1717
| Years: 1714 1715 1716 - 1717 - 1718 1719 1720 | |
| Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1717 in literature List of state leaders in 1717 | |
Events
- January 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 (http://www.grand-lodge.org/)) founded in London.
- Voltaire is sentenced to Bastille for a year because of his satirical writings
- Spain unites its South American colonies as New Grenada
- Montevideo, Uruguay, founded by Portuguese
Ongoing events
Births
- January 5 — William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman
- January 29 — Jeffrey Amherst, British soldier, conqueror of Quebec
- February 19 — David Garrick, actor
- May 13 — Maria Theresa of Austria
- September 24 — Horace Walpole, British writer
- November 16 — Jean le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician and encyclopędist
- December 9 — Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German archaeologist
- December 27 — Pope Pius VI
Deaths
- March 3 — Pierre Allix, French Protestant clergyman
- May 10 — John Hathorn, magistrate
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