Nekrolog 1717
This is a list of famous people who died in 1717 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2nd | Bernhard of Thuringia | Nobleman | 73 | |
| January 4th | Gerhard Ritter | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck | 87 | |
| January 9th | George Friedrich von der Albe | Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the Prussian troops at the siege of Wismar in 1715 | ||
| January 12th | Everhardus Gallenkamp | Priest, Abbot of the Marienfeld Monastery | ||
| 13th January | Maria Sibylla Merian | Naturalist and artist | 69 | |
| January 17th | Christian Walther | German Lutheran theologian | 61 | |
| January | Marie Grubbe | Danish nobles | 73 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 4th | Johann Adam Seupel | Strasbourg painter and engraver | 54 | |
| February 5th | Anna Maria Wagemann | Victims of the witch hunt | ||
| February 11th | Anton Julius Busmann senior | City Counsel and Mayor of Hanover | 70 | |
| 19th of February | Heinrich Georg Henneberg | German postmaster and news agent | ||
| February 23 | Philipp Wilhelm von Boineburg | Reich count, Erfurt governor, rector | 60 | |
| February 23 | Magnus Stenbock | Swedish field marshal | 51 | |
| February 23 | Ehrenreich Weismann | evangelical clergyman; Dictionary writer | 75 | |
| February | Agnes Le Louchier | French dancer and mistress of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian Emanuel | ||
| February | Georg Christoph Stertzing | German organ builder of the Thuringian baroque |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th March | Johann Christoph Bekmann | German historian and chronicler | 75 | |
| 7th March | Johann Gerhard Arnold | German historian, consistorial advisor and high school rector | 79 | |
| 8th of March | Philipp Siegmund von Hagen | Prussian lieutenant general and governor of Geldern | ||
| March, 15 | Anton Friedrich Steding | German Protestant theologian | 64 | |
| March 16 | Bernhard Reyder | German Benedictine abbot | ||
| March 18th | Martin Klinckow | Government Council in Swedish Pomerania | 66 | |
| 26th of March | Johann Christoph Koch from Gailenbach | Augsburg patrician and merchant | ||
| 27th of March | Margaretha Susanna von Kuntsch | German writer | 65 |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 5th | Conradus of Cochem | German Benedictine and Abbot of St. Pantaleon | ||
| April 5th | Johann Heinrich von Gysenberg | German nobleman and canon | ||
| April 5th | Jean Jouvenet | French classicism painter | ||
| April 13th | Christian Friedrich Witt | German church musician and composer of the Baroque era | ||
| April 14th | Johann Martin Veith | Swiss painter | 66 | |
| April 16 | Hans Heinrich von Hessler | Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Major General and Tax Director, owner of the mansions Klosterhäseler and Gößnitz | 68 | |
| 17th April | Friedrich Magnus of Castell-Remlingen | German sovereign and field marshal general | 70 | |
| April 21 | Johann Christian Bacmeister | German administrative lawyer and office director in Celle | 54 | |
| April 25 | Winand Theodor von Wylre | Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen | 51 | |
| 26th of April | Samuel Bellamy | English pirate | ||
| 26th of April | Christian II | Count Palatine and Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | 79 | |
| 26th of April | Andreas Adam Hochstetter | German Lutheran theologian | 48 | |
| April, 30th | Benedikt Abelzhauser | Benedictine monk and scholar | 81 |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14th | Giovanni Gaspare Zuccalli | Swiss architect | ||
| May 15 | Georg Christian Lehms | poet | ||
| May 19th | Melchior Friedrich Graf von Schönborn-Buchheim | German nobleman | 73 | |
| May 27th | Victoria Virtue of Kanitz | German nobles | 60 | |
| May 29th | Tobias Dressel | German organ builder | 82 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of June | Fernando de Alencastre Noroña y Silva | Viceroy of New Spain | ||
| June 5th | Jacob of Hamilton | Scottish statesman in the Palatinate and Imperial Austrian service | ||
| June 9th | Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de La Motte Guyon | Representative of mystical quietism | 69 | |
| June 13th | Vitus Scheffer | Austrian Catholic theologian, philosopher and mathematician; Author; Member of the Jesuit order | ||
| 15th June | Fabrizio Spada | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | ||
| 20th June | Anna Leszczyńska | Polish princess | 18th |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1 | Anna Sophie of Denmark | Electress of Saxony | 69 | |
| July 4th | Joachim Luhn | German painter | ||
| July 6th | Christoph Sunday | German Evangelical Lutheran theologian | 63 | |
| July 12 | Hieronymus Georgi | German literary scholar, printer and poet | 58 | |
| July 19 | Paul Anton von Kameke | Prussian Minister of State and General | 43 | |
| July 23 | Enoch Svantenius | Educator and poet | 65 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2nd | Pedro da Silva | first mail carrier in Canada | ||
| August 7th | Joanniki Lichud | Greco-Russian philosopher, theologian and logician | 84 | |
| 13 August | Nicolas Perrot | French fur trader, explorer and diplomat | ||
| August 16 | Johann Georg von der Hauben | Officer of the Imperial Imperial Army with the rank of field marshal lieutenant | 59 | |
| 18th of August | Damian Casimir von Dalberg | Sergeant General of the Imperial Army | 41 | |
| 20th of August | Otto Heinrich von Friesen | Royal Polish real oldest Privy Councilor and Chancellor | 63 | |
| August 28th | Peter Lütkens | German lawyer, councilor and mayor of Hamburg | 81 | |
| August | William Blathwayt | English civil servant and politician |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1 | Johann Mützel | German architect | 69 | |
| the 9th of September | Joachim von Ahlefeldt | holstein-gottorfischer and Danish statesman and provost of the Preetz monastery | ||
| September 14th | Johann Balthasar Beyschlag | German Protestant theologian and hymn composer | 47 | |
| September 18 | Philippe de Gentil de Langallerie | French nobleman | 55 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 3 | Franz Hauser | German baroque sculptor active in Breisgau and Alsace | 66 | |
| 5th October | Georg Christopher von Schlippenbach | Land Marshal in the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale | ||
| October 7th | Michael Schreiber | German Lutheran theologian | 55 | |
| October 13th | Wolfgang Caspar Printz | German composer, music writer and novelist | 76 | |
| 15th October | Ferdinand Friedrich I. von Degenfeld | Herr zu Ehrstädt, Waibstadt, Unterbiegelhof and Wagenbach | 56 | |
| October 24th | Christian Ludwig von Eberstein | German civil servant | 67 | |
| October 25 | Nicola Grimaldi | Cardinal of the Catholic Church | 71 | |
| October 26th | Catherine Sedley, Countess of Dorchester | Mistress of King James II of England | ||
| October 27 | Johann Jakob Herkomer | German builder of the baroque | 65 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2 | Johann Jakob Walther | German composer and violinist | ||
| November 16 | Jean-Louis de Bussy-Rabutin | imperial field marshal | ||
| 22nd of November | Sebastian Regondi | Italian master stonemason and baroque sculptor, judge in Kaisersteinbruch |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1 | Ferdinando Nuzzi | Italian clergyman, bishop of Orvieto and cardinal | 72 | |
| 2. December | Jacques L'Aumonier | Prussian Lieutenant General, Chief of Infantry Regiment No. 13, Governor of the Peitz Fortress | ||
| 2. December | Daniel Merck | German violinist and city musician | 60 | |
| December 5th | Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow | English nobleman and politician | 63 | |
| December 7th | Johann Heinrich Behr | German architect | ||
| 12th of December | Johann Carl Schott | German antiquarian, numismatist, librarian and archaeologist | ||
| December 14th | Otto Magnus von Dönhoff | Brandenburg-Prussian lieutenant general and envoy | 52 | |
| December 16 | Christoph Wilhad Hilcken | German lawyer and senior secretary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg | 53 | |
| 21st December | Johann Ernst II of Hatzenberg | Lower Austrian sub-marshal | ||
| 21st December | Gustav Wilhelm von Wedel | Danish field marshal, general from Munsterland | 76 |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham van Aardenberg | Dutch woodwind instrument maker | |||
| Christian Felix Bauer | General of the Imperial Russian Army and General of the Cavalry in the Great Northern War | |||
| Goffredo Cappa | Italian violin maker | |||
| Nicola Cosimi | Italian violinist and Baroque composer | |||
| Abraham Darby I | English iron manufacturer | |||
| Andreas Eschenbrender | Priest and official in Cologne | |||
| Barthold Holtzfus | German Protestant theologian | |||
| Lhabsang Khan | Co-regent of the Dalai Lama | |||
| Heinrich Linck | German pharmacist and founder of an important natural history cabinet | |||
| Punch Dharmaśrī | Clergyman of the Mindröl Ling tradition, a sub-school of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism; 2. Minling Khenchen Rinpoche; astronomer | |||
| Friedrich Erhard Niedt | German lawyer, music theorist and composer | |||
| Osei tutu I. | Founder of the Ashanti Kingdom in what is now Ghana | |||
| Philippe Rebille Philbert | French flautist | |||
| Daniel Purcell | English composer | |||
| Gottfried Richter | German organ builder | |||
| Georg Schrötter | German baroque sculptor | |||
| Wang Hui | Chinese painter | |||
| Christian von Weiler | Kurbrandenburg boss of the artillery and imperial major general | |||
| Andrei Andreevich Winius | Russian translator, postmaster, artillery inspector | |||
| Nicolaas Witsen | Dutch diplomat, cartographer, explorer and author and mayor of Amsterdam |