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July 26, 1717Born on Tuesday July 27, 1717
- éloy LEFEBVRE, Wihéries (Belgium) Hainaut
- Cornelia GEIN (VAN 'T GEIJN), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Arnoldus Aalderink, Zelhem, Gelderland, Nederland
- Dorothea Vomhof, Laasphe, Kreis Wittgenstein
- Christianus Maes, Baardwijk († 1760)
- Bart van Setten, Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Frerik Freriks, Weiwerd, Groningen, Nederland († 1717)
- Barth van Zetten, Zoelen
- Barth van Zelten, Zoelen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Anna Tallman, Guilford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States († 1789)
Died on Tuesday July 27, 1717
- Dietrich von der Recke (62)
- Jacques NERRIERE (47), La Bruffière, 85530, Vendée, Pays de la Loire, FRANCE
- Jacob Kuiper (0), 's-Gravenzande
- Michael Frans van Béthune-Charost (21)
- Jacquette Audet (70), Québec, Québec, Canada
- Mary Jackson Ferris (32), Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten
- Joachim Dehn, Utecht
- Adam Otto von Vieregg (83), Wattmannshagen, Lalendorf, Allemagne
- Dirck Isbrantsz HOVELING
- Jacquette Audet dit LaPointe (49), Quebec, Canada
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 27, 1717 at Delpher
Born on July 27
- 1667 » Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic († 1748)
- 1733 » Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer († 1779)
- 1740 » Jeanne Baré, French explorer († 1803)
- 1741 » François-Hippolyte Barthélémon, French-English violinist and composer († 1808)
- 1752 » Samuel Smith, American general and politician († 1839)
- 1768 » Charlotte Corday, French assassin of Jean-Paul Marat († 1793)
- 1768 » Joseph Anton Koch, Austrian painter († 1839)
- 1773 » Jacob Aall, Norwegian economist and politician († 1844)
- 1777 » Henry Trevor, 21st Baron Dacre, English general († 1853)
- 1777 » Thomas Campbell, Scottish-French poet and academic († 1844)
Died on July 27
- 1656 » Salomo Glassius, German theologian and critic (b. 1593)
- 1675 » Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, French general (b. 1611)
- 1689 » John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. c. 1648)
- 1759 » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
- 1770 » Robert Dinwiddie, Scottish merchant and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1693)
- 1841 » Mikhail Lermontov, Russian poet and painter (b. 1814)
- 1844 » John Dalton, English physicist, meteorologist, and chemist (b. 1776)
- 1863 » William Lowndes Yancey, American journalist and politician (b. 1813)
- 1865 » Jean-Joseph Dassy, French painter and lithographer (b. 1791)
- 1875 » Aleksander Kunileid, Estonian composer and educator (b. 1845)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1717
- This page is only available in Dutch.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.
- September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.