| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
Kristijonas Donelaitis, Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas) |
Jan 6 |
Percivall Pott, English physician (d. 1788) |
Jan 26 |
Jean B Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage) |
Jan 28 |
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, French sculptor (Child with Pigeon) |
Feb 2 |
Gottfried August Homilius, composer |
Feb 22 |
Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795) |
Feb 25 |
Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet, British admiral (d. 1782) |
Feb 25 |
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (d. 1792) |
Feb 26 |
James Hervey, English clergyman and writer (d. 1758) |
Mar 8 |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, German composer, son of JS Bach |
Mar 8 |
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wuthering Heights |
Mar 24 |
Carlo Giovanni Testori, composer |
Mar 27 |
Francesco Antonio Zaccaria, Italian theologian and historian (d. 1795) |
Apr 14 |
Adam Gib, Scottish religious leader (d. 1788) |
Jun 6 |
King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777) |
Jun 17 |
Cesar F Cassini, de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor) |
Jul 2 |
Christoph W Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer (Il re pastore) |
Jul 2 |
Christoph Willibald Gluck, Slumdog Millionaire |
Jul 16 |
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer (d. 1800) |
Aug 1 |
Richard Wilson, Welsh landscape painter |
Aug 14 |
Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter |
Aug 28 |
Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1774) |
Sep 10 |
Niccolo Jommelli, Italy, composer |
Sep 17 |
Gottlieb W Rabener, German author (Vom Misbrauch of the Satire) |
Sep 19 |
Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1786) |
Sep 25 |
Jean-Benoit Leclair, composer |
Sep 29 |
Peter A van de Parra, gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1761-75) |
Oct 13 |
Pieter Burmann the Younger, Dutch philologist (d. 1778) |
Oct 16 |
Giovanni Arduino, Italian geologist (d. 1795) |
Nov 13 |
William Shenstone, English poet (d. 1763) |
Nov 25 |
Yoriyuki Arima, Japanese mathematician (d. 1783) |
Dec 16 |
George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (d. 1770) |
Dec 19 |
John Winthrop, American astronomer (d. 1779) |
Dec 21 |
John Bradstreet, Canadian-born soldier (d. 1774) |
Dec 23 |
Johann Siebenkas, composer |
Dec 23 |
Raniero de Calzabigi, Alceste |
Dec 24 |
Rainieri De Calzabigi, Italian's literary (1st European Lottery) |
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