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Job Orton
1717Sep, 4

Job Orton

Job Orton, English minister and author (d. 1783)
Job Orton (4 September 1717 – 1783) was an English dissenting minister.

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Events on 1717

  • 4Jan

    Triple Alliance (1717)

    The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance.
  • 31Mar

    Benjamin Hoadly

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

    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.
  • 17Aug

    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.