| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 2 |
Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797) |
Jan 3 |
Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773) |
Jan 17 |
Jean-Joseph Vade, composer |
Jan 17 |
William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806) |
Jan 23 |
John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) |
Jan 28 |
Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) |
Mar 4 |
Aert Schouman, Dutch bird/portrait painter |
Mar 4 |
George Pigot, Baron Pigot, British governor of Madras (d. 1777) |
Mar 13 |
John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, British field marshal (d. 1797) |
Mar 30 |
John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music |
Apr 17 |
Christian Gottfried Krause, composer |
May 30 |
Roger Newdigate, British politician (d. 1806) |
Jun 11 |
Franz K von Velbruck, German free mason/prince-bishop of Luik |
Jun 28 |
Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (d. 1785) |
Jul 4 |
Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist (d. 1797) |
Jul 28 |
Jan Nepveu, governor-general of Suriname (1769-79) [or Aug 27] |
Aug 4 |
Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767) |
Aug 20 |
Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791) |
Aug 20 |
Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (d. 1783) |
Aug 27 |
John/Jean Nepveu, Dutch governor of Suriname (1768-79) |
Sep 3 |
Ferdinand Zellbell, composer |
Sep 27 |
Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d. 1800) |
Oct 17 |
Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792) |
Oct 20 |
Gottfried Achenwall, German lawyer/statistician/economist |
Oct 26 |
Joaquin de Oxinaga, composer |
Nov 10 |
Georg Philipp Kress, composer |
Nov 14 |
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, composer |
Nov 14 |
Leopold Mozart, The Story of Us |
Nov 23 |
Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777) |
Nov 30 |
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales (d. 1772) |
Dec 24 |
Johann Christoph Altnikol, composer |
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