1717 Calendar
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1717 Historical Event(s)
January 4, 1717
– The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
March 2, 1717
– The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
March 31, 1717
– A sermon on “The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ” by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
June 24, 1717
– The Premier Grand Lodge of England, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England), is founded in London, England.
July 17, 1717
– 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, 1717
– Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
September 29, 1717
– An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city’s architecture and making authorities consider moving the capital to a different city.
Who Were Born On 1717?
January 5, 1717
– William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)
January 29, 1717
– Jeffrey Amherst, British military leader (d. 1797)
February 19, 1717
– David Garrick, British actor (d. 1779)
June 19, 1717
– Johann Stamitz, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1757)
July 5, 1717
– Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786)
August 13, 1717
– Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776)
August 15, 1717
– Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)
September 4, 1717
– Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
October 5, 1717
– Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)
December 20, 1717
– Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (d. 1787)