What is 1717?
{{Year nav|1717}} {{Year in various calendars|1717}} {{Year article header|1717}} == Events == *[[January 4]] — The [[Netherlands]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]] & [[France]] sign the [[Triple Alliance (1717)|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 [[George I of England|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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freemasons-freemasonry.com/zeldis21.html|title=The foundation of the first Grand Lodge in context|last=Zeldis|first=Leon|website=Pietre-Stones Review of Freemasonry|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> *[[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]]/[[December 25|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 America]]n colonies as [[New Grenada]]. *[[Montevideo]], [[Uruguay]], founded by [[Portugal|Portuguese]]. * A rift between [[George I of Great Britain]] and his son the [[George II of Great Britain|Prince of Wales]] leads to the latter being thrown out of the royal household. == Births == *[[December 25]] – [[Pope Pius VI]], Roman Catholic pope during the French revolution. (d. [[1799]]) == References == {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commonsca