Deaths on March 19

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

Died on March 19, 1717

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland, Scottish soldier (b. 1636)

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland (1636 – 19 March 1717), son of Sir John Campbell of Glen Orchy, and of the Lady Mary Graham, daughter of William Graham, 1st Earl of Airth and 7th Earl of Menteith, was a member of Scottish nobility during the Glorious Revolution and Jacobite risings and also known as "Slippery John". An astutely political man, Campbell was one of the men implicated in the Massacre of Glencoe.

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Events on 1717

4 Jan

Triple Alliance (1717)
The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
31 Mar

Benjamin Hoadly
A sermon on "The Nature of the Kingdom of Christ" by Benjamin Hoadly, the Bishop of Bangor, provokes the Bangorian Controversy.
17 Jul

Water Music (Handel)
King George I of Great Britain sails down the River Thames with a barge of 50 musicians, where George Frideric Handel's Water Music is premiered.
17 Aug

Siege of Belgrade (1717)
Austro-Turkish War of 1716-18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.

Deaths on March 19

John Campbell, 1st Earl of Breadalbane and Holland

Died on March 19, 1717

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Events on 1717

Triple Alliance (1717)

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Water Music (Handel)

Siege of Belgrade (1717)