What Happened In March 1717 In History

Historical Events for March, 1717

• 2nd » 'The Loves of Mars and Venus' is the first ballet performed in England.
• 31st » A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.

Famous Deaths for March 1717

• 3rd » Pierre Allix, French pastor and author (b. 1641)
• 8th » Abraham Darby I, English blacksmith (b1678)
• 19th » John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish soldier (b. 1636)

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