What happened in 1717?

Siege of Belgrade

Wars & Conflicts · Belgrade

1717 siege of Belgrade

Battle of Göteborg

Wars & Conflicts · Gothenburg

1717

Battle of Strömstad

Wars & Conflicts · Strömstad

July 19, 1717

Battle of Matapan

Wars & Conflicts · Cape Matapan

1717 battle

Battle of Imbros

Wars & Conflicts · Imbros

Battle during the Ottoman–Venetian War of 1714–1718

Spanish conquest of Sardinia

Wars & Conflicts · Sardinia

1717 military campaign

1717 Omani invasion of Bahrain

Wars & Conflicts · Bahrain Island

Invasion of Bahrain in 1717 by the Sultanate of Oman ending Safavid dynasty rule of Bahrain

Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky died

People · Khanate of Khiva

Explorer and military commander of Tsardom Russia

Nicolas Perrot died

People · Bécancour

French explorer, diplomat and fur trader

Pierre Boucher died

People · Boucherville

French settler, soldier, official and governor in New France (Canada)

Abraham Darby I died

People · Coalbrookdale

Ironmaster: first successful use of coke in smelting

Gabriel Wagner died

People · Göttingen

German philosopher

Pablo Clain died

People · Manila

Czech Jesuit missionary (1652–1717)

Johannes Bilberg died

People · Mariestad

Swedish theologian, professor, and bishop

Carlo Antonio Buffagnotti died

People · Bologna

Italian painter (1660-1717)

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783).

Maria Theresa of Austria born

People · Hofburg Palace

Born in Hofburg Palace. Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780).

Horace Walpole born

People · London

Born in London. English writer and politician (1717–1797).

Johann Joachim Winckelmann born

People · Stendal

Born in Stendal. German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library (1717–1768).

Johann Stamitz born

People · Havlíčkův Brod

Born in Havlíčkův Brod. Czech composer and violinist.

Ernst Gideon von Laudon born

People · Ļaudona

Born in Ļaudona. Austrian general (1717–1790).

Alexander Sumarokov born

People · Lappeenranta

Born in Lappeenranta. Russian poet, playwright.

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst born

People · Riverhead

Born in Riverhead. British Army officer (1717–1797).

Étienne-Gabriel Morelly born

People · Vitry-le-François

Born in Vitry-le-François. French philosopher (1717–1778).

Louis François, Prince of Conti born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French noble and art collector (1717-1776).

Pius VI born

People · Cesena

Born in Cesena. Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799.

Lê Hiển Tông born

People · Hanoi

Born in Hanoi. King of Vietnam.

University of Cervera

Science & Technology

Former Spanish university

Military Naval Academy

Science & Technology · Marín

Military academy in Marín, Pontevedra, Spain

Innsbruck Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Innsbruck, Austria

Church of Saint Nicolas, Murom

Religion & Belief Systems

Erzurum Derviş Ağa Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

St. Valentin

Religion & Belief Systems · Altenhausen

Catholic filial church in Freising-Altenhausen (Upper Bavaria). High hall building with slightly indented apsidal choir and Gothic choir flank tower, otherwise Baroque new building probably by Dominikus Glasl, 1717

St. Petrus

Religion & Belief Systems

Filial church in Petersbuch, Germany

St. Michael

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Pischelsdorf, Reichertshausen, Germany

Basilica of Superga

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in the vicinity of Turin, Italy

Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Saint Lawrence church in Rybnik

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic wooden church in Rybnik, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Hermosa Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Hermosa, Bataan, Philippines

Santa Llúcia

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic building in la Bisbal d'Empordà (Baix Empordà, Catalonia)

Chapel of Saint Martin

Religion & Belief Systems · city park in Český Krumlov

Chapel in Český Krumlov

Old Wye Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maryland, United States of America

Radnor Friends Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mariä Himmelfahrt

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Kösching, Germany

Tsangwa Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Daimaru

Economy & Trade · Chūō-ku

Japanese department store chain

Banco Etcheverría

Economy & Trade · A Coruña

Drummonds Bank

Economy & Trade · London

City of Westminster, Greater London, SW1A

1717 Guatemala earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

The Guatemalan earthquake of 1717 that destroyed much of the Guatemalan architecture and many buildings.

Catherine Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace near St. Petersburg

Church of the Holy Trinity

Architecture & Engineering

Wooden articular church of the Evangelical Church A C. (UNESCO) in the town of Kežmarok, Slovakia

Fürstenried Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Château

Wrocław Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace

Zrkinyants St. Gevorg

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Old Tbilisi, Georgia

Sant'Emidio alle Grotte

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Ascoli Piceno

Chiesa di San Ippolito

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Palermo, Italy

Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula de los Pecos

Architecture & Engineering

Catholic mission near Pecos, New Mexico

Old St John the Baptist's Church, Pilling

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Pilling, Wyre, Lancashire, England, UK

Prince of Wales Fort

Architecture & Engineering

18th century fortification in Churchill, Manitoba

Fort Ouiatenon

Architecture & Engineering

First fortified European fort in Indiana

Fort Kaministiquia

Architecture & Engineering

French fort in North America

Hercules monument, Kassel

Architecture & Engineering · Bad Wilhelmshöhe

National heritage site

Fontaine Saint-Maur de Calanhel

Architecture & Engineering

Church of Saint Demetrius of Rostov in Ochakovo

Architecture & Engineering

Eastern Orthodox church building in Ochakovo-Matveyevskoye District, Russia

Holy Spirit church in Dzierzgoń

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Dzierzgoń, Poland

Italian Palace (Kronstadt)

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Russia

Tsaritsin guard line

Architecture & Engineering

Ridge, guard line in Volgograd Oblast, Russia

Second Chui Volost founded

Empires & Countries · Kosh-Agach

Second Chui Volost was founded, with its capital at Kosh-Agach.