1717
EventsJanuary 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign Triple Alliance March 2 — Dancer John Weaver performs in the first ballet in Britain shown in Drury Lane The Loves of Mars and Venus March 31 - Bishop Benjamin Hoadly, acting on the advice of King George begins the Bangorian Controversy by saying that God favors churches with no government. June 24 — Anglo branch of Freemasonry (UGLE) founded in London. December 24/25 A desastrous storm flood hits the North Sea coast between the Netherlands and Danmark. Thousands die or loose their housings. (German article on this flood) Voltaire is sentenced to Bastille for a year because of his satirical writings Spain unites its South American colonies as New GrenadaMontevideo, Uruguay, founded by Portuguese
Ongoing events Great Northern War (1700–1721)
BirthsJanuary 5 - William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesmanJanuary 29 - Jeffrey Amherst, British soldier, conqueror of QuebecFebruary 19 - David Garrick, actor May 13 - Maria Theresa of AustriaAugust 15 - Blind Jack of Knaresborough, England, violinist and road builderSeptember 24 - Horace Walpole, British writer (d. 1797)November 16 - Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician and encyclopędistDecember 9 - Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologistDecember 27 - Pope Pius VI
Deaths March 3 — Pierre Allix, French Protestant clergyman May 10 — John Hathorne, magistrate
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