Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 12 |
Brizio Petrucci, composer |
Jan 19 |
Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer (Paul et Virgin) |
Jan 19 |
Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Paul et Virginie |
Jan 23 |
John Hancock, merchant/statesman, (1st to sign Declaration of Independence), (d. 1793), [o.s. 1936-01-12] |
Jan 29 |
Thomas Paine, Thetford Great Britain, English/American political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) |
Mar 9 |
Josef Myslivecek, composer |
Mar 20 |
Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, King of Thailand (d. 1809) |
Mar 28 |
Francesco Zannetti, composer |
Apr 10 |
Francois Giroust, composer |
Apr 19 |
Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist |
May 2 |
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805) |
May 3 |
Friedrich Schwindl, composer |
May 8 |
Edward Gibbon, Putney, English historian (The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) |
May 14 |
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806) |
May 20 |
William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (d. 1805) |
May 23 |
Louis Francois Chambray, composer |
Jun 20 |
Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese military (d. 1786) |
Jul 2 |
Francois Leonard Rouwyzer, composer |
Jul 15 |
Princess Louise-Marie of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1787) |
Jul 15 |
Louise de France, Movies for Louise |
Jul 31 |
Princess Augusta Charlotte of Wales (d. 1813) |
Aug 10 |
Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773) |
Aug 11 |
Joseph Nollekins, London, sculptor |
Aug 14 |
Charles Hutton, mathematician |
Aug 19 |
Johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer |
Sep 5 |
Johann Friedrich Gottlieb Beckmann, composer |
Sep 7 |
Luigi Galvani, Italian anatomist/physicist |
Sep 14 |
Johann Michael Haydn, composer |
Sep 19 |
Charles Carroll, signed Decl of Ind |
Sep 21 |
Francis Hopkinson, US, writer/lawyer (helped design Stars & Stripes) |
Oct 2 |
Franz Schneider, composer |
Oct 22 |
Vincenzo Manfredini, composer |
Oct 31 |
James Lovell, American educator (d. 1789) |
Nov 25 |
Christian Friedrich Penzel, composer |
Dec 8 |
Robert Kimmerling, composer |
Dec 26 |
Prince Josias of Coburg, Austrian general (d. 1815) |
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