| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Johann Pfeiffer, composer |
Jan 16 |
Richard Savage, English poet |
Jan 30 |
Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer |
Feb 17 |
Louis-Maurice de La Pierre, composer |
Feb 24 |
Bernard S Albinus, [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist |
Mar 9 |
Friederike C Neuber, German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz) |
Mar 30 |
John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor |
Apr 1 |
Antoine François Prévost, French author and novelist (d. 1763) |
Apr 1 |
Abbé Prévost, Manon |
Apr 8 |
Pierre Prowo, composer |
Apr 16 |
Johann Gottlieb Gorner, composer |
Apr 23 |
George Baron Anson, British admiral/explorer |
May 10 |
Jean Marie I'aine Leclair, composer |
Jun 4 |
Jacob Israel Emden, [Jacob ben Tswi], German rabbi |
Jun 11 |
Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist |
Jul 10 |
Francois Hanot, composer |
Jul 11 |
Jean-Baptiste-Bourguignon d'Anville, French geographer/cartographer |
Aug 6 |
Charles VII, Holy Roman emperor (1742-45) |
Sep 6 |
Willem Gideon Deutz, Amsterdam regent/banker/merchant |
Oct 8 |
Cornelis Consolation, Dutch portrait painter (Unseemly Love) |
Oct 18 |
Giovanni Canaletto, Venetian painter (Venicei Regatta on Grand Canal) |
Oct 28 |
Canaletto, Italian artist (d. 1768) |
Nov 9 |
Claudio Casciolini, composer |
Nov 10 |
William Hogarth, England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress) |
Nov 10 |
William Hogarth, Bedlam |
Nov 25 |
Gerhard Tersteegen, German evangelist/poet (wrote in blood) |
Dec 5 |
Carlo Arrigoni, composer |
Dec 5 |
Giuseppe de Majo, composer |
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