| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 3 |
Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician |
Jan 12 |
Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer |
Jan 14 |
William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer) |
Jan 15 |
John Malchair, composer |
Jan 23 |
Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer) |
Feb 21 |
Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter |
Feb 23 |
Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer |
Mar 7 |
Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807) |
Mar 11 |
Otto Friedrich Müller, Copenhagen, Danish Naturalist who was a pioneer in the study of microorganisms including bacteria, diatoms, and infusoria |
Mar 27 |
Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786) |
Mar 31 |
Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783) |
Apr 21 |
Antonin Kammel, composer |
Apr 25 |
Fedele Fenaroli, composer |
May 10 |
George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence) |
May 13 |
Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British PM (1765-66, 1782) and Whig |
May 29 |
William Jackson, composer |
Jun 7 |
Georg von Pasterwiz, composer |
Jun 14 |
Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734] |
Jun 20 |
Nonnosus Madlseder, composer |
Jun 21 |
Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist |
Jun 26 |
Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects") |
Jul 12 |
Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood) |
Aug 27 |
Hamann, writer |
Sep 17 |
Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army |
Oct 1 |
Richard Stockton, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence) |
Oct 14 |
Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer |
Oct 17 |
Ernestus Weinrauch, composer |
Nov 10 |
Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer) (d. 1774) |
Nov 10 |
Oliver Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer |
Nov 16 |
Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician |
Dec 8 |
John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia |
Dec 8 |
Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799) |
Dec 14 |
Capel Bond, composer |
Dec 25 |
Philip Mazzei, Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1816) |
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