Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 1 |
Franz Freiherr von der Trenck, Austrian soldier (d. 1749) |
Jan 12 |
Gaetano Latilla, composer |
Jan 29 |
Giuseppi Bonno, composer |
Feb 2 |
Wenzel Anton von Kaunitz, Austrian diplomat (d. 1794) |
Feb 5 |
Joseph Umstatt, composer |
Feb 27 |
Constantine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia and Prince of Moldavia (d. 1769) |
Mar 1 |
Peregrinus Pogl, composer |
Apr 2 |
Jan Punt, Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool) |
Apr 22 |
Eleazar Wheelock, American founder of Dartmouth College (d. 1779) |
Apr 26 |
David Hume, Edinburgh, Scottish philosopher and historian (A Treatise of Human Nature) |
Apr 26 |
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, Beauty and the Beast |
May 18 |
Ruggiero G Boscovich, [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer |
Jul 10 |
Princess Amelia Sophia of Great Britain (d. 1783) |
Jul 18 |
Pierre-Joseph Le Blan, composer |
Jul 22 |
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Russian physicist (d. 1753) |
Aug 5 |
Johan Lulofs, Dutch physicist/philosopher/astronomer |
Aug 19 |
Edward Boscawen, British admiral (d. 1761) |
Sep 1 |
Willem IV KH Friso, Dutch prince of Orange-Nassau |
Sep 6 |
Henry Muhlenberg, German-born founder of the U.S. Lutheran Church (d. 1787) |
Sep 9 |
Thomas Hutchinson, American politician (d. 1780) |
Sep 17 |
Ignaz Jakob Holzbauer, composer |
Sep 25 |
Qianlong Emperor of China (d. 1799) |
Sep 26 |
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple, English politician (d. 1779) |
Oct 15 |
Elisabeth Teresa of Lorraine, queen of Sardinia (d. 1741) |
Oct 17 |
Jupiter Hammon, 1st black American to publish poetry (Complete Works) |
Oct 20 |
Timothy Ruggles, American-born Tory politician (d. 1795) |
Oct 31 |
Laura Bassi, Italian scholar (d. 1778) |
Nov 19 |
Michail V Lomonosov, Russian scholar/poet |
Dec 4 |
Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758) |
Dec 25 |
Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville, composer |
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