Historical Events In 1717

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

Jan 04   Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance on this day in history.   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 01   In the year 1717 henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1717 pierre de La Garde, composer   

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

Feb 24   On this day in history bernhard Hupfeld, composer   

Feb 26   John Randall, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1717 the Loves of Mars and Venus becomes the first ballet performed in England.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1717.   

Mar 31   On this day in history florian Wrastill, composer   

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

Apr 30   Guillaume Gommaire Kennis, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 19   In the year 1717 johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer   

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

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

Jul 28   On this day in history prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs   

Aug 10   In the year 1717 nicolaas Witsen, etcher/mayor (Amsterdam), dies   

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

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

Aug 17   On this day in history france, Russia & Prussia sign agreement   

Aug 22   In the year 1717 spanish troops lands on Sardinia   

Sep 24   Horace Walpole, England, British horror writer (Castle of Otranto) on this day in history.   

Nov 02   Johann Jacob Walther, composer, dies in the year 1717.   

Nov 16   In the year 1717 jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, French philosopher/mathematician   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1717 birth of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (d. 1793)   

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

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   In the year 1717 birth of ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)   

Feb 10   In the year 1717 birth of pierre de La Garde, composer   

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   Jean Jouvenet, French painter (b. 1647) died in the year 1717.   

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

May 20   John Trevor, British statesman (b. 1637) died on this day in history.   

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.