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Born on Saturday August 28, 1717
- Hendrikus Hendriks Broekman, Nijmegen
- Edward Boys, Knowlton, Dorset, England
- Herman Alberts Meilof, Beulake († 1777)
- harmen alberts meijlof, Beulake, Nederland
- Anna Antonisse Anemaat, Zwaluwe, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1796)
- Anna van Kemenade, Son, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Anna Catharina Brückmann
- David Jacob STIBBE, Amsterdam,, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1806)
- Elisabeth Lambrette, Ensival, België
- Jan Pietersz SINKE, Schore en Vlake, Zeeland, Nederland († 1769)
Died on Saturday August 28, 1717
- Hendrik van Son
- Anna Truttmann, Seelisberg UR
- Neeltje Jacobsd HOOGERWERF (66), Ouderkerk aan de Ijssel
- Frans Pieterse van Dommele (49), Sint-Annaland
- Jean Louis BONNIOT (52), La Faurie,05140, Frankrijk
- Jenneken Joanna Godefridus Driessen (Jenneke Goijaerts) van Vessem (65), Oisterwijk, Nederland
- Marie Belanger (0)
- Frans Pietersz. van Dommele (49)
- Maria Adrianus van GORCUM (53), Oisterwijk,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Hilleke Pünter (38), Markhausen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from August 28, 1717 at Delpher
Born on August 28
- 1667 » Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen of Denmark and Norway († 1721)
- 1691 » Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empress († 1750)
- 1714 » Anthony Ulrich, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg († 1774)
- 1728 » John Stark, American general († 1822)
- 1739 » Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer († 1818)
- 1749 » Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat († 1832)
- 1774 » Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition († 1821)
- 1801 » Antoine Augustin Cournot, French mathematician and philosopher († 1877)
- 1814 » Sheridan Le Fanu, Irish author († 1873)
- 1816 » Charles Sladen, English-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Victoria († 1884)
Died on August 28
- 1645 » Hugo Grotius, Dutch playwright, philosopher, and jurist (b. 1583)
- 1646 » Johannes Banfi Hunyades, English-Hungarian alchemist, chemist and metallurgist. (b. 1576)
- 1648 » Charles Lucas, English general (b. 1613)
- 1648 » George Lisle, English general (b. 1610)
- 1654 » Axel Oxenstierna, Swedish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Sweden (b. 1583)
- 1665 » Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (b. 1638)
- 1678 » John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1602)
- 1735 » Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (b. 1701)
- 1757 » David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1705)
- 1784 » Junípero Serra, Spanish priest and missionary (b. 1713)
Names that were popular for boys in 1717
Names that were popular for girls in 1717
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.