| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Richard Gridley, American Revolutionary soldier (d. 1796) |
Jan 4 |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo) |
Jan 4 |
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Chocolat |
Jan 5 |
Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt, composer |
Jan 7 |
Josef Antonin Sehling, composer |
Jan 30 |
Vigilio Blasio Faitello, composer |
Feb 1 |
Konrad E Ackermann, German actor (Die Oberpfalz) |
Feb 7 |
William Boyce, English organist/composer of Cathedral music |
Feb 15 |
Louis XV the Well-Beloved, Versailles, King of France (1715-74) |
Feb 21 |
Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life) |
Mar 6 |
Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli, composer |
Mar 12 |
Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia) |
Mar 12 |
Thomas Augustine Arne, Minions |
Mar 27 |
Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco, composer |
Apr 14 |
Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer |
Apr 15 |
William Cullen, Scottish physician (d. 1790) |
Apr 17 |
Henry Erskine, 10th Earl of Buchan, British Freemason (d. 1767) |
Apr 25 |
James Ferguson, astronomer |
Apr 26 |
Thomas Reid, Scottish philosopher (d. 1796) |
Apr 30 |
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795) |
May 14 |
Adolf Frederik, king of Sweden (1751-70) |
May 16 |
William Talbot, 1st Earl Talbot, English politician (d. 1782) |
May 23 |
Francois-Gaspard Adam, French sculptor (garden sculptures) |
Jun 10 |
James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768) |
Jul 7 |
Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer |
Jul 21 |
Paul Möhring, German physician (d. 1792) |
Aug 20 |
Thomas Simpson, English mathematician (rules of Simpson) |
Sep 3 |
Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (d. 1784) |
Sep 30 |
John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771) |
Oct 12 |
Jonathan Trumbull, American politician and statesman (d. 1785) |
Oct 16 |
Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (d. 1790) |
Oct 24 |
Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773) |
Nov 8 |
Sarah Fielding, English writer (d. 1768) |
Nov 9 |
Reynier de Klerk, governor-general of Dutch-Indies, baptized |
Nov 10 |
Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792) |
Nov 13 |
Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (d. 1792) |
Nov 22 |
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, composer, son of J.S. Bach (Sinfonias 64) |
Nov 27 |
Robert Lowth, British bishop (d. 1787) |
Dec 2 |
Bertinazzi, Italian actor and writer (d. 1783) |
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