1717
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1717 (MDCCXVII) was 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.
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Visual art
- The art term "fête galante" originates from the title of this painting by Antoine Watteau.
- L'indifférent by Antoine Watteau
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Births
- December 9 – Johann Joachim Winckelmann, German classical scholar and archaeologist (d. 1768)
- Horace Walpole (1717-1797)
- Cardinal Armand de Rohan-Soubise (1717-1757)
- Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717 – 1783)
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