About the day » Tuesday February 9, 1717Calender converter

• Cornelia Francisca Gheleyns, Sint-Katharina-Kapelle, West-Vlaanderen, België
• Francina van Ling, Amersfoort
• Aagje Schilperoort, Schipluiden
• Alexander van Scey-Montbéliard († 1789)
• Catharina Theresia Timmerman, Sijsele (B) († 1779)
• Isabella Francisca De Graeve, Dikkelvenne
• Egidius Boulen, Bilzen,, Limburg, België
• Franciscus Gisberts, Roermond, Limburg, Nederland
• Geertrudis van Steen, Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Barbera Case, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• James 1650 Sanders, Of New Kent County (58), New Kent, Colony of Virginia, British Colonial America, United Kingdom
• James Saunders (58), New Kent Cnty, Virginia, Colonial America
• Arent van Ekelenburg (0), Rotterdam
• Anna Barbara(*) SCHUETZ, Bedersdorf
• Franciscus Somers, Duffel
• Georg Schwarz (15), Kayh,Herrenberg,Wuerttemberg,Germany
• Jan van Esbroek, Hontenisse
• Elizabeth Richmond (51), Rhode Island, British America
• Catharina van Walle (78), Nieuwkerken-Waas
• Everardus Willem (Evert) CUIJCKEN (76)

• 1666 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish field marshal († 1737)
• 1711 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander († 1762)
• 1737 » Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist († 1809)
• 1741 » Henri-Joseph Rigel, German-French composer († 1799)
• 1748 » Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland († 1817)
• 1763 » Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden († 1830)
• 1769 » George W. Campbell, Scottish-American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of the Treasury († 1848)
• 1773 » William Henry Harrison, American general and politician, 9th President of the United States († 1841)
• 1775 » Farkas Bolyai, Hungarian mathematician and academic († 1856)
• 1781 » Johann Baptist von Spix, German biologist and explorer († 1826)

• 1588 » Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquis of Santa Cruz, Spanish admiral (b. 1526)
• 1600 » John Frederick, Duke of Pomerania (b. 1542)
• 1619 » Lucilio Vanini, Italian physician and philosopher (b. 1585)
• 1640 » Murad IV, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1612)
• 1670 » Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)
• 1675 » Gerrit Dou, Dutch painter (b. 1613)
• 1709 » François Louis, Prince of Conti (b. 1664)
• 1777 » Seth Pomeroy, American general and gunsmith (b. 1706)
• 1803 » Jean François de Saint-Lambert, French soldier, poet, and philosopher (b. 1716)
• 1857 » Dionysios Solomos, Greek poet and translator (b. 1798)

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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).
• 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 9, 1717 was about 3.0 °C.