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January
1st
– Johann Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1667)[277]
16th
– Arnold Drakenborch, Dutch lawyer and scholar (b. 1684)
February
5th
– Christian Gottlob Neefe, German composer and conductor (d. 1798)
6th
– Adam Weishaupt, German philosopher and academic, founded the Illuminati (d. 1830)
9th
– Sir John Duckworth, 1st Baronet, English admiral and politician, Commodore Governor of Newfoundland (d. 1817)
15th
– Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (d. 1832)
18th
– Otto Ferdinand von Abensberg und Traun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1677)
27th
– Anders Sparrman, Swedish physician and activist (d. 1820)
March
5th
– Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist (d. 1810)
1748 – William Shield, English violinist and composer (d. 1829)
8th
– William V, Prince of Orange (d. 1806)
14th
– George Wade, Irish field marshal and politician (b. 1673)
19th
– Elias Hicks, American farmer, minister, and theologian (d. 1830)
23rd
Johann Gottfried Walther, German organist and composer (b. 1684)
April
12th
– William Kent, English architect, designed Holkham Hall and Chiswick House (b. 1685)
– Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (d. 1836)
20th
– Georg Michael Telemann, German composer and theologian (d. 1831)
23rd
– Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)
24th
– Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
27th
– Adamantios Korais, Greek-French philosopher and scholar (d. 1833)
May
7th
– Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and philosopher (d. 1793)
12th
– Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692)
June
11th
– Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
– Felice Torelli, Italian painter (b. 1667)
August
11th
– Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
26th
– The first Lutheran denomination in North America, the Pennsylvania Ministerium, is founded in Philadelphia.
27th
– James Thomson, Scottish poet and playwright (b. 1700)
30th
– Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (d. 1825)
31st
– Jean-Étienne Despréaux, French ballet dancer, choreographer, composer, and playwright (d. 1820)
September
6th
– Edmund Gibson, English bishop and scholar (b. 1669)
10th
– Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)
21st
– John Balguy, English philosopher and author (b. 1686)
October
7th
– Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
12th
– War of Jenkins' Ear : A British squadron wins a tactical victory over a Spanish squadron off Havana.
18th
– The signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of the Austrian Succession.
November
11th
– Charles IV of Spain (d. 1819)
20th
– Jean-François de Bourgoing, French diplomat, writer and translator (d. 1811)
25th
– Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
30th
– Joachim Albertini, Italian-Polish composer (d. 1838)
December
2nd
– Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, English politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1662)
9th
– Claude Louis Berthollet, French chemist and academic (d. 1822)
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