| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 4 |
Johann Friedrich Agricola, German (court)composer/organist |
Jan 11 |
Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck, Utrechts regent |
Jan 13 |
Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (d. 1808) |
Jan 27 |
Samuel Foote, England, actor/dramatist (Mirror) |
Jan 30 |
Charles De Geer, Swedish industrialist and entomologist (d. 1778) |
Feb 8 |
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1750) |
Feb 26 |
Gian Francesco Albani, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1803) |
Mar 9 |
Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790) |
Mar 13 |
Charles Bonnet, Swiss naturalist and writer (d. 1793) |
Mar 22 |
Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799) |
Apr 3 |
Elia van Vilnius, [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman], Latvian rabbi |
Apr 23 |
Vilna Gaon, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1797) |
May 11 |
Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German adventurer (d. 1797) |
May 15 |
Maximilian Hell, Slovakian astronomer (d. 1792) |
May 21 |
Antonio Corbisiero, composer |
Jul 18 |
Gilbert White, English "father of British naturalists" |
Jul 20 |
Ignaz Vitzthumb, composer |
Jul 24 |
Louise Ulrike, queen of Sweden/wife of Adolf Frederik |
Aug 8 |
Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (d. 1796) |
Aug 10 |
Franz Joseph Leonti Meyer von Schavensee, composer |
Aug 11 |
Martin Gerbert, composer |
Aug 12 |
Martin Gerbert, [von Hornau], prince-abbot/music historian |
Aug 12 |
Konrad Ekhof, German actor (d. 1778) |
Aug 17 |
Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) |
Aug 18 |
Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760) |
Aug 20 |
Bernard de Bury, composer |
Aug 30 |
Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) |
Sep 12 |
Frederick Philipse III, NYC, land owner (Bronx, Westchester & Putnam) |
Sep 22 |
Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer |
Oct 3 |
Johann P Uz, German poet (Lyrische Poem) |
Oct 4 |
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Italian etcher |
Oct 8 |
Jonathan Mayhew, American minister (d. 1766) |
Oct 17 |
Maria Teresa Agnesi, composer |
Oct 19 |
John Woolman, American Quaker preacher and abolitionist (d. 1772) |
Nov 1 |
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (d. 1791) |
Nov 16 |
Carlo Antonio Campioni, composer |
Dec 4 |
Jean-Jacques Robson, composer |
Dec 13 |
Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) |
Dec 13 |
Carlo Gozzi, The Love for Three Oranges |
Dec 14 |
Justus Möser, German statesman (d. 1794) |
Dec 15 |
J F Beck, writer |
Dec 20 |
Charles Edward Stuart, [Bonnie Prince Charlie/Young Pretender] |
Dec 31 |
[Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne |
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