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The year '''1717 in [[science]]''' and [[technology]] involved few significant events.

==Biology==
* [[Thomas Fairchild (gardener)|Thomas Fairchild]], a [[nurseryman]] at [[Hoxton]] in the [[East End of London]], becomes the first person to produce a successful scientific plant [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]], ''[[Dianthus|Dianthus Caryophyllus barbatus]]'', known as "Fairchild's Mule" because it is infertile.<ref>{{cite web|author=((The Gentle Author)) |title=Thomas Fairchild, Gardener of Hoxton|url=http://spitalfieldslife.com/2011/07/02/thomas-fairchild-gardener-of-hoxton/|work=Spitalfields Life|date=2011-07-02|access-date=2015-11-16}}</ref>
* [[James Petiver]] publishes ''Papilionum Brittaniae Icones'', the first book devoted exclusively to British [[butterfly|butterflies]], giving English names to a number of species.<ref>{{cite book|pages=103–105|title=The Aurelian Legacy: British butterflies and their collectors|first=Michael A.|last=Salmon|year=2000|location=Colchester|publisher=Basil Harley|isbn=0-946589-40-2}}</ref>

==Births==
* June 5 – [[Emanuel Mendes da Costa]], English botanist (died [[1791 in science|1791]])
* June 28 – [[Matthew Stewart (mathematician)|Matthew Stewart]], [[Scottish people|Scottish]] mathematician (died [[1785 in science|1785]])
* September 11 – [[Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin]], [[Swedes|Swedish]] [[astronomer]] (died [[1783 in science|1783]])
* November 16 – [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert]], French [[mathematician]] (died 1783)
* [[Pierre Le Roy]], French [[clockmaker]] (died 1785)
* [[Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen]], German microscopist (died 1783)

==Deaths==
* January 13 – [[Maria Sibylla Merian]], German-born [[naturalist]] (born [[1647 in science|1647]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Maria Sibylla Merian – Life, Facts, & Works|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Maria-Sibylla-Merian|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=4 April 2018|language=en}}</ref>
* March 8 – [[Abraham Darby I]], English [[ironmaster]] (born [[1678 in science|1678]])

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