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Born on Wednesday September 15, 1717
- Albert Pietersz van Voorthuijsen, de Noorderkerk te Amsterdam
- Cornelis Pieterszn VAN LEEUWEN, Woubrugge
- Jacoba van Hirtum, Empel († 1763)
- Carolus Huygebaert, Vladslo
- Dirk van der Leeuw, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Annetje Klaas Smelik, Edam
- anne jh. CAPIAUX, Wasmes (Belgium) Hainaut
- Alexander Johan Hieronymus Huyssen van Kattendijke, Middelburg, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1762)
- Annetje Kool, Schiedam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Geertje, Nijkerk
Died on Wednesday September 15, 1717
- Leendert Baltensz Maerschalck (73), Rotterdam
- Willemijntje Monroij (0), Maarssen, Utrecht, Nederland
- Liesbeth Krömer, Jade, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Joanna de BRUYN (0), Wilrijk, 11051, Antwerpen, Belgique
- Lijsje Sijmons I Hottentot (2), Oostzaan, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Catherine JOURNES, JOURNE (33), Lescure-d'Albigeois, 81380, Tarn, Occitanie, FRANCE
- Judoca Volckerick (58), Waasmunster, Oost-Vlaanderen, België
- Mary Greaves (0), Kirkburton, Yorkshire, England
- Jeanne SOURDRILLE (0), ( Combrée, 49103, Maine et Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
- John Bent, III (27)
Born on September 15
- 1649 » Titus Oates, English minister, fabricated the Popish Plot († 1705)
- 1666 » Sophia Dorothea of Celle († 1726)
- 1690 » Ignazio Prota, Italian composer and educator († 1748)
- 1715 » Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, French general and engineer († 1789)
- 1736 » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris († 1793)
- 1759 » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician († 1829)
- 1760 » Bogislav Friedrich Emanuel von Tauentzien, Prussian general († 1824)
- 1765 » Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, Portuguese poet and author († 1805)
- 1789 » James Fenimore Cooper, American novelist, short story writer, and historian († 1851)
- 1815 » Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian journalist and composer († 1868)
Died on September 15
- 1643 » Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork, English-Irish politician, Lord High Treasurer of Ireland (b. 1566)
- 1649 » John Floyd, English priest and educator (b. 1572)
- 1700 » André Le Nôtre, French gardener (b. 1613)
- 1701 » Edmé Boursault, French author and playwright (b. 1638)
- 1707 » George Stepney, English poet and diplomat (b. 1663)
- 1712 » Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (b. 1645)
- 1750 » Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (b. 1690)
- 1794 » Abraham Clark, American police officer and politician (b. 1725)
- 1803 » Gian Francesco Albani, Italian cardinal (b. 1719)
- 1813 » Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general and engineer (b. 1752)
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).
- 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.