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Born on Wednesday September 22, 1717
- Bartelt Jacobsz Porsius, Urk, Gemeente Urk (FL) Nederland († 1791)
- Digna van Gulick, Zevenbergen
- Cornelia Anthonis Meesters, Etten-Leur († 1745)
- Catharina Boers, Oud Gastel
- Engel Jansz van Dintel, Oudenhoorn, Zh.Nld
- Hendrick Jacobsen, Hierden
- Hendrik Pietersz Kortrecht († 1757)
- Arnolda (Neuleke) van Huissen, Lathum en Angerlo († 1788)
- Hendrick (Henry) Kortregt (Cutright), Harlem, New York, Verenigde Staten († 1757)
- Harmanus Kok, Amsterdam
Died on Wednesday September 22, 1717
- Pieter Claasz Reijers Commandeur (57), Wognum
- Antoine Robillard (0), Montréal, Quebec, Canada
- Guilielmus Volckaert (81), Izegem, België
- MARIE FAGARD (FAGART) (34), MELEN
- Jan Baptista Spillemaeckers (0), Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium
- Johanna de Bijl (2), Lith, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Pieter Claasz Reijers Commandeur (57), Wognum, Noord-Holland, Nederland Nederland
- Ariaentje Breetvelt (21)
- Pieter or Petrus Claas (Pieter) Commandeur (57), Wognum, Medemblik, North Holland, The Netherlands
- Engel Jansz Van DINTEL (6)
Born on September 22
- 1680 » Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet († 1747)
- 1694 » Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1773)
- 1715 » Jean-Étienne Guettard, French mineralogist and botanist († 1786)
- 1741 » Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist († 1811)
- 1743 » Quintin Craufurd, Scottish author († 1819)
- 1762 » Elizabeth Simcoe, English-Canadian painter and author († 1850)
- 1765 » Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician and philosopher († 1822)
- 1788 » Theodore Hook, English composer and educator († 1841)
- 1791 » Michael Faraday, English physicist and chemist († 1867)
- 1819 » Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian and academic († 1897)
Died on September 22
- 1598 » Gabriel Spenser, English actor (b. c.1578)
- 1607 » Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and educator (b. 1535)
- 1662 » John Biddle, English minister and theologian (b. 1615)
- 1692 » Martha Corey, American woman accused of witchcraft (b. 1620)
- 1703 » Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1622)
- 1756 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (b. 1688)
- 1774 » Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- 1776 » Nathan Hale, American soldier (b. 1755)
- 1777 » John Bartram, American botanist and explorer (b. 1699)
- 1828 » Shaka Zulu, Zulu chieftain and monarch of the Zulu Kingdom (b. 1787)
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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.