Editing 1717 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; King [[Philip V of Spain]] orders the closure of all universities in [[Catalonia]], including the historic [[University of Lleida|Estudi General de Lleida]].<ref>[http://www.udl.cat/ca/en/udl/history/ "A University founded over 700 years ago"], University of Lleida website</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; [[Antonio Vivaldi]]'s opera ''[[Tieteberga]]'' is performed for the first time, premiering at the [[Teatro San Moisè]] in [[Venice]]
* [[October 18]] &ndash; Trial begins in [[Boston]] for six [[Golden Age of Piracy|pirates]] who had survived the April 26 wreck of [[Samuel Bellamy]]'s ships ''[[Whydah Gally|Whydah]]'' and the ''Mary Anne''.  Five of them (John Brown, Hendrick Quintor, Thomas Baker, Peter Cornelius Hoof and John Shuan) are convicted on October 22 of piracy and robbery and hanged on November 15.<ref>''Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period: Illustrative Documents'', ed. by John Franklin Jameson (Macmillan, 1923) p.303</ref>
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The [[Spanish conquest of Sardinia]], at this time part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], is finished two months after Spanish forces had landed on the island on August 22, as the last Sardinian outpost, [[Castelsardo]], surrenders.<ref>Alonso Aguilera, ''La Conquista y el dominio español de Cerdeña 1717-1720'' (Universidad de Valladolid, 1977)</ref>
* [[November 28]] &ndash; Pirates led by [[Edward Teach]], more popularly referred to as "[[Blackbeard]]", and [[Benjamin Hornigold]] capture the French slave transport ''Concorde'' near island of [[Saint Vincent (Antilles)|Saint Vincent]] the West Indies.<ref>[https://www.qaronline.org/history/ships-journey "The Ship's Journey"], Queen Anne's Revenge Project" www.qaronline.org</ref> Blackbeard renames the vessel ''[[Queen Anne's Revenge]]'', adds to its armaments, and makes it his flagship.<ref>Mark U. Wilde-Ramsing and Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton, ''Blackbeard's Sunken Prize: The 300-Year Voyage of Queen Anne's Revenge'' (University of North Carolina Press, 2018) p. 25</ref>  Hornigold soon accepts a British amnesty for all pirates, and Blackbeard teams up with [[Stede Bonnet]] and begins plundering ships approaching North American ports.
* [[December 9]] (November 29, O.S.) &ndash; King [[George I of Great Britain]] banishes his son and daughter-in-law, [[George II of Great Britain|George, Prince of Wales]] and [[Caroline of Ansbach]], from the royal household after the Prince threatens the King's personal assistant, [[Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle|the Duke of Newcastle]], the royal Lord Chamberlain. The altercation takes place at the baptismal ceremony for the Prince's newborn son, [[Prince George William of Great Britain|George William]].
* [[December 24]]&ndash;[[December 25|25]] &ndash; [[Christmas flood 1717|Christmas flood]]: A disastrous flood hits the [[North Sea]] coast, between the [[Netherlands]] and [[Denmark]]; thousands die or lose their houses.