| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 7 |
Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (d. 1790) |
Jan 29 |
Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (d. 1794) |
Feb 17 |
Matthew Tilghman, American Continental Congressman (d. 1790) |
Mar 12 |
Joseph Damer, English politician (d. 1798) |
Mar 31 |
Marianne Victoria of Borbón, queen regent of Portugal (d. 1781) |
Apr 4 |
Benjamin Kennicott, English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. 1783) |
Apr 7 |
Hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (d. 1800) |
Apr 14 |
Emanuele Barbella, composer |
Apr 20 |
David Brainerd, American missionary (d. 1747) |
Apr 24 |
Nathaniel Hone, Irish-born painter (d. 1784) |
Apr 26 |
Esek Hopkins, US, 1st commander-in-chief (US Navy) |
Apr 27 |
Thomas Lewis, Irish-born Virginia settler (d. 1790) |
May 16 |
Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Italian mathematician (d. 1799) |
May 17 |
Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness, English diplomat and politician (d. 1778) |
May 23 |
William Hunter, obstetrician/medal writer |
May 30 |
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, British politician (d. 1793) |
Jun 5 |
Thomas Chippendale, England, furniture maker (baptized) |
Jun 17 |
George Howard, British field marshal (d. 1796) |
Jun 27 |
Wenzel Raimund Pirck, composer |
Jul 5 |
Francis Seymour-Conway, 1st Marquess of Hertford, Viceroy of Ireland (d. 1794) |
Jul 18 |
Saverio Bettinelli, Italian writer (d. 1808) |
Jul 31 |
John Canton, English physicist (d. 1772) |
Aug 9 |
Placidus Cajetan von Camerloher, composer |
Aug 11 |
Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) |
Aug 25 |
Johann Jacob Rowalt, composer |
Sep 8 |
Francois-Thomas the Baculard d'Arnaud, sentimental writer |
Sep 29 |
Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/diplomat (plot against Peter III) |
Oct 19 |
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (d. 1804) |
Oct 28 |
Ignacije Szentmartony, Croatian Jesuit missionary (d. 1793) |
Nov 3 |
John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich) |
Nov 13 |
Anton Laube, composer |
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