1717

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s

Years: 1712 1713 1714 1715 1716 - 1717 - 1718 1719 1720 1721 1722

• January 4 - The Netherlands, England & France sign Triple Alliance[?]
• Montevideo, Uruguay, founded by Portuguese

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, English writer
• November 17 - Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, mathematician

Deaths

• March - Pierre Allix, French Protestant clergyman