| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 13 |
Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter (Fortune Teller) |
Feb 25 |
Giovanni Battista Morgagni, Italian anatomist (d. 1771) |
Mar 7 |
Johan W van Ripperda, Dutch diplomat/baron/duke |
Apr 3 |
Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German benedictine/composer |
Apr 11 |
Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer |
Apr 15 |
John van Huysum, Dutch painter (flowers/fruit) |
Apr 16 |
John Hadley, mathematician/inventor (1st reflecting telescope) |
Apr 22 |
Willem I Kerricx the Young, Flemish architect/sculptor/painter |
May 17 |
Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (d. 1722) |
Jun 17 |
Charles XII, King of Sweden (1697-1718) |
Jul 10 |
Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran missionary to India (d. 1719) |
Jul 10 |
Roger Cotes, English mathematician (d. 1716) |
Aug 16 |
Louis, duc de Bourgogne, heir-apparent to the French throne (d. 1712) |
Sep 13 |
Theodor Christleib Reinhold, composer |
Oct 29 |
Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) |
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