| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1748) |
Jan 14 |
Jean-Baptiste Vanloo, French painter |
Jan 14 |
Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (d. 1742) |
Feb 16 |
Bohuslav Matěj Černohorský, Nymburk, Bohemia, Czech monk/composer |
Feb 21 |
Justus van Effen, writer/founder (Holland Spectator) |
Feb 22 |
William Pulteney, London, statesman (Earl of Bath) |
Feb 24 |
Catherine I, Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia |
Feb 24 |
Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (d. 1738) |
Mar 19 |
Jean Astruc, French physician and scholar (d. 1766) |
Mar 26 |
Johann Graf, composer |
Mar 31 |
Francesco Durante, composer |
Apr 15 |
Catherine I, empress of Russia (1725-27) |
Jun 22 |
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini, composer |
Sep 18 |
Johann Gottfried Walther, Erfurt Germany, composer/Musicographer |
Sep 23 |
Johann Theodor Romhild, composer |
Oct 5 |
Johann Jacob de Neufville, composer |
Oct 10 |
Jean Antoine Watteau, French rococo painter (Onverschillige) |
Oct 10 |
Jean-Antoine Watteau, Sister Wendy at the Norton Simon Museum |
Oct 19 |
Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer |
Oct 26 |
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (d. 1757) |
Nov 16 |
Abraham Alewijn, Dutch poet/playwright (Puiterveense Helleveeg) |
Dec 3 |
Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) |
Dec 3 |
Ludvig Holberg, Jeppe på bjerget |
Dec 22 |
Johann J Dillenius, [Dillen], German botanist (Historia Muscorum) |
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