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

Jan 04 Antonio Maria Mazzoni, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)  

Jan 28 In the year 1717 birth of mustafa III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1774)  

Jan 28 Mustapha III, Sultan of Turkey (1757-74) 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 On this day in history birth of pierre de La Garde, composer  

Feb 19 David Garrick, actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko) was born in the year 1717.  

Feb 24 On this day in history birth of bernhard Hupfeld, composer  

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

Mar 26 On this day in history birth of manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila, composer  

Mar 31 In the year 1717 birth of florian Wrastill, composer  

Apr 09 Georg Matthias Monn, composer was born in the year 1717.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 08 John Collins, American politician (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jun 20 Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of christoph Nichelsmann, German composer  

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

Aug 15 In the year 1717 birth of blind Jack, English roadbuilder (d. 1810)  

Sep 04 Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783) was born in the year 1717.  

Sep 22 Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783) was born on this day in history.  

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

Oct 05 Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.  

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

Dec 09 On this day in history birth of johann J Winckelmann, German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art)  

Dec 16 Elizabeth Carter, English writer (d. 1806) was born in the year 1717.  

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

Dec 25 In the year 1717 birth of pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italy, Pope (1775-99)  

Dec 27 On this day in history birth of pope Pius VI (d. 1799)  

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

Mar 19 On this day in history death of john Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish royalist  

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

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

May 10 John Hathorne, American magistrate (b. 1641) died in the year 1717.  

May 20 In the year 1717 death of john Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637)  

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

Jul 21 Niccolo Amenta, Italian poet (La Gostanza), dies on this day in history.