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• Gottfried Gross, 09481 Schwarzbach
• Anna Catahrina Vanmiddelem, Hooglede,West Vlaanderen,België († 1801)
• Gertrudis Aelbers, Hulhuizen, Gelderland, Pays-Bas
• Elisabeth Cornelia Kerkhof, Terheijden († 1809)
• Feodosia Naoumovna Seniavin († 1785)
• Geertruijt Leenderts de Witte, Ouddorp, Goeree-Overflakkee, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Frederik Lodewijk Graaf van Danneskjöld-Laurvig († 1762)
• Elisabeth Cornelia Arjaansd KERKHOFF, Terheijden († 1809)
• Christiaan Arijsz Gouka, Schiedam
• Anna Van Der Meeren

• Anna Maria Mohr (66), Kesselheim
• Anna Catharina de Block (35), Temse
• Cornelis Wagemans (56), Breda
• Thomas Cockerham (52), Jamestown, Surry, Virginia, United States
• Johanna de Jong
• Marie Ursule Gesseron (0)
• Johannes van Huijkelom (Heukelom?)
• Joannes WITTEVRONGEL (27), Sleidinge,9940,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Franz Wilhelm von Wendt (45)
• Carolus Ludovicus Cornelis (38), Temse

• 1633 » Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French noble († 1707)
• 1645 » George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British judge († 1689)
• 1655 » Pope Innocent XIII († 1724)
• 1689 » Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer († 1762)
• 1720 » Maximilian Hell, Hungarian priest and astronomer († 1792)
• 1749 » Levi Lincoln Sr., American lawyer and politician, 4th United States Attorney General († 1820)
• 1759 » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer († 1824)
• 1770 » Ezekiel Hart, Canadian businessman and politician († 1843)
• 1773 » Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire († 1859)
• 1786 » Dimitris Plapoutas, Greek general and politician († 1864)

• 1585 » Niwa Nagahide, Japanese samurai (b. 1535)
• 1609 » Giovanni Croce, Italian composer and educator (b. 1557)
• 1615 » Henry Bromley, English politician (b. 1560)
• 1634 » Hendrick Avercamp, Dutch painter (b. 1585)
• 1698 » Marie Champmeslé, French actress (b. 1642)
• 1699 » Sir Edward Petre, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1631)
• 1700 » John Hale, American minister (b. 1636)
• 1740 » Ephraim Chambers, English publisher (b. 1680)
• 1773 » Alban Butler, English priest and hagiographer (b. 1710)
• 1845 » Braulio Carrillo Colina, Costa Rican lawyer and politician, Head of State of Costa Rica (b. 1800)

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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 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.

The temperature on May 15, 1717 was about 10.0 °C.