Beulake († 1790)
• Aart van Gerven, Hillegom
• Adriana Kerckhof, Berkel

• Grietje Pietersdr. van der Speck (83), Rijnsburg
• Maartje Dircks Roosjes (28), Ilpendam
• Clara (Sara) Joannis Huijbrechts (Huybrechts) (Huybereghts) (Huyberechts) (73), Meerle, Hoogstraten, Antwerpen, België
• Jannigje Pieters Kuijlenburg (29), Nieuwpoort
• Catharina Vogels (43), Montfort, Limburg, Nederland
• Geert Huijninck (57)
• Grietje Pietersdr. van der Speck (83), Rijnsburg, ZH, Nederland
• Grietje van der Speck (83), Rijnsburg
• Geertje Cornelis (van Holten)
• Janneke (Jenneken) Brunsinck, Dinxperlo

• 1621 » Rebecca Nurse, Massachusetts colonist, executed as a witch († 1692)
• 1705 » Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke, English admiral and politician († 1781)
• 1728 » Peter III of Russia († 1762)
• 1783 » Catharina of Württemberg († 1835)
• 1788 » Francis Ronalds, British scientist, inventor and engineer who was knighted for developing the first working electric telegraph († 1873)
• 1791 » Carl Czerny, Austrian pianist and composer († 1857)
• 1794 » Antonio López de Santa Anna, Mexican general and politician, 8th President of Mexico († 1876)
• 1801 » John Henry Newman, English cardinal († 1890)
• 1817 » José Zorrilla, Spanish poet and playwright († 1893)
• 1821 » Charles Scribner I, American publisher, founded Charles Scribner's Sons († 1871)

• 1572 » Cho Shik, Korean poet and scholar († 1501)
• 1590 » Ambrose Dudley, 3rd Earl of Warwick, English nobleman and general (b. 1528)
• 1595 » Robert Southwell, English priest and poet (b. 1561)
• 1677 » Baruch Spinoza, Dutch philosopher and scholar (b. 1632)
• 1715 » Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore, English politician (b. 1637)
• 1730 » Pope Benedict XIII (b. 1649)
• 1821 » Georg Friedrich von Martens, German jurist and diplomat (b. 1756)
• 1824 » Eugène de Beauharnais, French general (b. 1781)
• 1829 » Kittur Chennamma, Indian queen and freedom fighter (b. 1778)
• 1846 » Emperor Ninkō of Japan (b. 1800)

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. Trijntje
13. Petronella
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).
• 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.
• August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on February 21, 1717 was about 3.0 °C.