| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 29 |
Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award) |
Feb 7 |
Philippe Buache, French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen) |
Feb 23 |
Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity) |
Mar 13 |
James Kent, composer |
Mar 13 |
Michel Blavet, composer |
Mar 22 |
Giuseppe Sellitto, composer |
Apr 19 |
Georg Abraham Schneider, composer |
May 7 |
Gerard van Swieten, Dutch botanist |
May 12 |
Luigi Vanvitelli, Italian architect |
May 19 |
José de Escandón, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1770) |
May 26 |
Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf, German evangelist |
Jun 4 |
Theodoor Verhaegen, Flemish sculptor |
Jul 15 |
Johann Christoph Richter, composer |
Aug 13 |
Heinrich, count von Brühl, German statesman (d. 1763) |
Aug 28 |
Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer |
Sep 9 |
Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d. 1780) |
Sep 11 |
James Thomson, songwriter (Rule Britannia) |
Sep 30 |
Stanisław Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773) |
Oct 10 |
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (d. 1759) |
Oct 20 |
Charlotte Aglaé of Orléans, Duchess of Modena (d. 1761) |
Nov 19 |
Jean-Antoine Nollet, French abbot and physicist (d. 1770) |
Nov 28 |
Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal (d. 1764) |
Nov 28 |
Sophia Magdalen of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1770) |
Dec 22 |
Egbert de Vrij Temminck, Amsterdam regent |
Dec 25 |
Leopold II of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian general (d. 1758) |
11 |
James Thomson, Minions |
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