About the day » Friday May 7, 1717Calender converter

• Henricus VERHEIJEN, Stiphout,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clementia Cornelisdr. Colijn, Sassenheim
• Hendrik (Henri) JAMINON, Chênée, Province de Liège, Belgique († 1799)
• Gijsbert van Nunspeet, Harderwijk († 1726)
• Clementia Colijn, Sassenheim
• Ancke Reincken, fortasse, Riepe, Frisia Orientalis
• Franciscus Verheije, Stiphout
• geertrui vierniet, oude tonge (goeree overflakkee)
• Cornelis SCHIELE, Amsterdam
• christiaan camps, venray († 1786)

• Adriaan Cornelisz. Karman (42), Kortgene, Zeeland, Nederland
• Cornelis Dirckse Schellingerhout (41)
• Grace STEVENS (84), Stonington, New London, Connecticut, United States
• Magdalena Plantin (55), Sollefteå, Västernorrland County, Ångermanland, Sweden
• Maeijcken Ariens Salij (48)
• Maeijken Ariensdr Salij (48), Heerjansdam
• Maaijke Salij (48)
• Maeiiken Ariendr Salij (48)
• Aeltjen Jans (47), Zuidbroek
• Maijke Salij (48), ,, Heerjansdam, South Holland, Nederland

• 1700 » Gerard van Swieten, Dutch-Austrian physician († 1772)
• 1701 » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer († 1759)
• 1711 » David Hume, Scottish economist, historian, and philosopher († 1776)
• 1724 » Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, French-Austrian field marshal († 1797)
• 1740 » Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police officer and general († 1814)
• 1748 » Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher († 1793)
• 1763 » Józef Poniatowski, Polish general († 1813)
• 1767 » Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia († 1820)
• 1774 » William Bainbridge, American commodore († 1833)
• 1787 » Jacques Viger, Canadian archaeologist and politician, 1st mayor of Montreal († 1858)

• 1617 » David Fabricius, German astronomer and theologian (b. 1564)
• 1667 » Johann Jakob Froberger, German organist and composer (b. 1616)
• 1682 » Feodor III of Russia (b. 1661)
• 1685 » Bajo Pivljanin (b. 1630)
• 1718 » Mary of Modena (b. 1658)
• 1793 » Pietro Nardini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1722)
• 1800 » Niccolò Piccinni, Italian composer (b. 1728)
• 1805 » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English general and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1737)
• 1815 » Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (b. 1739)
• 1825 » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1750)

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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 May 7, 1717 was about 11.0 °C.