Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 10 |
Johann Caspar Simon, composer |
Jan 27 |
Johann N von Hontheim, German church historian/suffragan (bishop) |
Jan 28 |
Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (d. 1774) |
Feb 14 |
Enrique Florez, Spanish historian (d. 1773) |
Mar 18 |
Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. 1776) |
Apr 27 |
Charles Emanuel I, King of Sardinia |
May 14 |
William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782) |
May 31 |
Alexander Cruden, compiler of a concordance to King James Bible |
Jun 13 |
Angelo Antonio Caroli, composer |
Jun 22 |
Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish architect (Christiansborg Castle) |
Jul 15 |
Pierre Joubert, became oldest known Canadian (113 y 124 d at death) |
Aug 4 |
Thomas Blackwell, Scottish classical scholar (d. 1757) |
Oct 15 |
Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, first native Canadian canonized (d. 1771) |
Oct 18 |
Charles le Beau, French historian (d. 1778) |
Oct 22 |
Maria Amalia of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1756) |
Nov 5 |
Pietro Longhi, Venetian painter (d. 1785) |
Nov 27 |
Anders Celsius, Uppsala, Sweden, astronomer (proposed the Celsius temperature scale) |
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