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• Bernardus Rohof, Tubbergen
• Adriaen de SOETE, Dordrecht
• Catharina Hermense, Eijmeren, Gelderland, Nederland
• Barbara VOGTS, Holzheim († 1795)
• Anna Maria Schaffeneer, Boechout, Antwerpen, Belgie († 1717)
• Catherine Briggs
• Anna Maria ALAERTS, Tielt-Winge, Province of Flemish Brabant, Belgium († 1762)
• Alexander Savelbergh, Heerlen, Nederland († 1790)
• Abraham Beckeringh (Bekkering), Garmerwolde
• Aetske (Eedske) Wierds, Suawoude (Tietjerksteradeel) († 1799)

• Gerrit Willemse Uijtenbroek (41), Moordrecht
• Leendert Jansz Stompwijck, Berkel en Rodenrijs
• Anne Antoinette comtesse d'Oyenbrugge de Duras (25), à Boetendael près de Bruxelles
• Govert Harmens Visser (66), Maassluis
• John Swett (68), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Alexander Falconer, 1st Bart of Glenfarquhar
• Anne Hamilton (29), Ireland
• John Swett * (68), Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Marie Huyghe (73), Moorslede
• Anna or Joanna Heyvaert (87), Opwijk, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium

• 1665 » Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French harpsichord player and composer († 1729)
• 1676 » Thomas Boston, Scottish philosopher and theologian († 1732)
• 1686 » Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter and engraver († 1755)
• 1725 » Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-American general and politician († 1806)
• 1777 » Patrick Brontë, Irish-English priest and author († 1861)
• 1777 » Roger B. Taney, American politician and jurist, 5th Chief Justice of the United States († 1864)
• 1780 » Thomas Chalmers, Scottish minister, economist, and educator († 1847)
• 1781 » Ebenezer Elliott, English poet and educator († 1849)
• 1804 » Jim Bridger, American fur trader and explorer († 1881)
• 1806 » Norbert Rillieux, African American inventor and chemical engineer († 1894)

• 1620 » John Sarkander, Polish-Moravian priest and saint (b. 1576)
• 1640 » Philip Massinger, English playwright (b. 1583)
• 1649 » Gabriel Lalemant, French missionary and saint (b. 1610)
• 1663 » Jerome Weston, 2nd Earl of Portland, English diplomat (b. 1605)
• 1680 » François de La Rochefoucauld, French author (b. 1613)
• 1704 » Menno van Coehoorn, Dutch soldier and engineer (b. 1641)
• 1715 » Gilbert Burnet, Scottish bishop and historian (b. 1643)
• 1741 » Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet and playwright (b. 1671)
• 1764 » George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield, English astronomer and politician (b. 1695)
• 1782 » Daniel Bernoulli, Dutch-Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1700)

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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 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.

The temperature on March 17, 1717 was about 7.0 °C.