Date | Event |
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Jan 3 |
Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752) |
Jan 14 |
Friedrich Gottlob Fleischer, composer |
Jan 26 |
Prestonpans |
Jan 26 |
Alexander Carlyle, Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770) |
Jan 28 |
Johann Ernst Bach, composer |
Feb 19 |
Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774) |
Apr 11 |
Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols) |
Apr 12 |
Pietro Nardini, composer |
May 11 |
Peter Camper, Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam) |
May 21 |
Wilhelm Gottfried Enderle, composer |
May 22 |
Johannes Schmidlin, composer |
May 29 |
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) |
Jun 6 |
Adrien Trudo Sale, composer |
Jun 8 |
Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht, composer |
Jun 30 |
Jiri Antonin Benda, composer |
Jul 16 |
Joseph Wilton, sculptor |
Jul 22 |
Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian |
Aug 9 |
Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d. 1758) |
Aug 11 |
Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797) |
Sep 5 |
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d. 1763) |
Sep 14 |
Joseph Paul Ziegler, composer |
Sep 16 |
Gabriel Christie, British general (d. 1799) |
Sep 22 |
John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808) |
Sep 27 |
Samuel Adams, Boston Massachusetts, US revolutionary and politican (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94) |
Oct 2 |
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d. 1776) |
Oct 5 |
Gregorio Sciroli, composer |
Nov 5 |
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English duelist (d. 1798) |
Nov 11 |
Johann Philipp Sack, composer |
Nov 19 |
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d. 1809) |
Nov 19 |
Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d. 1810) |
Nov 22 |
Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet (d. 1794) |
Nov 30 |
Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d. 1761) |
Dec 1 |
A L Karschin, writer |
Dec 23 |
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Turinge, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten |
Dec 30 |
Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770) |
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