{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1717

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer  

Jan 05 William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 28 Mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774) was born in the year 1717.  

Jan 28 On this day in history birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)  

Jan 29 Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal was born in the year 1717.  

Feb 02 Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Pierre de La Garde, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 19 In the year 1717 birth of david Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)  

Feb 24 Bernhard Hupfeld, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26 In the year 1717 birth of john Randall, composer  

Mar 26 Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer was born in the year 1717.  

Mar 31 Florian Wrastill, composer was born in the year 1717.  

Apr 09 Georg Matthias Monn, composer was born on this day in history.  

Apr 30 On this day in history birth of guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer  

May 13 Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I) was born in the year 1717.  

Jun 08 In the year 1717 birth of john Collins, American politician (d. 1795)  

Jun 19 On this day in history birth of johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer  

Jun 20 On this day in history birth of jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776)  

Jun 27 Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799) was born in the year 1717.  

Jul 05 Pedro III of Portugal, consort of Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 13 Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer was born in the year 1717.  

Aug 13 Louis François I, Prince of Conti, French military leader (d. 1776) was born in the year 1717.  

Aug 15 Blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 04 Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 22 On this day in history birth of pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)  

Sep 24 Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) was born in the year 1717.  

Oct 05 In the year 1717 birth of marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744)  

Nov 16 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician was born in the year 1717.  

Dec 09 Johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 16 Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 20 Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French statesman and diplomat (d. 1787) was born on this day in history.  

Dec 25 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope (1775-99) was born in the year 1717.  

Dec 27 Pope Pius VI (d. 1799) was born in the year 1717.  

Mar 03 Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 in the year 1717.  

Mar 19 In the year 1717 death of john Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist  

Apr 03 On this day in history death of jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640)  

Apr 05 In the year 1717 death of jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647)  

May 10 On this day in history death of john Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641)  

May 20 On this day in history death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)  

Jun 09 In the year 1717 jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69  

Jul 21 On this day in history niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies