Date | Event |
---|---|
Jan 10 |
Abraham L Breguet, French clock maker |
Jan 15 |
John Aikin, English doctor and writer (d. 1822) |
Feb 3 |
Samuel Osgood, American patriot (d. 1813) |
Feb 17 |
Narciso Casanovas, composer |
Feb 28 |
Justin Morgan, composer |
Mar 3 |
Kasamir Pulaski, US general (Revolutionary War) |
Mar 4 |
Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general |
Mar 31 |
Johann Abraham Peter Schulz, German composer (Moon has Risen) |
Apr 13 |
Louis Philip II, Duke of Orléans (d. 1793) |
Apr 23 |
Alexandre-Auguste Robineau, composer |
May 5 |
Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1792) |
Jun 24 |
Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer |
Jun 26 |
Leopold Jan Antonin Kozeluh, composer |
Jul 6 |
Coelestin Jungbauer, composer |
Jul 6 |
John Paul Jones, naval hero ("I have not yet begun to fight") |
Jul 30 |
Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer |
Aug 13 |
Adrien-Joseph van Helmont, composer |
Oct 8 |
Johann Wilhelm Stadler, composer |
Oct 8 |
Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807) |
Oct 11 |
Marian Paradeiser, composer |
Nov 24 |
Felice Alessandri, composer |
Dec 31 |
Gottfried August Bürger, The Outrageous Baron Munchausen |
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