About the day » Thursday February 25, 1717Calender converter

• Jacob KOOL, Amsterdam († 1781)
• Dirk van Putten, Montfoort, Utrecht, Nederland († 1788)
• Andries de Keur, Leiden
• Catharina Jans van den Born, Wageningen († 1753)
• Adriana de Roover, Betekom, Vlaams-Brabant, België († 1733)
• Jacobus van de KERKHOF, Deurne,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1779)
• Jacob Nicolas Debruyne, Klerken
• († 1773)
• Dielevardus van der Vring, Woerden († 1718)
• Antoinette van Schuijlenburg, 's Gravenhage († 1773)

• Maria Mariken Melyn (79), East Hampton, Suffolk, New York
• Pauwel Hendricks, Nieuwolda, Groningen, Nederland
• Ebenezer Foster (44), Rowley, Essex, Mass
• John Smith (43), Chatham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten
• Bernhardt Ludwig (76)
• Hendrick Henric Joannes Zanders (69), Helmond
• Pierre Hamann (70), Seingbouse, Moselle, Lorraine, France
• Neeltje Quick (Cornelis (88), East Hampton, Suffolk, New York, United States
• Jodokus Otte (56), Calle, Meschede
• David Stewart (28), Sussex, Delaware, United States

• 1643 » Ahmed II, Ottoman sultan († 1695)
• 1663 » Peter Anthony Motteux, French-English author, playwright and translator († 1718)
• 1670 » Maria Margarethe Kirch, German astronomer and mathematician († 1720)
• 1682 » Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist and pathologist († 1771)
• 1707 » Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright and composer († 1793)
• 1714 » René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France († 1792)
• 1728 » John Wood, the Younger, English architect, designed the Royal Crescent († 1782)
• 1752 » John Graves Simcoe, English-Canadian general and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada († 1806)
• 1755 » François René Mallarmé, French lawyer and politician († 1835)
• 1778 » José de San Martín, Argentinian general and politician, 1st President of Peru († 1850)

• 1634 » Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general and politician (b. 1583)
• 1655 » Daniël Heinsius, Flemish poet and scholar (b. 1580)
• 1682 » Alessandro Stradella, Italian composer (b. 1639)
• 1710 » Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, French soldier and explorer (b. 1639)
• 1713 » Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657)
• 1723 » Christopher Wren, English architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (b. 1632)
• 1756 » Eliza Haywood, English actress and poet (b. 1693)
• 1796 » Samuel Seabury, American bishop (b. 1729)
• 1805 » Thomas Pownall, English politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1722)
• 1819 » Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese-French poet and educator (b. 1734)

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

•  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.
• 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 February 25, 1717 was about 6.0 °C.