Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 4 |
Willem I Kerricx, the Young, Flemish architect/painter, dies at 62 |
Jan 20 |
Charles VII Albert, German emperor (1742-45), dies at 47 |
Feb 5 |
Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 |
Feb 18 |
Nicola Fago, composer, dies at 67 |
Mar 18 |
Robert Walpole, 1st English premier (1722-42), dies at 68 [NS=3/29] |
Mar 29 |
Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68 |
May 9 |
Tomaso Antonio Vitali, composer, dies at 82 |
May 22 |
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671) |
Jun 22 |
Hubert Renotte, composer, dies at 41 |
Aug 30 |
Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57 |
Oct 10 |
Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist, dies at 52 |
Oct 19 |
Jonathan Swift, English writer (Gulliver's Travels), dies at 77 |
Oct 19 |
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels |
Nov 16 |
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665) |
Dec 5 |
Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 |
Dec 8 |
Etienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) |
Dec 22 |
Jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66 |
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