Notable Birthdays - 1744
1744 Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Feb 5 |
John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist |
Feb 6 |
Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) |
Feb 9 |
Amos Bull, composer |
Feb 21 |
Eise J Eisinga, Frisia, built planetarium Franeker |
Mar 13 |
David Allan, Scottish painter |
Apr 18 |
Pieter 't Hoen, Dutch journalist/patriot |
Apr 22 |
James Sullivan, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1808) |
May 3 |
Freidrich Wilhelm Weis, composer |
May 4 |
Marianne von Martinez, composer |
May 18 |
Joseph Beer, Bohemia clarinetist/composer (5th clarinet flap) |
May 19 |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d. 1818) |
May 31 |
Richard Edgeworth, writer, Bath |
Jun 4 |
Patrick Ferguson, Scots army officer and rifle designer (d. 1780) |
Jun 18 |
Augustin Holler, composer |
Jul 17 |
Elbridge Gerry, (DR) 5th VP (Mass-Gov), invented gerrymandering |
Jul 19 |
Heinrich Christian Boie, German author (d. 1806) |
Jul 20 |
Henri Hamal, composer |
Aug 1 |
Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine Monnet de Lamarck, Paris, French naturalist (Lamarckian evolution) |
Aug 10 |
Alexandrine-Jeanne d'Étiolles (nicknamed "Fanfan"), daughter of the courtesan Madame de Pompadour (d. 1754) |
Aug 11 |
Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer |
Aug 12 |
Rowland Hill, preacher |
Aug 25 |
Johann G von Herder, German philosopher/theologist/poet |
Sep 15 |
Georg Ritschel, composer |
Sep 20 |
Giacomo Quarenghi, Ital/Russian master builder (Hermitage Theater) |
Sep 20 |
Thomas Grosvenor, American Revolutionary War hero (d. 1825) |
Sep 25 |
Frederick Willem II, king of Prussia (1786-97) |
Oct 4 |
Domenico Corri, composer |
Oct 6 |
James McGill, Scottish-Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1813) |
Oct 7 |
Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and statesman (d. 1819) |
Oct 27 |
Mary Moser, English painter (d. 1819) |
Nov 11 |
Abigail Smith Adams, 2nd 1st lady (1797-1801) |
Nov 26 |
Karl Siegmund von Seckendorff, composer |
Dec 8 |
Pierre Joseph Candielle, composer |
Dec 19 |
Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/West-Friesland |
Dec 22 |
Abigail Adams, Weymouth Massachusetts, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) |
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