About the day » Tuesday March 9, 1717Calender converter

• Berend van Iddekinge, Groningen,Gemeente Groningen,Province of Groningen,Netherlands († 1801)
• Anna Elisabeth Meyer Zu Malbergen, Malbergen
• Christine Catharina Enslin, of Urach, Schwarzw, Wuertt († 1759)
• David Fletcher, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British America
• Albertus Rooymans, Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1783)
• Aer Udo, Rijswijk, Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
• Andreas Mulders, Gemonde, NL
• Barend Vriends, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1761)
• Adriana Van Thillo, Kalmthout († 1759)
• Adrianus de Swart, Chaam {NB,NL} († 1804)

• Iver Sorensen Asker (43), Vestre Asker, Asker, Akershus, Norway
• Marijtgen Arents Schieman (70), Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Maartje Aryens Schieman (70), Scheveningen
• Maria De Weghe (77), Denderleeuw, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
• Jannichgen INGENSDR, Bergambacht
• Henricus Thevissen (63), Wijnandsrade, LI, Netherlands
• Hendrik Sijkinck (62), Winterswijk
• Ann Lester (69), Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States
• Marie Françoise Chauveaux, Cerfontaine, Nr.be
• Maertje Aryens Schieman (43), Scheveningen

• 1662 » Franz Anton von Sporck, German noble († 1738)
• 1697 » Friederike Caroline Neuber, German actress († 1760)
• 1737 » Josef Mysliveček, Czech violinist and composer († 1781)
• 1749 » Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, French journalist and politician († 1791)
• 1753 » Jean-Baptiste Kléber, French general († 1800)
• 1758 » Franz Joseph Gall, German neuroanatomist and physiologist († 1828)
• 1763 » William Cobbett, English journalist and author († 1835)
• 1806 » Edwin Forrest, American actor and philanthropist († 1872)
• 1814 » Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and playwright († 1861)
• 1815 » David Davis, American jurist and politician († 1886)

• 1649 » Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier and politician (b. 1590)
• 1649 » James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish soldier and politician, (b. 1606)
• 1661 » Cardinal Mazarin, Italian-French academic and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1602)
• 1709 » Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu, English courtier and politician (b. 1638)
• 1808 » Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (b. 1739)
• 1810 » Ozias Humphry, English painter and academic (b. 1742)
• 1825 » Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet, author, and critic (b. 1743)
• 1831 » Friedrich Maximilian von Klinger, German author and playwright (b. 1752)
• 1847 » Mary Anning, English paleontologist (b. 1799)
• 1851 » Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist (b. 1777)

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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.
• 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.

The temperature on March 9, 1717 was about 3.0 °C.