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What Happened in February 1717

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Historical Events

  • Feb 1 Henri d'Aguesseau's 1st appointment as chancellor of France
  • Feb 1 Silent Sejm session of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth parliament marks the end of Augustus II's attempts to create an absolute monarchy and the start of Russia's influence and control over the Commonwealth [1]

Events in 1717

Famous Birthdays

  • Feb 2 Ernst Gideon Freiherr von Laudon, Austrian field marshal (d. 1790)
  • Feb 10 Pierre de La Garde, French composer, singer, and guitarist, born in Crécy-la-Chapelle, France (d. c. 1792)
  • Feb 19 David Garrick, English actor, producer and writer (Aboan-Oroonoko), born in Hereford, England (d. 1779)
  • Feb 24 Bernhard Hupfeld, German composer, born in Kassel (d. 1796)
  • Feb 26 John Randall, British organist and hymn composer, born in Cambridge, England (d. 1799)
Born in 1717

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