June 25 » Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
August 3 » Robert LaSalle builds the Le Griffon, the first known ship built on the Great Lakes.
November 25 » Trunajaya rebellion: After a long and logistically challenging march, the allied Mataram and Dutch troops successfully assaulted the rebel stronghold of Kediri.
Day of marriage February 21, 1717
The temperature on February 21, 1717 was about 3.0 °C. Source: KNMI
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.
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.
September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of death October 19, 1757
The temperature on October 19, 1757 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east by south. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
January 5 » Louis XV of France survives an assassination attempt by Robert-François Damiens, the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional and gruesome form of capital punishment used for regicides.
March 14 » Admiral Sir John Byng is executed by firing squad aboard HMSMonarch for breach of the Articles of War.
May 6 » Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War.
May 6 » The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757).
November 5 » Seven Years' War: Frederick the Great defeats the allied armies of France and the Holy Roman Empire at the Battle of Rossbach.
December 5 » Seven Years' War: Battle of Leuthen: Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.
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