| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Ferdinando Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer (b. 1657) |
Jan 29 |
Andre Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies |
Feb 1 |
Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 |
Feb 7 |
Lodovico Giustini, composer, dies at 57 |
Feb 18 |
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (b. 1667) |
Mar 9 |
Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, Ital/Fr composer dies at 77 |
Apr 4 |
Daniel Neal, English historian (b. 1678) |
Apr 16 |
Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at 69 |
Apr 29 |
Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658) |
Apr 30 |
Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo, Peruvian playwright/poet, dies |
Jul 2 |
Spencer Compton earl of Wilmington, English minister of Finance, dies |
Aug 1 |
Richard Savage, English poet/playwright, dies at about 46 |
Aug 5 |
John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, English statesman and writer (b. 1696) |
Sep 14 |
Johann Michael Muller, composer, dies at 59 |
Sep 14 |
Nicolas Lancret, French painter (b. 1690) |
Sep 21 |
Jai Singh II, King of Amber-Juiper (b. 1688) |
Oct 4 |
John Campbell, 2nd duke of Argyll/fieldmarshal, dies at 64 |
Nov 5 |
Andreas Benedikt Praelisauer, composer, dies at 44 |
Dec 27 |
Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) |
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