| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 17 |
John Stanley, composer |
Jan 24 |
Frederick II (the Great), King of Prussia (1740-86) |
Jan 24 |
Georg F Schmidt, German engraver/etcher |
Jan 24 |
Friedrich der Große, Wer ist der größte Deutsche? |
Jan 28 |
Tokugawa Ieshige, Japanese shogun (d. 1761) |
Feb 28 |
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759) |
Mar 8 |
John Fothergill, English physician (d. 1780) |
Mar 13 |
Isfrid Kayser, composer |
Mar 22 |
Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757) |
Mar 27 |
Claude Bourgelat, French veterinary surgeon (d. 1779) |
May 13 |
Johann Hartwig Ernst, Count von Bernstorff, Danish statesman (d. 1772) |
Jun 21 |
Luc Urbain de Bouexic, comte de Guichen, French admiral (d. 1790) |
Jun 28 |
Jean Jacques Rousseau, France, composer/social contractor (Confession) |
Jun 28 |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Joy of Learning |
Aug 24 |
Cornelis Douwes, Dutch mathematician/astronomer |
Sep 1 |
Simon Fokke, Dutch book illustrator |
Sep 23 |
Ferdinand VI, the wise, King of Spain (1746-59) |
Oct 5 |
Francesco Guardi, Italian painter |
Oct 12 |
William Shippen, American physician and statesman (d. 1801) |
Oct 14 |
George Grenville, British PM (1763-65) |
Oct 18 |
Jeremias van Riemsdijk, gov-general of Dutch Indies (1775-77) |
Oct 21 |
Sir James Steuart, British economist (d. 1780) |
Oct 30 |
Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich, German painter |
Nov 24 |
Willem Bachiene, theologist/geographer/astronomer (Ecclesiastical) |
Nov 25 |
Charles-Michel de l'Épée, French philanthropist and developer of 'Signed French' (d. 1789) |
Dec 1 |
Bernhard Christian Weber, composer |
Dec 11 |
Francesco Algarotti, Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia) |
Dec 12 |
Charles Alexander, Duke of Lotharingen |
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