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July 30, 1717Born on Saturday July 31, 1717
- Cornelius van Alfen, Wateringen
- Jan Harmensz ter Beesman, Aalten GL) († 1775)
- Ignatius van Ginkel, Amersfoort
- Helena Huberti Cornelissen, Zeeland (N.Br.)
- Elisabeth Gijsbrechts, Merksplas, Antwerpen België
- Joannes de Brouwer, Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Catharina Maria Ahlersmann, Wellingholzhausen-Schlochtern, Fürstbistum Osnabrück († 1782)
- Barbara Verroen, Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1780)
- "Philippe Amable" Germain Dauchel de La Palme, Nortkerque, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Japeth Utley, Stonington, New London, Connecticut, Verenigde Staten († 1778)
Died on Saturday July 31, 1717
- Pieter Abrams Bunnekens (51), Melopolder, Zeeland, Nederland
- Johannes Jacobus Jan (Mathijsen) de Jonge, Rijsbergen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Joseph Gagnon (0), Montmorency, Quebec, Quebec, Canada
- Friderich Niske (70), Visbeck, Hagestette, Duitsland
- Cornelis van der Haes
- Aafke Mindelts, Klein Garnwerd
- Maria Janse SNIJDERS (42), Vlijmen, 4338, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Philips van den Brande (52), Middelburg (Zeeland) NL
- Johannes Mathijssen (34), Rijsbergen
- Adriaan BAARS (52)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from July 31, 1717 at Delpher
Born on July 31
- 1686 » Charles of France, Duke of Berry († 1714)
- 1702 » Jean Denis Attiret, French missionary and painter († 1768)
- 1704 » Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist († 1752)
- 1718 » John Canton, English physicist and academic († 1772)
- 1724 » Noël François de Wailly, French lexicographer and author († 1801)
- 1759 » Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official († 1796)
- 1777 » Pedro Ignacio de Castro Barros, Argentinian priest and politician († 1849)
- 1796 » Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Czech-French actor and mime († 1846)
- 1800 » Friedrich Wöhler, German chemist and academic († 1882)
- 1803 » John Ericsson, Swedish-American engineer, co-designed the USS Princeton and the Novelty Locomotive († 1889)
Died on July 31
- 1616 » Roger Wilbraham, Solicitor-General for Ireland (b. 1553)
- 1638 » Sibylla Schwarz, German poet (b. 1621)
- 1653 » Thomas Dudley, English soldier and politician, 3rd Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (b. 1576)
- 1693 » Willem Kalf, Dutch still life painter (b. 1619)
- 1726 » Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1695)
- 1750 » John V, king of Portugal (b. 1689)
- 1762 » Luis Vicente de Velasco e Isla, Spanish sailor and commander (b. 1711)
- 1781 » John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British parliamentarian (b. 1719)
- 1784 » Denis Diderot, French philosopher and critic (b. 1713)
- 1805 » Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian soldier (b. 1756)
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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.
- 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.
- September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.