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January
2nd
– James Wolfe, English general (d. 1759)[40]
February
13th
– William Wotton, English linguist and scholar (b. 1666)
16th
– Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Austrian botanist, chemist, and mycologist (d. 1817)
March
28th
Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, (d. 1777)
30th
– Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator (d. 1779)
April
5th
– Pasquale Anfossi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1797)
7th
– Michel Adanson, French botanist, entomologist, and mycologist (d. 1806)
11th
– Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at the St. Thomas Church, Leipzig
20th
– Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau, Belgian-Austrian minister and diplomat (d. 1794)
29th
– Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)
May
10th
– Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (d. 1781)
14th
– Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (d. 1788)
17th
– Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684)
June
8th
– August Hermann Francke, German-Lutheran pietist, philanthropist, and scholar (b. 1663)
11th
– George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
July
23rd
– Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, English politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1661)
August
4th
– Victor-Maurice, comte de Broglie, French general (b. 1647)
14th
– William Croft, English organist and composer (b. 1678)
30th
– Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.
September
8th
– A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
October
2nd
– Ignaz Schiffermüller, Austrian entomologist and academic (d. 1806)
November
1st
– Ivan Shuvalov, Russian art collector and philanthropist (d. 1797)
10th
– Alphonse de Tonty, French-American sailor and explorer (b. 1659)
18th
– Philibert Commerson, French physician and explorer (d. 1773)
26th
– Artemas Ward, American general and politician (d. 1800)
27th
– The foundation stone to the Jerusalem Church in Berlin is laid.
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