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Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
Decades: | 1680s 1690s 1700s – 1710s – 1720s 1730s 1740s |
Years: | 1714 1715 1716 – 1717 – 1718 1719 1720 |
Gregorian calendar | 1717 MDCCXVII |
Ab urbe condita | 2470 |
Armenian calendar | 1166 ԹՎ ՌՃԿԶ |
Assyrian calendar | 6467 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1638–1639 |
Bengali calendar | 1124 |
Berber calendar | 2667 |
British Regnal year | 3 Geo. 1 – 4 Geo. 1 |
Buddhist calendar | 2261 |
Burmese calendar | 1079 |
Byzantine calendar | 7225–7226 |
Chinese calendar | 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4413 or 4353 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4414 or 4354 |
Coptic calendar | 1433–1434 |
Discordian calendar | 2883 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1709–1710 |
Hebrew calendar | 5477–5478 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1773–1774 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1638–1639 |
- Kali Yuga | 4817–4818 |
Holocene calendar | 11717 |
Igbo calendar | 717–718 |
Iranian calendar | 1095–1096 |
Islamic calendar | 1129–1130 |
Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 2 (享保2年) |
Javanese calendar | 1640–1641 |
Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
Korean calendar | 4050 |
Minguo calendar | 195 before ROC 民前195年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | 249 |
Thai solar calendar | 2259–2260 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1843 or 1462 or 690 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1844 or 1463 or 691 |
1717 (MDCCXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1717th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 717th year of the 2nd millennium, the 17th year of the 18th century, and the 8th year of the 1710s decade. As of the start of 1717, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
[change | change source]- January 4 — The Netherlands, Britain & France sign the Triple Alliance.
- February 26-March 6 What is now the northeastern United States was paralyzed by a series of blizzards that buried the region.
- 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 — The Premier Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), a branch of Freemasonry, is started in London.[1]
- September: The first known Druid revival ceremony is held by John Toland at Primrose Hill, in London, at the Autumnal Equinox, to found the Mother Grove, what is later to become the Ancient Order of Druids (AOD).
- December 24/25 A disastrous storm flood hits the North Sea coast between the Netherlands and Denmark. Thousands die or lose their houses.
- 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.
- A rift between George I of Great Britain and his son the Prince of Wales leads to the latter being thrown out of the royal household.
Births
[change | change source]- December 25 – Pope Pius VI, Roman Catholic pope during the French revolution. (d. 1799)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Zeldis, Leon. "The foundation of the first Grand Lodge in context". Pietre-Stones Review of Freemasonry. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
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