| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 17 |
Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766) |
Jan 19 |
Hakuin Ekakuborn, Japan, Zen Buddhist |
Jan 31 |
Hans Egede, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (d. 1758) |
Feb 10 |
Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany |
Apr 9 |
James Craggs the Younger, British politician (d. 1721) |
Apr 19 |
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (d. 1750) |
Apr 28 |
Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (d. 1721) |
Apr 29 |
Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742) |
May 14 |
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Prussia, inventor (thermometer) [NS=5/24] |
Jun 5 |
Cristoph Raupach, composer |
Jun 9 |
Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (d. 1747) |
Jul 6 |
Antoine de Jussieu, French naturalist (d. 1758) |
Jul 9 |
Philip Livingston, Albany, New York, American businessman and politician (d. 1749) |
Jul 24 |
Benedetto Marcello, Gran Torino |
Aug 1 |
Benedetto Marcello, Venice Italy, Italian author/composer (Lettera Famigliare) |
Aug 12 |
John Balguy, English philosopher (d. 1748) |
Aug 17 |
Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer |
Aug 19 |
Antonio Tonelli, composer |
Aug 19 |
Eustace Budgell, English writer (d. 1737) |
Aug 29 |
Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer |
Oct 12 |
Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer |
Oct 15 |
Allan Ramsay, Scottish poet (d. 1758) |
Oct 22 |
Georg Balthasar Schott, composer |
Dec 25 |
Giovanni Battista Somis, composer |
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