Historical Events In 1717

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

Jan 04   On this day in history netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance  

Jan 05   Prussian King Frederik Willem I buys conscript for nobles on this day in history.  

Jan 14   German mob leader "Sjako" sentenced to death in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

Jan 28   Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) in the year 1717.  

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

Feb 01   Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France in the year 1717.  

Feb 01   On this day in history henri d'Aguesseau's first appointment as chancellor of France  

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

Feb 19   David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Bernhard Hupfeld, composer in the year 1717.  

Feb 26   John Randall, composer in the year 1717.  

Mar 02   The Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England on this day in history.  

Mar 03   In the year 1717 pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75  

Mar 19   John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist in the year 1717.  

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

Mar 31   A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provoked the Bangorian Controversy on this day in history.  

Mar 31   On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer  

Apr 09   On this day in history georg Matthias Monn, composer  

Apr 30   Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer in the year 1717.  

May 13   On this day in history maria Theresa, Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I)  

Jun 09   Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69 in the year 1717.  

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

Jun 24   In the year 1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London  

Jul 21   In the year 1717 niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies  

Jul 28   In the year 1717 prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs  

Aug 10   Nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies in the year 1717.  

Aug 13   Christoph Nichelsmann, German composer on this day in history.  

Aug 16   In the year 1717 prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade  

Aug 17   France, Russia & Prussia sign agreement in the year 1717.  

Aug 22   Spanish troops lands on Sardinia on this day in history.  

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

Nov 02   On this day in history johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies  

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

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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   In the year 1717 birth of mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74)  

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

Jan 29   In the year 1717 birth of jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal  

Feb 02   Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790) was born in the year 1717.  

Feb 10   Pierre de La Garde, composer was born in the year 1717.  

Feb 19   On this day in history birth of david Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko)  

Mar 03   Pierre Allix, French/British theologist/vicar, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

Mar 19   John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist died on this day in history.  

Apr 03   Jacques Ozanam, French mathematician (b. 1640) died on this day in history.  

Apr 05   Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) died on this day in history.  

May 10   John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) died on this day in history.  

May 20   John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) died in the year 1717.  

Jun 09   On this day in history jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Mothe-Guyon, French mystic, dies at 69  

Jul 21   Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies in the year 1717.