Timeline May 1717

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Dashed left edge = started before May 1717 · Dashed right edge = ongoing beyond May 1717

Events in May 1717 1

1717 – 1780 Maria Theresa Empress and Reformer The only female ruler of the Habsburg dominions; she modernized the military, education, and the legal code.