About the day » Sunday May 17, 1722Calender converter

• Adriaan van der Goes, 's Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland NL († 1797)
• Anne Françoise DEHARRE, LORCE, Liège, Belgique († 1780)
• Antonius COOREMAN, Lebbeke, België († 1772)
• Adriaan van der Goes, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1797)
• Anna Goorts, Bakel en Milheeze
• Aart (Willems) Roest, Spijkenisse († 1789)
• Annetje Aleman van, Nieuwe-Tonge, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Aart Willemsz Roest, Spijkenisse († 1789)
• Anna Joannes VERHULST, Bakel en Milheeze, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arie Willemsz Teeuwen, Alblasserdam, zh.nld († 1794)

• Gideon Wright Jr (47), Oyster Bay, Nassau Long Island, New York, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Pietersz SOETEMAN (4)
• Ariaantje Bastiaans Koedoot (27)
• Gerrit Pietersz PRINS (1)
• Lammigjen Homan (31), Vries
• Charles Merryman (42), Baltimore, Maryland, Verenigde Staten
• Joannes Cost Mr. (59), Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
• Clara Anna Maertens (7), Rumbeke,8800,West-Vlaanderen,België
• Gerardus Geeraerts (Gerardi), Kortenberg
• Bronne Fredericus CLEVERINGA (62), Appingedam, Groningen, Nederland

• 1682 » Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate († 1722)
• 1698 » Gio Nicola Buhagiar, Maltese painter († 1752)
• 1706 » Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian († 1780)
• 1718 » Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department († 1778)
• 1732 » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer († 1817)
• 1743 » Seth Warner, American colonel († 1784)
• 1749 » Edward Jenner, English physician and microbiologist († 1823)
• 1758 » Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician († 1839)
• 1768 » Caroline of Brunswick († 1821)
• 1768 » Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1854)

• 1626 » Joan Pau Pujol, Catalan organist and composer (b. 1570)
• 1643 » Giovanni Picchi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1571)
• 1727 » Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
• 1729 » Samuel Clarke, English clergyman and philosopher (b. 1675)
• 1765 » Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (b. 1713)
• 1797 » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright and composer (b. 1719)
• 1801 » William Heberden, English physician and scholar (b. 1710)
• 1807 » John Gunby, American general (b. 1745)
• 1809 » Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (b. 1722)
• 1822 » Armand-Emmanuel de Vignerot du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu, French general and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of France (b. 1766)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• March 8 » The Safavid Empire of Iran is defeated by an army from Afghanistan at the Battle of Gulnabad, pushing Iran into anarchy.
• April 5 » The Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen discovers Easter Island.
• July 25 » Dummer's War begins along the Maine-Massachusetts border.

The temperature on May 17, 1722 was about 14.0 °C.