About the day » Wednesday June 16, 1717Calender converter

• Jan Ariense Boot, Gouda, Nederland
• Elisabeth Wilhelmus BROUWERS, Vessem, 4320, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Benjamin Wamelinck, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Adriaan Embert Rasen, Dongen,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Bernardina van Dijck, Duiven, Nederland
• Albertus Blontrock, Koekelare
• Adrianus Embertus Raesen, Dongen († 1767)
• Christophe VAN SEYMORTIER, Ruien,9690,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE († 1757)
• Hester STOUTHART, Dordrecht
• Françoise Dubreucq, Quesnoy-sur-Deûle, 59890, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France († 1797)

• Catharina Peter Maarten
• Marie Elisabeth STUDER (0), Lautenbach (68610, Haut-Rhin, France)
• Annetje Jacobs HOOGERSCHEIJT (76), Delft
• James Gore I 10 E (36), Prince George, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Petrus Schelfhoudt (28), Temse
• Martinus a Campo (50), Hoensbroek,, Limburg, Nederland
• Sarah Oliver (26), Groton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Evan Allen (0)
• Johann SCHMIDT (73), Flörsheim, Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
• Teuntje Jansdr van den Bos(ch) (18), Dirksland

• 1633 » Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist († 1667)
• 1644 » Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of Scotland, England and Ireland († 1670)
• 1653 » James Bertie, 1st Earl of Abingdon, English nobleman († 1699)
• 1713 » Meshech Weare, American farmer, lawyer, and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire († 1786)
• 1723 » Adam Smith, Scottish philosopher and economist († 1790)
• 1738 » Mary Katherine Goddard, American publisher († 1816)
• 1754 » Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet († 1800)
• 1792 » John Linnell, English painter and engraver († 1882)
• 1801 » Julius Plücker, German mathematician and physicist († 1868)
• 1806 » Edward Davy, English physician and chemist († 1885)

• 1622 » Alexander Seton, 1st Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord Chancellor of Scotland (b. 1555)
• 1626 » Christian, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg-Wolfenbüttel, German Protestant military leader (b. 1599)
• 1666 » Sir Richard Fanshawe, 1st Baronet, English poet and diplomat, English Ambassador to Spain (b. 1608)
• 1722 » John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire (b. 1650)
• 1743 » Louise-Françoise de Bourbon, eldest daughter of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1673)
• 1752 » Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (b. 1692)
• 1762 » Anne Russell, Countess of Jersey (formerly Duchess of Bedford) (b. c.1705)
• 1777 » Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, French poet and playwright (b. 1709)
• 1779 » Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and politician, Governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. 1712)
• 1804 » Johann Adam Hiller, German composer and conductor (b. 1728)

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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).
• 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.
• September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.

The temperature on June 16, 1717 was about 14.0 °C.