| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Pietro Metastasio, Italian poet (d. 1782) |
Jan 3 |
Pietro Metastasio, La clemenza di Tito |
Feb 16 |
Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician (heliometer) |
Mar 6 |
John Alberti, Dutch theologist/philologist |
Mar 10 |
Gaetano Maria Schiassi, composer |
Mar 26 |
Václav Prokop Diviš, Czech theologian and natural scientist (d. 1765) |
Apr 5 |
Georg Gottfried Wagner, composer |
Jul 2 |
Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (d. 1780) |
Aug 27 |
Baal Shem Tov, Founder of the Chasiddic movement {d. 1760) |
Sep 28 |
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis, France, mathematician/astronomer |
Oct 7 |
Henri Madin, composer |
Oct 22 |
Nicola Bonifacio Logroscino, composer |
Oct 23 |
Ange-Jacques Gabriel, French court architect (Palace de la Concorde) |
Nov 22 |
Pierre de Rigaud, Canadian-born French Governor (d. 1778) |
Dec 24 |
William Warburton, English Bishop of Gloucester (d. 1779) |
Dec 25 |
Jacobus Houbraken, Dutch engraver/illustrator |
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