January
1st
– Anthony Wayne, American general and politician (d. 1796)[102]
6th
– Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier, French co-inventor of the hot air balloon (d. 1799)
9th
– Caleb Strong, American lawyer and politician, 6th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1819)
10th
– Isaac Titsingh, Dutch surgeon, scholar, and diplomat (d. 1812)
23rd
– William Jessop, English engineer, built the Cromford Canal (d. 1814)
February
18th
– Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist, invented the battery (d. 1827)
20th
Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (d. 1813)
March
4th
– Charles Dibdin, English actor, playwright, and composer (d. 1814)
1745 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (d. 1779)
10th
– John Gunby, American general (d. 1807)
11th
– Bodawpaya, Burmese king (d. 1819)
18th
– Robert Walpole, English scholar and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1676)
25th
– John Barry, American naval officer and father of the American navy (d. 1803)
27th
– Lindley Murray, American-English Quaker and grammarian (d. 1826)
April
20th
– Philippe Pinel, French physician and psychiatrist (d. 1826)
29th
– Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
May
8th
– Carl Stamitz, German violinist and composer (d. 1801)
9th
– Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663)
22nd
– François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (b. 1671)
June
4th
– Battle of Hohenfriedberg: Frederick the Great's Prussian army decisively defeated an Austrian army under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession.
8th
– Caspar Wessel, Norwegian-Danish mathematician and cartographer (d. 1818)
16th
– War of the Austrian Succession: New England colonial troops under the command of William Pepperrell capture the Fortress of Louisbourg in Louisbourg, New France (Old Style date).
28th
July
5th
– Carl Arnold Kortum, German physician and poet (d. 1824)
9th
– French victory in the Battle of Melle allows them to capture Ghent in the days after.
13th
– Robert Calder, Scottish-English admiral (d. 1818)
26th
– The first recorded women's cricket match takes place near Guildford, England.
August
19th
1745 – Ottoman–Persian War: In the Battle of Kars, the Ottoman army is routed by Persian forces led by Nader Shah.
– Prince Charles Edward Stuart raises his standard in Glenfinnan: The start of the Second Jacobite Rebellion, known as "the 45".
September
4th
– Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (d. 1812)
16th
– Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (d. 1813)
21st
– A Hanoverian army is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
October
19th
– Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and essayist (b. 1667)
November
8th
– Charles Edward Stuart invades England with an army of ~5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden.
16th
– James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1665)
24th
– Maria Luisa of Spain (d. 1792)
December
4th
6th
– Charles Edward Stuart's army begins retreat during the second Jacobite Rising.
8th
– Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist and academic (b. 1683)
9th
– Maddalena Laura Sirmen, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1818)
19th
– Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684)
23rd
– John Jay, American jurist and politician, 1st Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1829)
25th
– Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1799)
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