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id="toc-1752-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.3.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1753" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1753"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4 1753 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1753-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.4.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1754" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1754"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5 1754 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1754-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_4" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_4"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.5.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_4-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1755" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1755"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6 1755 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1755-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_5" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_5"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.6.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_5-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1756" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1756"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7 1756 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1756-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_6" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_6"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.7.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_6-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1757" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1757"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8 1757 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1757-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_7" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_7"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.8.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_7-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1758" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1758"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9 1758 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1758-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_8" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_8"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.9.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_8-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1759" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1759"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10 1759 </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1759-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January–March_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January–March_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10.1 January–March </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January–March_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April–June_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April–June_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10.2 April–June </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April–June_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July–September_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July–September_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10.3 July–September </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July–September_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October–December_10" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October–December_10"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10.4 October–December </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October–December_10-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown_9" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown_9"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 1.10.5 Date unknown </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown_9-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Significant_people" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Significant_people"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 2 Significant people </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Significant_people-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 3 Births </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Births-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> 4 Deaths </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deaths-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" 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class="interlanguage-link-target">Aragonés</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ans_1750" title="Ans 1750 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Ans 1750" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Arpetan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_del_1750" title="Década del 1750 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Década del 1750" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-an" title="1750-an – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1750-an" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Basa Bali</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750_n%C3%AE-t%C4%81i" title="1750 nî-tāi – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1750 nî-tāi" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D1%8F" title="1750-я – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1750-я" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D1%8F" title="1750-я – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1750-я" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-e" title="1750-e – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1750-e" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bosanski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloavezhio%C3%B9_1750" title="Bloavezhioù 1750 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Bloavezhioù 1750" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target">Brezhoneg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A8cada_del_1750" title="Dècada del 1750 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dècada del 1750" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D0%BC%C4%95%D1%88_%C3%A7%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC" title="1750-мĕш çулсем – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1750-мĕш çулсем" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target">Чӑвашла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750au" title="1750au – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1750au" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750%27erne" title="1750'erne – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1750'erne" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Dansk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%85_1750" title="عوام 1750 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="عوام 1750" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">الدارجة</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750er" title="1750er – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1750er" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750._aastad" title="1750. aastad – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1750. aastad" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_1750" title="An 1750 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="An 1750" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target">Emiliàn e rumagnòl</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750_%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%B8%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C" title="1750 це иеть – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1750 це иеть" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target">Эрзянь</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%B1os_1750" title="Años 1750 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Años 1750" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-aj_jaroj" title="1750-aj jaroj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1750-aj jaroj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750eko_hamarkada" title="1750eko hamarkada – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1750eko hamarkada" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87_%DB%B1%DB%B7%DB%B5%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="دهه ۱۷۵۰ (میلادی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دهه ۱۷۵۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%C3%A1rini" title="1750-árini – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1750-árini" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Føroyskt</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann%C3%A9es_1750" title="Années 1750 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Années 1750" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750id%C3%AD" title="1750idí – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1750idí" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gaeilge</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750an" title="1750an – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1750an" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Gàidhlig</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_1750" title="Década de 1750 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Década de 1750" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target">Galego</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%A3" title="1750年代 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1750年代" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target">贛語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750%EB%85%84%EB%8C%80" title="1750년대 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1750년대" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yari_1750a" title="Yari 1750a – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Yari 1750a" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ido</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-an" title="1750-an – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1750-an" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D1%82%C3%A6" title="1750-тæ – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1750-тæ" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1751-1760" title="1751-1760 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1751-1760" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Íslenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_1750" title="Anni 1750 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anni 1750" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA_%D7%94-50_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94_%D7%94-18" title="שנות ה-50 של המאה ה-18 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שנות ה-50 של המאה ה-18" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-an" title="1750-an – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1750-an" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Jawa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98" title="1750-იანები – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1750-იანები" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miaka_ya_1750" title="Miaka ya 1750 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Miaka ya 1750" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target">Kiswahili</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%81" title="1750-ӧд вояс – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="1750-ӧд вояс" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target">Коми</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/XVIII_am%C5%BEiaus_6-as_de%C5%A1imtmetis" title="XVIII amžiaus 6-as dešimtmetis – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="XVIII amžiaus 6-as dešimtmetis" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anni_1750" title="Anni 1750 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="Anni 1750" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ligure</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-lugu_vuvvet" title="1750-lugu vuvvet – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1750-lugu vuvvet" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Livvinkarjala</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-es_%C3%A9vek" title="1750-es évek – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1750-es évek" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Magyar</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D1%82%D0%B8" title="1750-ти – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1750-ти" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Македонски</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8.%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AD%E0%A5%AB%E0%A5%A6_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%95" title="इ.स.चे १७५० चे दशक – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स.चे १७५० चे दशक" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98" title="1750-იანეფი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1750-იანეფი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%AF_1750" title="عقد 1750 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عقد 1750" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target">مصرى</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-an" title="1750-an – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1750-an" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750_ni%C3%A8ng-d%C3%A2i" title="1750 nièng-dâi – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1750 nièng-dâi" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-1759" title="1750-1759 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1750-1759" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750%E5%B9%B4%E4%BB%A3" title="1750年代 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1750年代" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%C3%A5rene" title="1750-årene – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1750-årene" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%C3%A9es_1750" title="Annaées 1750 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="Annaées 1750" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nouormand</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ans_1750" title="Ans 1750 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Ans 1750" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Occitan</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-lar" title="1750-lar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1750-lar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%BE_%E0%A8%A6%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%BE" title="1750 ਦਾ ਦਹਾਕਾ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1750 ਦਾ ਦਹਾਕਾ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lata_50._XVIII_wieku" title="Lata 50. XVIII wieku – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lata 50. XVIII wieku" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9cada_de_1750" title="Década de 1750 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Década de 1750" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anii_1750" title="Anii 1750 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Anii 1750" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Română</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750_watakuna" title="1750 watakuna – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1750 watakuna" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target">Runa Simi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D0%B5_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%8B" title="1750-е годы – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1750-е годы" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D1%81" title="1750-с – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1750-с" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target">Саха тыла</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s" title="1750s – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1750s" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sesotho sa Leboa</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitet_1750" title="Vitet 1750 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Vitet 1750" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Shqip</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750ini" title="1750ini – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1750ini" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Sicilianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750s" title="1750s – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1750s" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/50._roky_18._storo%C4%8Dia" title="50. roky 18. storočia – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="50. roky 18. storočia" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenčina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750." title="1750. – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1750." data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1750-%D0%B5" title="1750-е – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1750-е" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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The 1750s (pronounced "seventeen-fifties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1750, and ended on December 31, 1759. The 1750s was a pioneering decade. The <a href="/wiki/New_World" title="New World">New World</a> sucked <pre>(specifically <a href="/wiki/The_Americas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Americas">the Americas</a>) in hopes of re-establishing life away from <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">European control</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a> was a field of novelty that had yet to be merged with the studies of <a href="/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">chemistry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Engineering" title="Engineering">engineering</a>. Numerous discoveries of the 1750s forged the basis for contemporary <a href="/wiki/Scientific_consensus" title="Scientific consensus">scientific consensus</a>. 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(<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1750&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1750&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Madrid_(13_January_1750)" title="Treaty of Madrid (13 January 1750)">Treaty of Madrid</a> between <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a> authorizes a larger <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> than had the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Tordesillas" title="Treaty of Tordesillas">Treaty of Tordesillas</a> of <a href="/wiki/1494" title="1494">1494</a>, which originally established the boundaries of the Portuguese and Spanish territories in South America.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – A fire in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> destroys 10,000 homes.<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – After Spain and Portugal agree that the <a href="/wiki/Uruguay_River" title="Uruguay River">Uruguay River</a> will be the boundary line between the two kingdoms' territory in South America, the Spanish Governor orders the Jesuits to vacate seven Indian missions along the river (San Angel, San Nicolas, San Luis, San Lorenzo, San Miguel, San Juan and San Borja).<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – The Murray-Kean Company, a troupe of actors from Philadelphia, gives the first performance of a play announced in advance in a newspaper, presenting Richard III at New York City's Nassau Street Theatre.<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_20" title="March 20">March 20</a> – The first number of <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" title="Samuel Johnson">Samuel Johnson</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Rambler" title="The Rambler">The Rambler</a> appears.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maveeran_Alagumuthu_Kone" title="Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone">Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Polygar" title="Polygar">polygar</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> raise slogans launches a rebellion against <a href="/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">Company rule in India</a> due to his opposition to the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>'s tax collection policies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Walker_(explorer)" title="Thomas Walker (explorer)">Dr. Thomas Walker</a> and five other men (Ambrose Powell, Colby Chew, William Tomlinson, Henry Lawless and John Hughes) cross through the <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_Gap" title="Cumberland Gap">Cumberland Gap</a>, a mountain pass through the <a href="/wiki/Appalachian_Mountains" title="Appalachian Mountains">Appalachian Mountains</a>, to become the first white people to venture into territories that had been inhabited exclusively by various Indian tribes.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> On April 17, Walker's party continues through what is now <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> and locates the <a href="/wiki/Cumberland_River" title="Cumberland River">Cumberland River</a>, which Walker names in honor of <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" title="Prince William, Duke of Cumberland">Prince William, Duke of Cumberland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> <ul><li>A group of West African slaves, bound for the Americas, successfully overpowers the crew of the British slave ship Snow Ann, imprisons the survivors, and then navigates the vessel back to <a href="/wiki/Cape_Lopez" title="Cape Lopez">Cape Lopez</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gabon" title="Gabon">Gabon</a>.<a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> Upon regaining their freedom, the rebels leave the survivors on the Gabonese coast.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Viceroy_of_New_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Viceroy of New Spain">Viceroy of New Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juan_Francisco_de_G%C3%BCemes,_1st_Count_of_Revillagigedo" title="Juan Francisco de Güemes, 1st Count of Revillagigedo">Juan Francisco de Güemes</a>, issues a notice to the missionaries in <a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Santander" title="Nuevo Santander">Nuevo Santander</a> (which includes parts of what are now the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>, including <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio" title="San Antonio">San Antonio</a>, and the Mexican state of <a href="/wiki/Tamaulipas" title="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</a>) to work peacefully to convert the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Karankawa_people" title="Karankawa people">Karankawa people</a> to Roman Catholicism.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_25" title="April 25">April 25</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Acadian" class="mw-redirect" title="Acadian">Acadian</a> settlement in <a href="/wiki/Beaubassin" title="Beaubassin">Beaubassin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, is burnt by the French army, and the population is forcibly relocated, after France and Great Britain agree that the <a href="/wiki/Missaguash_River" title="Missaguash River">Missaguash River</a> should be the new boundary between peninsular British Nova Scotia and the mainland remnant of French Acadia (now <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>) <a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a> – Two weeks after police in Paris arrest six teenagers for gambling in the suburb of <a href="/wiki/Saint-Laurent,_Paris" title="Saint-Laurent, Paris">Saint-Laurent</a>, rioting breaks out when a rumor spreads that plainclothes policemen are hauling off small children between the ages of five to ten years old, in order to provide blood to an ailing aristocrat.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a> Over the next two weeks, rioting breaks out in other sections of Paris. Police are attacked, including one who is beaten to death by the mob, until order is restored and police reforms are announced.<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – At a time when mountain climbing is still relatively uncommon, <a href="/wiki/Eggert_%C3%93lafsson" title="Eggert Ólafsson">Eggert Ólafsson</a> and Bjarni Pálsson scale their first peak, the 4,892 foot (1,491 m) high Icelandic volcano, <a href="/wiki/Hekla" title="Hekla">Hekla</a>.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a> – Parliament passes Britain's <a href="/wiki/Iron_Act" title="Iron Act">Iron Act</a>, designed to restrict American manufactured goods by prohibiting additional ironworking businesses from producing finished goods. At the same time, import taxes on raw iron from America are lifted in order to give British manufacturers additional material for production.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> By 1775, the North American colonies have surpassed England and Wales in iron production and have become the world's third largest producer of iron.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – An attempt in <a href="/wiki/Lima" title="Lima">Lima</a> to begin a native uprising against Spanish colonial authorities in the <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_Peru" title="Viceroyalty of Peru">Viceroyalty of Peru</a> is discovered and thwarted.<a href="#cite_note-Duenas-12">[12]</a> One of the conspirators, Francisco Garcia Jimenez, escapes to <a href="/wiki/Huarochir%C3%AD_District" title="Huarochirí District">Huarochirí</a> and kills dozens of Spaniards on July 25.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – Traveller <a href="/wiki/Jonas_Hanway" title="Jonas Hanway">Jonas Hanway</a> leaves St. Petersburg to return home, via <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Germany</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Netherlands</a>. Later the same year, Hanway reputedly becomes the first Englishman to use an <a href="/wiki/Umbrella" title="Umbrella">umbrella</a> (a French fashion).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Halifax_(former_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax (former city)">Halifax</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> is almost completely destroyed by fire.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_I_of_Portugal" title="Joseph I of Portugal">José I</a> takes over the throne of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portugal</a> from his deceased father, João V. King José Manuel appoints the <a href="/wiki/Marquis_of_Pombal" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquis of Pombal">Marquis of Pombal</a> as his Chief Minister, who then strips the <a href="/wiki/Inquisition" title="Inquisition">Inquisition</a> of its power.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – In advance of the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Province of Georgia</a> changing in status from a corporate-owned American settlement to a British colony, Royal Assent is given to an act that lifts the province's ban on slavery; effective January 1, "it shall and may be lawful to import or bring Black Slaves or Negroes in to the Province of Georgia of America and to keep and to use the same therein".<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> – French astronomer <a href="/wiki/Nicolas-Louis_de_Lacaille" title="Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille">Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille</a>, by way of the Foreign Minister, the <a href="/wiki/Louis_Philog%C3%A8ne_Br%C3%BBlart,_vicomte_de_Puisieulx" title="Louis Philogène Brûlart, vicomte de Puisieulx">Marquis de Puisieulx</a> and Netherlands ambassador to <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> <a href="/wiki/Mattheus_Lestevenon" title="Mattheus Lestevenon">Mattheus Lestevenon</a>, sends a letter that ultimately persuades the States-General of the Dutch Republic to allow and partially finance Lacaille's stellar trigonometry mission to the <a href="/wiki/Cape_of_Good_Hope" title="Cape of Good Hope">Cape of Good Hope</a>. The expedition departs <a href="/wiki/Lorient" title="Lorient">Lorient</a> on October 21 <a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_30" title="September 30">September 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Crispus_Attucks" title="Crispus Attucks">Crispus Attucks</a>, an African-American slave who will later become the first person killed in the <a href="/wiki/Boston_Massacre" title="Boston Massacre">Boston Massacre</a> of 1770, escapes from the <a href="/wiki/Framingham,_Massachusetts" title="Framingham, Massachusetts">Framingham, Massachusetts</a> estate of slaveowner William Brown.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> In an unsuccessful attempt to recapture the fugitive, Brown runs an advertisement on October 2 in the Boston Gazette, but Attucks eludes recapture.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Madrid_(5_October_1750)" title="Treaty of Madrid (5 October 1750)">Treaty of Madrid</a>: <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Great Britain</a> sign a treaty temporarily eliminating their hostility over their colonies in North and South America.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a> In addition to both sides dropping their claims for damages against each other, Spain agrees to pay the <a href="/wiki/South_Sea_Company" title="South Sea Company">South Sea Company</a> £100,000 for damage claims.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Louvre_Museum" class="mw-redirect" title="Louvre Museum">Louvre Museum</a> is created in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> four years after art critic Lafond de Saint-Yenne calls on the King to allow the display of the royal art collection to the general public. <a href="/wiki/Abel-Fran%C3%A7ois_Poisson" title="Abel-François Poisson">Abel-François Poisson</a>, the Marquis de Marigny, arranges for the display of 110 of the Crown's paintings at the <a href="/wiki/Palais_du_Luxembourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Palais du Luxembourg">Palais du Luxembourg</a>.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_11" title="November 11">November 11</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Lhasa_riot_of_1750" title="Lhasa riot of 1750">riot breaks out</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lhasa_(prefecture-level_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lhasa (prefecture-level city)">Lhasa</a> after the murder of the regent of <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Westminster_Bridge" title="Westminster Bridge">Westminster Bridge</a> is officially opened in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – What is described later as "The first documented presentation of a <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">musical</a> in New York"<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> takes place one block east of <a href="/wiki/Broadway_(Manhattan)" title="Broadway (Manhattan)">Broadway</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/Nassau_Street_(Manhattan)" title="Nassau Street (Manhattan)">Nassau Street</a> Theatre, when a resident company of actors stages <a href="/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera" title="The Beggar's Opera">The Beggar's Opera</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russia</a> break off diplomatic relations after the Russians refuse to stop assisting the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Electorate of Saxony</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> Five years later, the two Empires fight the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a> – Two physicians in <a href="/wiki/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica</a>, Dr. John Williams and Dr. Parker Bennet, fight a duel "with swords and pistols" after having had an argument the day before about the treatment of <a href="/wiki/Bilious_fever" title="Bilious fever">bilious fever</a>. Both are mortally wounded during the fight.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hannah_Snell" title="Hannah Snell">Hannah Snell</a> reveals her sex to her <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a> compatriots.</li> <li>The King of <a href="/wiki/Dahomey" title="Dahomey">Dahomey</a> has income of 250,000 pounds from the overseas export of slaves.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maruyama_Okyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Maruyama Okyo">Maruyama Okyo</a> paints <a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_Oyuki" title="The Ghost of Oyuki">The Ghost of Oyuki</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Britain</a> produces c. 2% of the entire world's output of industrial goods, before the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> begins.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galley_slave" title="Galley slave">Galley slavery</a> is abolished in Europe.<a href="#cite_note-Clear-25">[25]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_population" title="World population">World population</a>: 791,000,000 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>: 106,000,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a>: 502,000,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>: 163,000,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin-America" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin-America">Latin-America</a>: 16,000,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_America" title="Northern America">Northern America</a>: 2,000,000</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>: 2,000,000</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1751">1751</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1751" title="1751">1751</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1751&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1751&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_2"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – As the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Province of Georgia</a> undergoes the transition from a <a href="/wiki/Trustee_Georgia" title="Trustee Georgia">trustee-operated territory</a> to a <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony" title="Crown colony">Crown colony</a>, the prohibition against slavery is lifted by the <a href="/wiki/Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America" title="Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America">Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America</a>. At the time, the Black population of Georgia is approximately 400 people, who had been kept in slavery in violation of the law.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> By 1790, the enslaved population of Georgia increases to over 29,000 and to 462,000 by 1860.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_7" title="January 7">January 7</a> – The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, conceived 12 years earlier by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> and its other trustees to provide non-denominational higher education "to train young people for leadership in business, government and public service".<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> rather than for the ministry, holds its first classes as "The Academy and Charitable School in the Province of Pennsylvania" in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a> – For the first time, the American colony in <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> has an elected legislature after having been administered by a corporate Board of Trustees since its founding in 1732. The original Georgia Assembly meets in <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a> with 16 representatives as the colony prepares to become a British colonial province.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> After electing Francis Harris as the Speaker of the unicameral Assembly, the delegates successfully ask the Trustees not to surrender control of Georgia to the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">Province of South Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Lhasa_riot_of_1750" title="Lhasa riot of 1750">Lhasa riot of 1750</a>, Chinese General Ban Di arrives at the capital of <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor" title="Qianlong Emperor">Qianlong Emperor</a> and the seven imprisoned leaders of the rebellion are turned over to his custody by the <a href="/wiki/7th_Dalai_Lama" title="7th Dalai Lama">7th Dalai Lama</a>, Keizang Gyatzo. General Ban Di guides the interrogation under torture of rebel leader Lobsang Trashi and, after five days orders the beheading and dismemberment of the seven rebels.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Lakkireddipalle" title="Lakkireddipalle">Lakkireddipalle</a> in southeastern <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, the new <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Muhyi_ad-Din_Muzaffar_Jang_Hidayat" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat">Subhadar Muzaffar Jang</a>, leads an invasion of cavalry against the small kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Kurnool" title="Kurnool">Kurnool</a> and is confronted by its monarch, the <a href="/wiki/Nawab" title="Nawab">Nawab</a> Bahadur Khan. The Subhadar and the Nawab order their soldiers to stand down and then engage in hand-to-hand combat, during which the Nawab "thrust[s] a spear into the Subhadar's brain" before he is "himself hacked to pieces."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – English poet <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gray" title="Thomas Gray">Thomas Gray</a> first publishes <a href="/wiki/Elegy_Written_in_a_Country_Churchyard" title="Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard">Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard</a>, anonymously in The Magazine of Magazines. The poem becomes more popularly known as "Gray's Elegy".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_18" title="February 18">February 18</a> – As the Governor of <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)" title="Louisiana (New France)">French Louisiana</a>, Pierre de Rigaud, the <a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Rigaud_de_Vaudreuil" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil">Marquis de Vaudreuil</a>, issues the first police regulations for <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> in an attempt to combat crime in that city.<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_25" title="March 25">March 25</a> – For the last time, <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> is legally on March 25, in <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a> and "in all his Majesty's Dominions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America"<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> due to the <a href="/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750" title="Calendar (New Style) Act 1750">Calendar (New Style) Act 1750</a>. The months of January 1751, February 1751 and most of March 1751 did not exist in British territories: those months were recorded as the last three of 1750 according to the <a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">Old Style dating system</a>; the equivalent months a year later were recorded as the first three of 1752 under the New Style system.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heir-apparent" class="mw-redirect" title="Heir-apparent">heir-apparent</a> to the British throne, dies of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 44 after a game of cricket. His 12-year-old son, Prince George, becomes the heir-apparent and will later become <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">King George III</a>. <a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology314315-37">[37]</a> Frederick's widow <a href="/wiki/Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta of Saxe-Gotha">Augusta of Saxe-Gotha</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Dowager" title="Dowager">Dowager</a> <a href="/wiki/Princess_of_Wales" title="Princess of Wales">Princess of Wales</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_2"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden" title="Frederick I of Sweden">King Frederick I</a> dies at the age of 74 (March 25 on the Julian calendar, which remains in effect in Sweden and Finland until 1753), after a reign of 31 years, bringing an end to the rule of Sweden by the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Hesse" title="House of Hesse">House of Hesse</a> because he has no legitimate heirs. <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Frederick,_King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden">Prince Adolf Frederick</a> of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Holstein-Gottorp_(Swedish_line)" title="House of Holstein-Gottorp (Swedish line)">House of Holstein-Gottorp</a>, who had been elected as the crown prince in 1743, becomes the new King.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – the <a href="/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor" title="Qianlong Emperor">Qianlong Emperor</a> of China visits the southern capital of <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a> for the first time, bringing with him 3,000 staff and 6,690 horses and stays for four days <a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – A month after the death of his father, 12-year old Prince George William Frederick is formally invested as the new <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales" title="Prince of Wales">Prince of Wales</a><a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Nine years later, Prince George becomes King George III upon the death of his grandfather, King George II.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – The sport of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> is first played in the American colonies, as a team of New Yorkers plays against a team of Englishmen and defeats them, 167 to 80, in a match in Greenwich Village <a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> <a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Pennsylvania Hospital">Pennsylvania Hospital</a>, first hospital in the American colonies, is chartered in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> legislature, which grants the right to <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> and to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bond_(American_physician)" title="Thomas Bond (American physician)">Dr. Thomas Bond</a>. <a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> (May 13 <a href="/wiki/Old_Style" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Style">Old Style</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_calendar" title="Adoption of the Gregorian calendar">Adoption of the Gregorian calendar</a>: <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a> is given to <a href="/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750" title="Calendar (New Style) Act 1750">An Act for Regulating the Commencement of the Year; and for Correcting the Calendar now in Use</a> (the "Calendar Act") passed by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a>, introducing the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_Calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Gregorian Calendar">Gregorian Calendar</a>, correcting the eleven-day difference between <a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">Old Style and New Style dates</a> and making <a href="/wiki/1_January" class="mw-redirect" title="1 January">1 January</a> legally <a href="/wiki/New_Year%27s_Day" title="New Year's Day">New Year's Day</a> from <a href="/wiki/1752" title="1752">1752</a> in the British Empire.<a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology314315-37">[37]</a><a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> It is largely promoted by <a href="/wiki/George_Parker,_2nd_Earl_of_Macclesfield" title="George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield">George Parker, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a> – The colony of <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a> reverses a 10-year-old law that had imposed a tax of 100 pounds sterling on the purchase of imported African slaves, and reduces the tax to £10.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> The move effectively restores the <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery" title="History of slavery">slave trade</a> to the colony.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> – The first volume of <a href="/wiki/Denis_Diderot" title="Denis Diderot">Denis Diderot</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die" title="Encyclopédie">Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers</a>, often referred to as le Encyclopédie, is published <a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_2"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kirkhbulakh" title="Battle of Kirkhbulakh">Battle of Kirkhbulakh</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli_(1484%E2%80%931762)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Kartli (1484–1762)">Kingdom of Kartli</a> defeats a large army of the <a href="/wiki/Tabriz_Khanate" title="Tabriz Khanate">Tabriz Khanate</a>, under <a href="/wiki/Erekle_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Erekle II">Erekle II</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – Fire destroys 1,000 houses in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Academy_and_College_of_Philadelphia" class="mw-redirect" title="The Academy and College of Philadelphia">The Academy and College of Philadelphia</a>, predecessor to the private <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>, opens its doors, with <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> as president.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kalv%C3%A1ria_Bansk%C3%A1_%C5%A0tiavnica" title="Kalvária Banská Štiavnica">Kalvária Banská Štiavnica</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary" title="Kingdom of Hungary">Kingdom of Hungary</a> is completed.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_2"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_V,_Prince_of_Orange" title="William V, Prince of Orange">William V, Prince of Orange</a>, the three-year-old son of the late William IV, becomes the last <a href="/wiki/Stadtholder" title="Stadtholder">Stadtholder</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>. During his minority, his mother, <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange" title="Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange">Princess Anne</a>, acts as <a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">regent</a> until her death in 1759. Upon becoming of age in 1766, he will have a corrupt reign as the Republic's head of state until the office is abolished on February 23, 1785.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dreki" title="Hōreki">Hōreki</a> period begins in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_14" title="November 14">November 14</a> – The 50-day long <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Trichinopoly_(1751%E2%80%9352)" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Trichinopoly (1751–52)">siege of the British fort</a> of <a href="/wiki/Trichinopoly" class="mw-redirect" title="Trichinopoly">Trichinopoly</a> (now Tiruchirappalli) in southern India is broken when the defenders use musket fire to force a stampede of the elephants of the French-backed troops of <a href="/wiki/Chanda_Sahib" title="Chanda Sahib">Chanda Sahib</a>.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> <ul><li>Future United States President <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> becomes seriously ill with <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> while he and his older brother <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Washington_(1718%E2%80%931752)" title="Lawrence Washington (1718–1752)">Lawrence</a> are visiting the island of <a href="/wiki/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados</a> during an epidemic <a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> Washington, 19 years old, survives the virus but is bedridden for almost a month.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Pima_Revolt" class="mw-redirect" title="Pima Revolt">Pima Revolt</a> begins in the area that now includes the Mexican state of Sonora and the U.S. state of Arizona, as Pima Indian leader <a href="/wiki/Luis_Oacpicagigua" title="Luis Oacpicagigua">Luis Oacpicagigua</a> carries out the massacre of 18 Spanish settlers at Oacpicagigua's home in <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A1ric_Municipality" title="Sáric Municipality">Sáric</a>. The rebellion, which takes the lives of more than 100 Spaniards, is ended on March 18 after Governor Diego Ortiz Parilla permits the rebels to surrender for imprisonment.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">November 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Frederick,_King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden">Adolf Frederick</a> is formally crowned as the <a href="/wiki/King_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="King of Sweden">King of Sweden</a>. The coronation ceremony takes place almost eight months after he assumed the throne.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Cherokee" title="Cherokee">Cherokee</a> nation signs a treaty with British colonial authorities at the close of the two-week Charlestown Conference in <a href="/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina" title="Charleston, South Carolina">Charleston, South Carolina</a>, with <a href="/wiki/List_of_colonial_governors_of_South_Carolina" title="List of colonial governors of South Carolina">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Glen" title="James Glen">James Glen</a> signing an agreement with Cherokee war chiefs led by the "Old <a href="/wiki/Skiagusta" title="Skiagusta">Skiagunsta</a>" of Keowee, the Raven of Hiwasee, Old Caesar of Chatuga and Kittagusta of Joree.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arnee" title="Battle of Arnee">Battle of Arnee</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_Carnatic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Carnatic War">Second Carnatic War</a>): A <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a>–led force under <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> defeats and routs a much larger Franco-Indian army, under the command of Raza Sahib, at <a href="/wiki/Arani,_Chennai" title="Arani, Chennai">Arni</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Theresian_Military_Academy" title="Theresian Military Academy">Theresian Military Academy</a> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Wiener_Neustadt" title="Wiener Neustadt">Wiener Neustadt</a>, Austria.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_2"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li>In the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> (Scotland): <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a> is appointed professor of logic.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow_Medical_School" title="University of Glasgow Medical School">Medical School</a> is founded.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinando_Galiani" title="Ferdinando Galiani">Ferdinando Galiani</a> publishes the first modern economic analysis, <a href="/wiki/Della_Moneta" title="Della Moneta">Della Moneta</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swedes" title="Swedes">Swedish</a> naturalist <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> publishes his <a href="/wiki/Philosophia_Botanica" title="Philosophia Botanica">Philosophia Botanica</a>, the first textbook of descriptive <a href="/wiki/Systematics" title="Systematics">systematic</a> botanical <a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">taxonomy</a>, and the first appearance of his <a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">binomial nomenclature</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresa_thaler" title="Maria Theresa thaler">Maria Theresa thaler</a> is minted; it becomes an international currency.<a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a></li> <li>1751–<a href="/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a> – 13 per cent of appointees to <a href="/wiki/Audiencia_Real" class="mw-redirect" title="Audiencia Real">audiencias</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Empire" title="Spanish Empire">Spanish Empire</a> are <a href="/wiki/Creole_peoples" title="Creole peoples">Creoles</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1752">1752</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1752" title="1752">1752</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1752&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1752&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_3"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> (except Scotland, which had changed New Year's Day to January 1 in 1600) adopts today as the first day of the year as part of adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, which is completed in September: today is the first day of the New Year under the terms of last year's <a href="/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750" title="Calendar (New Style) Act 1750">Calendar Act</a> of the British Parliament.<a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology-52">[52]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Hospital" title="Pennsylvania Hospital">Pennsylvania Hospital</a>, the first <a href="/wiki/Hospital" title="Hospital">hospital</a> in the United States, and the first to offer medical treatment to the mentally ill, admits its first patients at a temporary location in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Messier_83" title="Messier 83">Messier 83</a> (M83), the "<a href="/wiki/Southern_Pinwheel_Galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Pinwheel Galaxy">Southern Pinwheel Galaxy</a>" and the first to be cataloged outside the "<a href="/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a>" of <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxies</a> nearest to Earth's galaxy, the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>, is discovered by French astronomer <a href="/wiki/Nicolas-Louis_de_Lacaille" title="Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille">Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille</a>.<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Lacaille, who observes M83 during a research voyage in the Southern Hemisphere, is the first to identify the body as a nebulous object rather than a star. M83, 15 million <a href="/wiki/Light-year" title="Light-year">light-years</a> away, is the most distant object to be identified up to that time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Virginia_General_Assembly" title="Virginia General Assembly">Virginia Assembly</a> passes a law making <a href="/wiki/Mutilation" title="Mutilation">maiming</a> a <a href="/wiki/Felony" title="Felony">felony</a>, in response to the practice of <a href="/wiki/Gouging_(fighting_style)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gouging (fighting style)">gouging</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Hening-55">[55]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_29" title="February 29">February 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alaungpaya" title="Alaungpaya">Alaungpaya</a>, a village chief in <a href="/wiki/Upper_Burma" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper Burma">Upper Burma</a>, founds the <a href="/wiki/Konbaung_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Konbaung Dynasty">Konbaung Dynasty</a>; by the time of his death 8 years later, he will have unified the whole country.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_14" title="March 14">March 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Kei" title="Shō Kei">Shō Kei</a>, the ruler of <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa Island</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom" title="Ryukyu Kingdom">Ryukyu Kingdom</a>, dies at the age of 41 after a reign that began when he was 13 years old. He is succeeded by his 12-year-old son, <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8D_Boku" title="Shō Boku">Shō Boku</a>, who reigns for 42 years.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> – The electors of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a> (which includes not only a large part of northern Italy around the city of <a href="/wiki/Venice" title="Venice">Venice</a>, but portions of Eastern Europe along the <a href="/wiki/Adriatic_Sea" title="Adriatic Sea">Adriatic Sea</a>) elect <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Loredan" title="Francesco Loredan">Francesco Loredan</a> as their new executive, the <a href="/wiki/Doge_of_Venice" title="Doge of Venice">Doge</a>. Loredan's election comes 11 days after the death of the previous Doge, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Grimani" title="Pietro Grimani">Pietro Grimani</a>, but is not announced until after Easter Sunday.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Halifax_Gazette" title="Halifax Gazette">Halifax Gazette</a>, the first Canadian newspaper, is published.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inwa" title="Inwa">Ava</a>, capital of the Kingdom of Burma, is sacked by <a href="/wiki/Restored_Hanthawaddy_Kingdom" title="Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom">Hanthawaddy Kingdom</a>, led by King <a href="/wiki/Binnya_Dala" title="Binnya Dala">Binnya Dala</a>.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_3"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – Spanish Governor <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_V%C3%A9lez_Cachup%C3%ADn" title="Tomás Vélez Cachupín">Tomás Vélez Cachupín</a> of <a href="/wiki/Santa_Fe_de_Nuevo_M%C3%A9xico" title="Santa Fe de Nuevo México">Santa Fe de Nuevo México</a>, a province that now comprises most of the American state of <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, begins the first peace negotiations with the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche</a> tribe after inviting tribal representatives to his home in <a href="/wiki/Taos,_New_Mexico" title="Taos, New Mexico">Taos</a>.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a> As a sign of good faith, he unconditionally releases the four Comanche prisoners of war held at Taos. One of the released Comanches reports to his father, Chief Guanacante, about the hospitality extended to him during his imprisonment, and more meetings take place in July and in the autumn.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> <ul><li>The Kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, under the rule of <a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Durrani" title="Ahmad Shah Durrani">Ahmad Shah Durrani</a>, recaptures the city of <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> four years after its capture by the <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a> of Punjab.<a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Real_Academia_de_Bellas_Artes_de_San_Fernando" title="Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando">Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando</a>, Spain's Royal Academy of the Fine Arts, is formally established in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, eight years after first being proposed to King Fernando VI by Jeronimo Antonio Gil as a small school in <a href="/wiki/Madrid" title="Madrid">Madrid</a>. The foundation of the Royal Academy is considered by historians to be "an essential step in modernizing Spain" during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Enlightenment" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Enlightenment">Spanish Enlightenment</a>.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> – The oldest property insurance company in the United States, "<a href="/wiki/Philadelphia_Contributionship" title="Philadelphia Contributionship">Philadelphia Contributionship</a> for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire", holds its organizational meeting at the courthouse in Philadelphia to elect a board of directors, largely through the efforts of <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>. Franklin's newspaper, <a href="/wiki/The_Pennsylvania_Gazette" title="The Pennsylvania Gazette">The Pennsylvania Gazette</a>, has been advertising the meeting since February 18, with a notice that "All persons inclined to subscribe to the articles of insurance of houses from fire, in or near this city, are desired to appear at the Court-house, where attendance will be given, to take in their subscriptions, every seventh day of the week, in the afternoon, until the 13th of April next, being the day appointed by the said articles for electing twelve directors and a treasurer." <a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> The property insurance company is still in existence more than 250 years later.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a>, appointed the year before as a professor of logic, is unanimously elected by the faculty of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Glasgow" title="University of Glasgow">University of Glasgow</a> to be the new Professor of Moral Philosophy "on the express condition that he would content himself with the emoluments of the Logic Professorship until 10 October",<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> in that the 1751-1752 salary budgeted for the job has already been distributed to faculty members who had substituted for the previous moral philosophy professor, Thomas Craigie; from April to October, Smith's remuneration for teaching moral philosophy is limited to fees paid directly to him by his students (a <a href="/wiki/Half_guinea" title="Half guinea">half guinea</a> per semester for the public class, and a <a href="/wiki/Guinea_(coin)" title="Guinea (coin)">guinea</a> per semester for the private class). Smith's lectures on ethics are first published in 1759 in his work <a href="/wiki/The_Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments" title="The Theory of Moral Sentiments">The Theory of Moral Sentiments</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Marly-la-Ville" title="Marly-la-Ville">Marly-la-Ville</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, physicist <a href="/wiki/Thomas-Fran%C3%A7ois_Dalibard" title="Thomas-François Dalibard">Thomas-François Dalibard</a> successfully conducts the <a href="/wiki/Kite_experiment" title="Kite experiment">kite experiment</a> proposed by <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> in the 1750 book Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity.<a href="#cite_note-Tucker-63">[63]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June" title="June">June</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> reportedly carries out his famous <a href="/wiki/Kite_experiment" title="Kite experiment">kite experiment</a>, duplicating experiments that show that <a href="/wiki/Lightning" title="Lightning">lightning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Electricity" title="Electricity">electricity</a> are the same. According to Franklin, lightning strikes the kite that he is flying during a thunderstorm and produces sparks identical to what he has previously generated artificially in a <a href="/wiki/Leyden_jar" title="Leyden jar">Leyden jar</a>. However, the report of his experiment is not made until October 19, in Franklin's newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette, leading 20th century researchers to doubt that he conducted the experiment, if at all, until sometime after September 28, when he had written in the Gazette about other such experiments, and that he was making a claim that he had conceived the experiment independently.<a href="#cite_note-Tucker-63">[63]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_3" title="June 3">June 3</a> – A fire destroys 13,000 houses in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a>, only 11 days after a May 23 fire destroyed 5,000 homes; by June 6, two-thirds of the city has been damaged or destroyed.<a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Logstown#Treaty_of_Logstown,_1752" title="Logstown">Treaty of Logstown</a> is signed by representatives of the <a href="/wiki/Iroquois_Confederation" class="mw-redirect" title="Iroquois Confederation">Iroquois Confederation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shawnee" title="Shawnee">Shawnee</a> leaders, and commissioners from Virginia, headed by <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Fry" title="Joshua Fry">Joshua Fry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gist" title="Christopher Gist">Christopher Gist</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Trent" title="William Trent">William Trent</a> represent the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Company" title="Ohio Company">Ohio Company</a>. The treaty grants control over lands south and east of the Ohio River to the English, along with permission to build a fort on the site of what is now <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pickawillany" title="Pickawillany">Pickawillany</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Piqua,_Ohio" title="Piqua, Ohio">Piqua, Ohio</a>), the capital of the <a href="/wiki/Miami_people" title="Miami people">Miami Indian nation</a>, is attacked and burned by <a href="/wiki/Odawa" title="Odawa">Odawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ojibwe" title="Ojibwe">Ojibwe</a> and <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">French</a> soldiers under the command of Odawa War Chief <a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel_de_Langlade" title="Charles Michel de Langlade">Charles Michel de Langlade</a>.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_3"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Divitdar_Mehmed_Emin_Pasha" title="Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha">Divitdar Mehmed Emin Pasha</a> is dismissed from his position as <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire</a> by the Ottoman Sultan, <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_I" title="Mahmud I">Mahmud I</a>. The Sultan appoints Çorlulu Ali Pasha as the new Grand Vizier.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – The first of the <a href="/wiki/Kronstadt" title="Kronstadt">Kronstadt</a> canals, conceived by <a href="/wiki/Peter_the_Great" title="Peter the Great">Peter the Great</a> and designed to link two of the harbors of the Russian city, is completed and opened to maritime traffic.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cornwallis" title="Edward Cornwallis">Edward Cornwallis</a>, the British <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nova Scotia">Governor of Nova Scotia</a>, is recalled to Britain after being unsuccessful in pressuring Nova Scotia's Acadian population to take an oath of allegiance to the Crown or to face expulsion. His replacement, <a href="/wiki/Peregrine_Hopson" title="Peregrine Hopson">Peregrine Hopson</a>, is more lenient with the Acadians but is reassigned less than two years later.<a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> – A group of Scottish Presbyterians who had fled to America from Scotland held the first <a href="/wiki/Covenanter" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenanter">Covenanter</a> communion in the 13 American colonies, meeting in <a href="/wiki/New_Kingstown,_Pennsylvania" title="New Kingstown, Pennsylvania">New Kingstown, Pennsylvania</a>.<a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – The first group of the United Brethren church, commonly called the Moravians, leaves <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem,_Pennsylvania" title="Bethlehem, Pennsylvania">Bethlehem, Pennsylvania</a> on a mission to find 100,000 acres (40,000 ha) of land on which to build "Villages of the Lord" for German emigres to settle upon in America; after a 450-mile (720 km) journey, they arrive in <a href="/wiki/Edenton,_North_Carolina" title="Edenton, North Carolina">Edenton, North Carolina</a> on September 10 and eventually purchase the <a href="/wiki/Wachovia_Tract" title="Wachovia Tract">Wachovia Tract</a>, a set of lands in the western <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a> colony.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> of <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a> (Wednesday) (September 13 "<a href="/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates" title="Old Style and New Style dates">New Style</a>") – <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> use the Julian calendar for the last time and adopt the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, making the next day Thursday, September 14 in the English-speaking world. A newspaper at the time notes the next day that "Altho' we have more than once, for the Information of our Readers, publish'd some Accounts of the Alteration of the Style, which took Place this Day, agreeable to <a href="/wiki/Calendar_(New_Style)_Act_1750" title="Calendar (New Style) Act 1750">a late Act of Parliament</a>, in all his Majesty's Dominions in Europe, Asia, Africa and America" and notes that "The Supputation of the Year began on the first Day of January last, and for the future the first Day of that Month will be stiled the first Day of every Year in all Accounts whatsoever, which Supputation or Reckoning never took Place before this Year in any Courts of Law until the 25th Day of March", and adds, "This Day, had not this Act passed, would have been the 3rd of September, but is now reckoned the 14th, eleven nominal Days being omitted." <a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_3"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a> — In his Philadelphia newspaper, the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania_Gazette" class="mw-redirect" title="Pennsylvania Gazette">Pennsylvania Gazette</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a> first describes the performance, in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kite_experiment" title="Kite experiment">kite experiment</a> that he had proposed in his 1750 book. Although the original account makes no claim that he was the first to do the experiment (which had been done by other scientists (including Thomas-François Dalibard in May), nor that he conducted the test, and it does not give a date for the experiment, it becomes embellished as the story that Franklin "discovered electricity"; in 1766, the story first circulates that Franklin flew the kite in June, 1752, without specifying a date (as Franklin had done in other scientific accounts).<a href="#cite_note-Tucker-63">[63]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_3" title="November 3">November 3</a> – A hurricane destroys the Spanish settlement on Florida's <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_Island_(Florida)" class="mw-redirect" title="Santa Rosa Island (Florida)">Santa Rosa Island</a>, leaving only two buildings standing;<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> the remaining residents decide to move from the <a href="/wiki/Barrier_island" title="Barrier island">barrier island</a> on the Gulf of Mexico and to start a settlement on the nearby mainland and construct the Presidio San Miguel de Panzacola, which later forms the nucleus of the city of <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola, Florida</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a> – British Governor Hopson of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> and French <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_New_France" title="Governor General of New France">Governor General of New France</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Michel-Ange_Duquesne_de_Menneville" title="Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville">Marquis Duquesne</a>, agree to a free exchange of deserters from each other's armies in Canada, with the understanding that neither side will execute a deserter once returned.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> – "<a href="/wiki/Father_Le_Loutre%27s_War" title="Father Le Loutre's War">Father Le Loutre's War</a>", the war between the British Canadian colonists of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a> and the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Mi%27kmaq" title="Mi'kmaq">Mi'kmaq</a> (Micmac) tribe halts temporarily when a <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_1752" title="Treaty of 1752">peace treaty</a> is signed between the warring parties at <a href="/wiki/Shubenacadie,_Nova_Scotia" title="Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia">Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> Governor Hopson, accompanied by former Governor Cornwallis, signs on behalf of the British and Chief Kopit (<a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Cope" title="Jean-Baptiste Cope">Jean-Baptiste Cope</a>), the Sakamaw of the Mi'kmaq, signs on behalf of his people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – The first presentation of a Shakespearean play in America is performed when a company of players stages <a href="/wiki/The_Merchant_of_Venice" title="The Merchant of Venice">The Merchant of Venice</a> in <a href="/wiki/Williamsburg,_Virginia" title="Williamsburg, Virginia">Williamsburg, Virginia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1753">1753</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1753" title="1753">1753</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1753&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1753&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_4"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Binnya_Dala" title="Binnya Dala">Binnya Dala</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Restored_Hanthawaddy_Kingdom" title="Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom">Hanthawaddy Kingdom</a> orders the burning of <a href="/wiki/Inwa" title="Inwa">Ava</a>, the former capital of the Kingdom of Burma.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – After a month's absence, <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Canning" title="Elizabeth Canning">Elizabeth Canning</a> returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted; the following criminal trial causes an uproar.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – The concept of <a href="/wiki/Electrical_telegraph" title="Electrical telegraph">electrical telegraphy</a> is first published in the form of a letter to Scots' Magazine from a writer who identifies himself only as "C.M.". Titled "An Expeditious Method of Conveying Intelligence", C.M. suggests that <a href="/wiki/Static_electricity" title="Static electricity">static electricity</a> (generated by 1753 from "frictional machines") could send electric signals across wires to a receiver. Rather than the dot and dash system later used by Samuel F.B. Morse, C.M. proposes that "a set of wires equal in number to the letters of the alphabet, be extended horizontally between two given places" and that on the receiving side, "Let a ball be suspended from every wire" and that a paper with a letter on it be underneath each wire.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> adopts the <a href="/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="Gregorian calendar">Gregorian calendar</a>, by skipping the 11 days difference between it and the <a href="/wiki/Julian_calendar" title="Julian calendar">Julian calendar</a>, and letting February 17 be followed directly by March 1.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_4"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Naturalisation_Act_1753" title="Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753">Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753</a> is passed by Britain's <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, permitting Jewish immigrants to England to become naturalized citizens "without receiving the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper".<a href="#cite_note-Rabin-77">[77]</a> The bill, introduced by <a href="/wiki/George_Montagu-Dunk,_2nd_Earl_of_Halifax" title="George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax">George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax</a>, passes the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> on May 22.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Species_Plantarum" title="Species Plantarum">Species Plantarum</a> is published by <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a> (adopted by the <a href="/wiki/International_Code_of_Botanical_Nomenclature" class="mw-redirect" title="International Code of Botanical Nomenclature">International Code of Botanical Nomenclature</a> as the formal start date of the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific classification">scientific classification</a> of <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Naturalisation_Act_1753" title="Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753">Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753</a> passes the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons</a> and later receives royal assent from <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">King George II</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Rabin-77">[77]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain" title="Parliament of Great Britain">Parliament of Great Britain</a> passes <a href="/wiki/Lord_Hardwicke" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Hardwicke">Lord Hardwicke</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Marriage_Act_1753" class="mw-redirect" title="Marriage Act 1753">Marriage Act</a> "for the Better Preventing of Clandestine Marriage" in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>.<a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> King George II adjourns Parliament the next day; the act comes into effect on March 25, <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – The <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> is established in London, by Act of Parliament.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_4"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – The Parliament of Great Britain's <a href="/wiki/Jewish_Naturalization_Act_1753" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish Naturalization Act 1753">Jewish Naturalization Act</a> receives <a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">royal assent</a>, allowing <a href="/wiki/Naturalization" title="Naturalization">naturalization</a> to <a href="/wiki/Jew" class="mw-redirect" title="Jew">Jews</a>; it is repealed in <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>.</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg/200px-Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg/300px-Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg/400px-Richmanns_Tod_1753.jpg 2x" data-file-width="821" data-file-height="1151" /></a><figcaption>Richmann's electrocution</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_6" title="August 6">August 6</a> – Russian scientist <a href="/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann" title="Georg Wilhelm Richmann">Georg Richmann</a> becomes the first person to be electrocuted by his own equipment after he uses an insulated, but improperly grounded, lightning rod in an attempt to gather data on a thunderstorm. Richmann also becomes the first victim of <a href="/wiki/Ball_lightning" title="Ball lightning">ball lightning</a> during his scientific experiment, in an attempt to replicate the experiments of American <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>.<a href="#cite_note-80">[80]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_7" title="August 7">August 7</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Moravian_Church" title="Moravian Church">Unity of Brethren</a>, a branch of the Moravian Church, receives a grant the <a href="/wiki/Wachovia_Tract" title="Wachovia Tract">Wachovia Tract</a>, 99,985 acres (404.62 km2) of land (approximately 157 square miles), in western <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, for the benefit of German-speaking immigrants to America. The area now includes <a href="/wiki/Winston-Salem,_North_Carolina" title="Winston-Salem, North Carolina">Winston-Salem, North Carolina</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> – After receiving a series of warnings about incursions into land claimed by the Crown Colony of Virginia (from the colony's Lieutenant Governor, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinwiddie" title="Robert Dinwiddie">Robert Dinwiddie</a>), the cabinet of British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Henry Pelham</a> votes to send a warning to Britain's colonial governors "to prevent, by Force, These and any such attempts" to encroach on their lands "that may be made by the French, or by the Indians in the French interest."<a href="#cite_note-82">[82]</a> Britain's Secretary of State for the Southern Department, the <a href="/wiki/Robert_Darcy,_4th_Earl_of_Holderness" title="Robert Darcy, 4th Earl of Holderness">Earl of Holderness</a>, sends the circular order on August 28.<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_3" title="September 3">September 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tanacharison" title="Tanacharison">Tanacharison</a>, a chief of the <a href="/wiki/Oneida_people" title="Oneida people">Oneida people</a> tribe that is one of the "Six Nations" of the <a href="/wiki/Iroquois_Confederacy" class="mw-redirect" title="Iroquois Confederacy">Iroquois Confederacy</a>, meets with French officers who have come into the Ohio and Allegheny region and warns them not to advance further into the Iroquois territory.<a href="#cite_note-84">[84]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – Britain's <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade" title="Board of Trade">Board of Trade</a> sends a directive to the colonial and provincial governors of Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania ordering them to send delegates to a summit meeting with the Iroquois Confederacy. The message instructs the governors that King George II has ordered "a Sum of Money to be issued for Presents to the Six Nations of Indians" and ordering New York's Governor <a href="/wiki/George_Clinton_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Clinton (Royal Navy officer)">George Clinton</a> "to hold an Interview with them for delivering these Presents, for burying the Hatchet, and for renewing the Covenant Chain with them."<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_4"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie commissions 21-year-old militia Major <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> to dissuade the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">French</a> from occupying the <a href="/wiki/Ohio_Country" title="Ohio Country">Ohio Country</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand VI of Spain">King Fernando VI</a> issues a set of 25 regulations and restrictions for theatrical performances, including a requirement that the directors of the acting troupes "take the greatest care that the necessary modesty is preserved" and that the actors should be reminded that chastity requires that "indecent and provocative" dances should be avoided.<a href="#cite_note-86">[86]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – A fire destroys the Emperor's Palace in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>.<a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">November 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Alfonso_Pizarro" title="José Alfonso Pizarro">José Alfonso Pizarro</a> completes more than four years as the Spanish <a href="/wiki/List_of_Viceroys_of_New_Granada" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Viceroys of New Granada">Viceroy of New Granada</a> (which comprises modern-day Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador) and is succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Sol%C3%ADs_Folch_de_Cardona" title="José Solís Folch de Cardona">José Solís Folch de Cardona</a>.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Russian Academy of Sciences">Russian Academy of Sciences</a> announces a competition among chemists and physicists to provide "the best explanation of the true causes of electricity including their theory", with a deadline of June 1, 1755 (on the Julian calendar used in Russia, June 12 on the Gregorian calendar used in Western Europe and the New World).<a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> – Major George Washington and British guide <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gist" title="Christopher Gist">Christopher Gist</a> arrive at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Le_Boeuf" title="Fort Le Boeuf">Fort Le Boeuf</a> (near modern-day <a href="/wiki/Waterford,_Pennsylvania" title="Waterford, Pennsylvania">Waterford, Pennsylvania</a> and the city of <a href="/wiki/Erie,_Pennsylvania" title="Erie, Pennsylvania">Erie</a>), a French fortress built in territory claimed by the British Crown Colony of Virginia. Washington presents the fort's commander, French Army Captain <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Legardeur_de_Saint-Pierre" title="Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre">Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre</a>, a message from Virginia's Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie advising that "The lands upon the Ohio River are so notoriously known to be the property of the Crown of Great Britain that it is a matter of equal concern and surprise... to hear that a body of French fortresses and making settlements upon that river, within His Majesty's dominions," adding that "It becomes my duty to require your peaceable departure." Captain Legardeur provides a reply for Washington to take to Dinwiddie, declaring that the rights of France's <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">King Louis XV</a> to the land "are incontestable", and refuses to back down, leading to beginning of the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> in 1754.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_3"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Lind" title="James Lind">James Lind</a> writes A Treatise of the Scurvy.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_(antiquarian)" title="Robert Wood (antiquarian)">Robert Wood</a> publishes The ruins of Palmyra; otherwise Tedmor in the desart in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, making the ancient <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syrian</a> city of <a href="/wiki/Palmyra" title="Palmyra">Palmyra</a> known to the West.</li> <li>The Cramer family starts a brewing operation at <a href="/wiki/Warstein" title="Warstein">Warstein</a> in North Rhine-Westphalia, originating the <a href="/wiki/Warsteiner" title="Warsteiner">Warsteiner</a> brand.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1754">1754</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1754&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1754&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_5"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Horace_Walpole" title="Horace Walpole">Horace Walpole</a>, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word <a href="/wiki/Serendipity" title="Serendipity">serendipity</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the <a href="/wiki/Viceroyalty_of_the_R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata" title="Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata">Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata</a>, the indigenous <a href="/wiki/Guarani_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Guarani people">Guarani people</a> residing in the <a href="/wiki/Misiones_Orientales" title="Misiones Orientales">Misiones Orientales</a> stage an attack on a small Brazilian Portuguese settlement on the <a href="/wiki/Pardo_River_(Rio_Grande_do_Sul)" title="Pardo River (Rio Grande do Sul)">Rio Pardo</a> in what is now the Brazilian state of <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande_do_Sul" title="Rio Grande do Sul">Rio Grande do Sul</a>. The attack by 300 Guarani soldiers from the missions at San Luis, San Lorenzo and San Juan Bautista is repelled with a loss of 30 Guarani and is the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Guarani_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Guarani War">Guarani War</a><a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_25" title="February 25">February 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Captaincy_General_of_Guatemala" title="Captaincy General of Guatemala">Guatemalan</a> Sergeant Major Melchor de Mencos y Varón departs the city of Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala with an infantry battalion to fight British pirates that are reportedly disembarking on the coasts of Petén (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Belize" title="Belize">Belize</a>), and sacking the nearby towns.<a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – Ten days after the death of British Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Henry Pelham</a>, his brother <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle</a>, forms a government as the new <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_25" title="March 25">March 25</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Clandestine_Marriages_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Clandestine Marriages Act">Clandestine Marriages Act</a> of <a href="/wiki/1753" title="1753">1753</a> comes into force in <a href="/wiki/England_and_Wales" title="England and Wales">England and Wales</a>, placing marriage in that jurisdiction on a statutory basis for the first time.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_5"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – Battle of San Felipe and the Cobá Lagoon: Guatemalan Sergeant Mayor Melchor de Mencos y Varón and his troops defeat the British pirates.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Royal_and_Ancient_Golf_Club_of_St_Andrews" title="The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews">The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews</a> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jumonville_Glen" title="Battle of Jumonville Glen">Battle of Jumonville Glen</a> – The war begins when <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a>, 22, leads a company of <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_States)" title="Militia (United States)">militia</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Colony of Virginia</a>, in an ambush on a force of 35 <a href="/wiki/French_Canadian" class="mw-redirect" title="French Canadian">French Canadians</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Albany_Congress" title="Albany Congress">Albany Congress</a> of seven northern colonies proposes an <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">American Union</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_5"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Necessity" title="Battle of Fort Necessity">Battle of Fort Necessity</a>: <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> surrenders <a href="/wiki/Fort_Necessity_National_Battlefield" title="Fort Necessity National Battlefield">Fort Necessity</a> to French Capt. <a href="/wiki/Louis_Coulon_de_Villiers" title="Louis Coulon de Villiers">Louis Coulon de Villiers</a>, the only surrender in Washington's military career.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Albany_Plan_of_Union" class="mw-redirect" title="Albany Plan of Union">Albany Plan of Union</a> is given official approval by the delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with Connecticut opposing. The plan approved at the meeting in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a> is based on <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin" title="Benjamin Franklin">Benjamin Franklin</a>'s suggestions of "a general union of the British colonies on the continent" for a common defense policy. As amended at the assembly, the proposed union calls for the British Parliament to approve the arrangement, which would encompass all of the British North American colonies except for <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>. The plan, to be considered by the individual colonies for ratification, provides for an inter-colonial legislature (the Grand Council) composed of between two and seven representatives for each colony, depending on population. It also provides for a "President General" who can veto Grand Council legislation, a common defense budget with colonies contributing proportionately to their representation, and an inter-colonial army whose officers would be selected by the Grand Council.<a href="#cite_note-Rogers-94">[94]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – Classes begin at <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a>, founded on October 31 as King's College by <a href="/wiki/Royal_charter" title="Royal charter">royal charter</a> of King <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-columbia_history-95">[95]</a> The college is originally located in Lower Manhattan in the <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">Province of New York</a>. Instruction is suspended in <a href="/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a>, and the school reopens in <a href="/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a> as Columbia College. With the college's growth in the 19th century, it is renamed Columbia University in <a href="/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_6" title="August 6">August 6</a> – The British North American <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Province of Georgia</a> is created. Originally established in <a href="/wiki/1732" title="1732">1732</a> as a place for impoverished English citizens and debt prison parolees to make a new life, is given its first royal government. Administered for 22 years by the Board of <a href="/wiki/Trustees_for_the_Establishment_of_the_Colony_of_Georgia_in_America" title="Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America">Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America</a>, chaired by philanthropist <a href="/wiki/James_Oglethorpe" title="James Oglethorpe">James Oglethorpe</a>, the colony is transferred by the Trustees to the British crown's <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Trade_and_Plantations" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Trade and Plantations">Board of Trade and Plantations</a>. <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">King George II</a>, for whom the colony was named, follows the Board's recommendation by proclaiming Georgia a royal province, and appointing Royal Navy Captain <a href="/wiki/John_Reynolds_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="John Reynolds (Royal Navy officer)">John Reynolds</a> as the first Royal Governor.<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> Reynolds arrives in <a href="/wiki/Savannah,_Georgia" title="Savannah, Georgia">Savannah</a> on October 29 to take office.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – Pennsylvania becomes the first of the British colonies to address Benjamin Franklin's <a href="/wiki/Albany_Plan" title="Albany Plan">Albany Plan</a> for an inter-colonial union. With Franklin absent from <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania#Government" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania's House of Representatives</a> votes against to not consider the Plan at all, and to not refer it to the next legislative session for debate.<a href="#cite_note-Rogers-94">[94]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> – Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> is forced to confront his first <a href="/wiki/Mutiny" title="Mutiny">mutiny</a> as 25 members of his Virginia militia refuse to obey orders from their officers. Washington, who is attending church services at the time, quickly suppresses the rebellion and the mutineers are imprisoned before more join.<a href="#cite_note-98">[98]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/New_Hampshire" title="New Hampshire">New Hampshire</a> settlers <a href="/wiki/Susannah_Willard_Johnson" title="Susannah Willard Johnson">Susannah Willard Johnson</a> and her family are taken hostage by the <a href="/wiki/Abenaki" title="Abenaki">Abenaki</a> Indians during an attack near <a href="/wiki/Charlestown,_New_Hampshire" title="Charlestown, New Hampshire">Charlestown</a>. Nine months pregnant at the time of their capture, Johnson gives birth two days later to a child, whom she names Elizabeth Captive Johnson. For the next two years, the family is held for ransom in Canada before she is released. In 1796, she will recount the story in a popular memoir, A Narrative of the Captivity of Mrs. Johnson.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – A powerful <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquake</a> strikes <a href="/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> shortly after 9 o'clock in the evening. A Scottish physician, Mordach Mackenzie, reports in a letter that the tremor damaged or destroyed numerous buildings and comments, "Some say there were 2000 people destroyed by this calamity, in the town and suburbs; some 900; and others reduce them to 60, who, by what I have seen, are nearer the truth."<a href="#cite_note-100">[100]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11" title="September 11">September 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anthony_Henday" title="Anthony Henday">Anthony Henday</a>, an English explorer, becomes the first white man to reach the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Rockies" title="Canadian Rockies">Canadian Rockies</a>, after climbing a ridge above the <a href="/wiki/Red_Deer_River" title="Red Deer River">Red Deer River</a> near what is now <a href="/wiki/Innisfail,_Alberta" title="Innisfail, Alberta">Innisfail, Alberta</a>.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_5"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor" title="Qianlong Emperor">Qianlong Emperor</a> reverses a longstanding policy that barred Chinese subjects from ever returning to China if they remained out of the country for more than three years.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – What will become <a href="/wiki/Columbia_University" title="Columbia University">Columbia University</a> is chartered as "a College in the Province of New York... in the City of New York in America... named King's College", with the charter submitted by New York's colonial governor, <a href="/wiki/James_De_Lancey" title="James De Lancey">James De Lancey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-columbia_history-95">[95]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_28" title="November 28">November 28</a> – Denmark establishes the Renteskirverkontor, an office within the Chamber of Finance, to oversee the colonial affairs of the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a> (Dansk Vestindien).<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> Peder Mariager, who had been a minor official of the Danish West Indies Company, becomes the first administrator. The colony, consisting of the islands of Saint Thomas, Saint John and Saint Croix later is purchased by the United States from Denmark and is now the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Virgin_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Karim_Khan_Zand" title="Karim Khan Zand">Karim Khan Zand</a>, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Persia" title="List of monarchs of Persia">King of Persia</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>) recaptures the city of <a href="/wiki/Shiraz" title="Shiraz">Shiraz</a> from <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghan</a> warlord <a href="/wiki/Azad_Khan_Afghan" title="Azad Khan Afghan">Azad Khan Afghan</a>, who had taken control of much of central Iran since 1749.<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Osman_III" title="Osman III">Osman III</a> succeeds his brother <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_I" title="Mahmud I">Mahmud I</a> as <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Emperor" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Emperor">Ottoman Emperor</a>; he will rule until his death in <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a> – Massachusetts becomes the third colony (after Pennsylvania and Connecticut) to reject the <a href="/wiki/Albany_Plan" title="Albany Plan">Albany Plan</a> for an inter-colonial union, voting 48 to 31 to postpone consideration of the union question indefinitely.<a href="#cite_note-Rogers-94">[94]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_4"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li>Surveyor <a href="/wiki/William_Churton" title="William Churton">William Churton</a> lays out what will become the seat of <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Colony_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Colony of North Carolina">North Carolina</a>. The town is named Corbin Town for Francis Corbin, a member of the North Carolina governor's council. Corbin Town is renamed Childsburgh in <a href="/wiki/1759" title="1759">1759</a>, and finally <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_North_Carolina" title="Hillsborough, North Carolina">Hillsborough</a> in <a href="/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Florian%27s_Martyr_Greek_Catholic_Church,_Budapest" title="St. Florian's Martyr Greek Catholic Church, Budapest">St. Florian's Martyr Greek Catholic Church, Budapest</a> is built.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_apparition" title="Marian apparition">Marian apparition</a> at <a href="/wiki/Las_Lajas_Shrine" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Lajas Shrine">Las Lajas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia">Colombia</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1755">1755</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1755" title="1755">1755</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1755&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1755&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_6"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a> (O. S. January 12, <a href="/wiki/Tatiana_Day" title="Tatiana Day">Tatiana Day</a>, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – <a href="/wiki/Moscow_State_University" title="Moscow State University">Moscow University</a> is established.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Giyanti" title="Treaty of Giyanti">Treaty of Giyanti</a>: The kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Mataram_Sultanate" title="Mataram Sultanate">Mataram</a> on <a href="/wiki/Java" title="Java">Java</a> is divided in two, creating the sultanate of <a href="/wiki/Yogyakarta_Sultanate" title="Yogyakarta Sultanate">Yogyakarta</a> and the sunanate of <a href="/wiki/Surakarta_Sunanate" title="Surakarta Sunanate">Surakarta</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – A steam engine is used in the American colonies for the first time as <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a> copper mine owner Arent Schuyler installs a <a href="/wiki/Newcomen_atmospheric_engine" title="Newcomen atmospheric engine">Newcomen atmospheric engine</a> to pump water out of a mineshaft.<a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> – Britain's House of Commons votes in favor of £1,000,000 of appropriations to expand the British Army and Royal Navy operations in North America.<a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> – General <a href="/wiki/Edward_Braddock" title="Edward Braddock">Edward Braddock</a> and 1,600 British sailors and soldiers arrive at <a href="/wiki/Alexandria,_Virginia" title="Alexandria, Virginia">Alexandria, Virginia</a> on transport ships that have sailed up the <a href="/wiki/Potomac_River" title="Potomac River">Potomac River</a>. Braddock, sent to take command of the British forces against the French in North America, commandeers taverns and private homes to feed and house the troops.<a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_6"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_2" title="April 2">April 2</a> – A naval fleet, led by Commodore <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_James,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William James, 1st Baronet">William James</a> of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>, captures Tulaji Angre's fortress <a href="/wiki/Suvarnadurg" title="Suvarnadurg">Suvarnadurg</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Marathas</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_15" title="April 15">April 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language" title="A Dictionary of the English Language">A Dictionary of the English Language</a> is published by <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Johnson" title="Samuel Johnson">Samuel Johnson</a> (he had begun the work nine years earlier, in <a href="/wiki/1746" title="1746">1746</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> dispatches 3,600 troops to protect its Canadian colonies in <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> from a British invasion, dispatching 2,400 to Quebec city and 1,200 to <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg" title="Louisbourg">Louisbourg</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, unaware that a squadron of 11 fully armed warships from Britain's Royal Navy had sailed toward Canada on April 27.<a href="#cite_note-Dull-108">[108]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – Spanish missionary Tomas Sanchez and three families establish a settlement on the north side of the <a href="/wiki/Rio_Grande" title="Rio Grande">Rio Grande</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Spain" title="New Spain">New Spain</a>. Sanchez names it <a href="/wiki/Laredo,_Texas" title="Laredo, Texas">Villa de Laredo</a>. The new settlement is the northernmost part of the colony of <a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Santander" title="Nuevo Santander">Nuevo Santander</a>, founded by <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Escand%C3%B3n,_1st_Count_of_Sierra_Gorda" title="José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda">José de Escandón, 1st Count of Sierra Gorda</a>, which now comprises parts of the Mexican state of <a href="/wiki/Tamaulipas" title="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</a> and the U.S. state of <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. The portion of Villa de Laredo north of the river later becomes Laredo, Texas; the remaining portion south of the river is later renamed Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.<a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_19" title="May 19">May 19</a> – General Braddock hosts Iroquois leaders Scaroyady, Kaghswaghtaniunt and Silver Heels at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Cumberland_(Maryland)" title="Fort Cumberland (Maryland)">Fort Cumberland</a>, the British Army base in the colony of <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>. The three chiefs pledge their alliance with the British in advance of Braddock's expedition into the Ohio Country.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Province of Massachusetts Bay</a> sends 2,000 troops to supplement other British Army and colonial forces in Acadia; the troops anchor at <a href="/wiki/Chignecto_Bay" title="Chignecto Bay">Chignecto Bay</a> on June 1.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – France completes the construction of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Duquesne" title="Fort Duquesne">Fort Duquesne</a>, its new base to the west of the British colony of Pennsylvania. The British capture the fort during the <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> and rename it <a href="/wiki/Fort_Pitt_(Pennsylvania)" title="Fort Pitt (Pennsylvania)">Fort Pitt</a>. The site, at the junction of the Allegheny River and the Monongahela River, is now <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>.<a href="#cite_note-112">[112]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a> – General Braddock's troops begin a difficult trek across the heavily wooded <a href="/wiki/Allegheny_Mountains" title="Allegheny Mountains">Allegheny Mountains</a> from western Maryland into the Ohio country.<a href="#cite_note-Papas-113">[113]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> <ul><li>Scottish chemist <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Black" title="Joseph Black">Joseph Black</a> describes his discovery of <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a> (fixed air) and <a href="/wiki/Magnesium" title="Magnesium">magnesium</a>, in a paper to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Society of Edinburgh">Medical Society of Edinburgh</a>. The paper is published in 1756 with the title Experiments upon Magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other alkaline Substances.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a></li> <li>At the entrance of the <a href="/wiki/Saint_Lawrence_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Lawrence River">Saint Lawrence River</a>, a squadron of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> ships, under the command of British Admiral <a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a>, intercepts the nine French ships dispatched to save Canada; seven of the nine ships are concealed by fog and are able to reach their destination; another of the transports escapes.<a href="#cite_note-Dull-108">[108]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> – After a <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Beaus%C3%A9jour" title="Battle of Fort Beauséjour">two-week siege</a>, the French commander of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Beaus%C3%A9jour" title="Fort Beauséjour">Fort Beauséjour</a> in North America surrenders to the British, marking the end of "<a href="/wiki/Father_Le_Loutre%27s_War" title="Father Le Loutre's War">Father Le Loutre's War</a>".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> – Most of the French troops dispatched to Canada arrive at Quebec, along with the new <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_New_France" title="Governor General of New France">Governor General of New France</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Rigaud,_Marquis_de_Vaudreuil-Cavagnial" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial">Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnial</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Dull-108">[108]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Iyoas_I" title="Iyoas I">Iyoas I</a> becomes the new <a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Ethiopia" title="Emperor of Ethiopia">Emperor of Ethiopia</a> upon the death of his father, <a href="/wiki/Iyasu_II" title="Iyasu II">Iyasu II</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_6"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Braddock_Expedition" title="Braddock Expedition">Braddock Expedition</a>: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">French</a> and Indian forces. During the battle, British General <a href="/wiki/Edward_Braddock" title="Edward Braddock">Edward Braddock</a> is mortally wounded. Colonel <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> survives.<a href="#cite_note-WDL-115">[115]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – In a convoy of ships from <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a>, returning to India for the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>, the lead ship <a href="/wiki/Doddington_(East_Indiaman)" title="Doddington (East Indiaman)">Doddington</a> (on her third voyage) wrecks in <a href="/wiki/Algoa_Bay" title="Algoa Bay">Algoa Bay</a> near modern-day <a href="/wiki/Port_Elizabeth" class="mw-redirect" title="Port Elizabeth">Port Elizabeth</a> in South Africa, losing 247 of its 270 passengers and crew, together with a chest of gold coins from <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> worth £33,000. In <a href="/wiki/1998" title="1998">1998</a>, 1,400 coins from the wreck site are offered for sale, and in <a href="/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a> a portion is given to the South African government. Around twenty survivors of the wreck are eventually able to make safety after an open boat voyage.<a href="#cite_note-116">[116]</a><a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – The decision to deport the <a href="/wiki/Acadians" title="Acadians">Acadians</a> is made, during meetings of the Nova Scotia Council meeting in <a href="/wiki/Halifax_(former_city)" class="mw-redirect" title="Halifax (former city)">Halifax</a>. From September 1755-June 1763, the vast majority of Acadians are deported to one of the following British Colonies in America: <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Massachusetts_Bay" title="Province of Massachusetts Bay">Massachusetts</a>, <a href="/wiki/Connecticut_Colony" title="Connecticut Colony">Connecticut</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_New_York" title="Province of New York">New York</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Pennsylvania" title="Province of Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Maryland" title="Province of Maryland">Maryland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colony_of_Virginia" title="Colony of Virginia">Virginia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_North_Carolina" title="Province of North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Province_of_South_Carolina" title="Province of South Carolina">South Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/Province_of_Georgia" title="Province of Georgia">Georgia</a>. Contrary to popular belief, no Acadians are sent to <a href="/wiki/Louisiana_(New_France)" title="Louisiana (New France)">Louisiana</a>. Those sent to Virginia are refused and then sent on to <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southampton" title="Southampton">Southampton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Penryn,_Cornwall" title="Penryn, Cornwall">Penryn</a> in England. In 1758 the Fortress of Louisbourg falls and all of the civilian population of Isle Royal (Cape Breton Island) and Isle St. Jean (Prince Edward Island) are repatriated to France. Among them were several thousand Acadians, who had escaped the deportation by fleeing into those areas. Very few Acadians successfully escape the deportation and do so only by fleeing into some of the northern sections of present day <a href="/wiki/New_Brunswick" title="New Brunswick">New Brunswick</a>. The event inspires Longfellow to write the epic poem <a href="/wiki/Evangeline" title="Evangeline">Evangeline</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians" title="Expulsion of the Acadians">Expulsion of the Acadians</a> begins, with the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Fundy_Campaign_(1755)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755)">Bay of Fundy Campaign</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – A powerful hurricane strikes the east coast of the British colony of <a href="/wiki/North_Carolina" title="North Carolina">North Carolina</a>, killing 150 people and sinking five British and colonial merchant ships at <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth,_North_Carolina" title="Portsmouth, North Carolina">Portsmouth Island</a>.<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Russian_Academy_of_Sciences" title="Russian Academy of Sciences">Russian Academy of Sciences</a> awards its prize for "the best explanation of the true causes of electricity including their theory" to Switzerland's <a href="/wiki/Johann_Euler" title="Johann Euler">Johann Euler</a> for his paper Disquisitio de causa physica electricitatis.<a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_George" title="Battle of Lake George">Battle of Lake George</a>: French Army troops, led by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Erdman,_Baron_Dieskau" title="Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau">Jean Erdman, Baron Dieskau</a>, and Canadian colonists, led by <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Legardeur_de_Saint-Pierre" title="Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre">Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre</a>, drive south into Britain's New York province.<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> They are met by British Army troops under <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Johnson,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet">General William Johnson</a> being supplemented by 200 Mohawk troops led by the Mohawk war chief, <a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Theyanoguin" title="Hendrick Theyanoguin">Theyanoguin</a>. After Theyanouguin and other Mohawks are killed in the battle, the <a href="/wiki/Haudenosaunee_Clan_Mother" title="Haudenosaunee Clan Mother">clan matrons</a> of the Mohawk nation forbid the men from participating in the war against the French until a French defeat seems certain.<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams, the new British Minister to Russia, secures an alliance signed by Empress Catherine the Great. The Russian Empire agrees to provide up to 55,000 troops to defend the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a> against invasion by <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>. At the time, King <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a> is also the ruler of the German duchy; the Russian troops are provided in return for an annual payment of £600,000.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a> – Jean-Marc Vacheron founds his watch-making company <a href="/wiki/Vacheron_Constantin" title="Vacheron Constantin">Vacheron Constantin</a>. To this day, Vacheron Constantin is the oldest watchmaker in the world with an uninterrupted watchmaking history since its foundation.<a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts#Role_in_the_Revolutionary_War" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Two slaves, Mark and Phyllis, are publicly executed for the poisoning murder of their master, John Codman</a> in front of a large crowd outside the Middlesex County Courthouse in <a href="/wiki/Cambridge,_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">Cambridge, Massachusetts</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a> Phyllis is <a href="/wiki/Death_by_burning" title="Death by burning">burned to death</a>. Mark's execution by hanging is made as an example to other <a href="/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Massachusetts" title="History of slavery in Massachusetts">African slaves in the Province of Massachusetts Bay</a>. His body is transported to Charlestown Common in what is now <a href="/wiki/Somerville,_Massachusetts" title="Somerville, Massachusetts">Somerville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gibbeting" title="Gibbeting">displayed on a gibbet</a> for more than 20 years. In 1798, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Revere" title="Paul Revere">Paul Revere</a> mentions in his memoir that his famous ride of April 18, <a href="/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a>, started when he first spotted British Army officers at a site "nearly opposite where Mark was hung in chains", I saw two men on Horse back, under a Tree".<a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_6"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a> – In west Africa, officials of the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_West_India_Company" title="Dutch West India Company">Dutch West India Company</a> sign a peace agreement with officials of the <a href="/wiki/Ashanti_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashanti Empire">Ashanti Empire</a> at <a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina</a> p108. In return for an annual tribute in gold, the Ashanti maintain peaceful relations with the Europeans in the <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Gold_Coast" title="Dutch Gold Coast">Dutch Gold Coast</a> colony and the Dutch maintain their settlement at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Coenraadsburg" title="Fort Coenraadsburg">Fort Coenraadsburg</a>. The area is now part of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Region_(Ghana)" title="Central Region (Ghana)">Central Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ghana" title="Ghana">Ghana</a>.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – Having completed the <a href="/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Acadians" title="Expulsion of the Acadians">Expulsion of the Acadians</a> from <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">St. John's Island</a> (now Prince Edward Island), the British colonial Governor of <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lawrence_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Lawrence (British Army officer)">Charles Lawrence</a>, issues a proclamation that his office will receive proposals from English settlers "for the peopling and cultivating as well of the lands vacated by the French, as every other part of this valuable province."<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Penn%27s_Creek_massacre" title="Penn's Creek massacre">Penn's Creek massacre</a> is carried out against white settlers who have moved into the <a href="/wiki/Susquehanna_Valley" title="Susquehanna Valley">Susquehanna Valley</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> colony, in territory also claimed by the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware people">Delaware Indians</a>. The Delawares attack the Penn's Creek village, located near what is now <a href="/wiki/Selinsgrove,_Pennsylvania" title="Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania">Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania</a>, and kill 25 of the 26 men, women and children living there.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Katla_(volcano)" title="Katla (volcano)">Mount Katla</a> volcano erupts in <a href="/wiki/Iceland" title="Iceland">Iceland</a> and continues ejecting ash for the next 120 days, finally ceasing on February 13. An estimated 1.5 cubic kilometers (1.5 billion cubic meters or 53 billion cubic feet) of <a href="/wiki/Tephra" title="Tephra">tephra</a> is discharged by the volcano.<a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Yirmisekizzade_Mehmed_Said_Pasha" title="Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha">Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha</a> becomes the new <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire</a>, the fifth person to serve as the Empire's Vizier in 1755.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – More than 40,000 people are killed by the 8.5 magnitude <a href="/wiki/1755_Lisbon_earthquake" title="1755 Lisbon earthquake">earthquake in Lisbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese Empire</a>. The tremor begins at 9:40 in the morning local time off of the Atlantic coast of Portugal and sends a <a href="/wiki/Tsunami" title="Tsunami">tsunami</a> that strikes the coasts of Portugal, Spain and Morocco. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg/220px-1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg/330px-1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg/440px-1755_Lisbon_earthquake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="998" data-file-height="593" /></a><figcaption> <a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a>: <a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Lisbon</a> earthquake kills more than 40,000</figcaption></figure></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Corsican_Constitution" title="Corsican Constitution">Corsican Constitution</a> is adopted by Corsican representatives, at the Consulta generale di Corte.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/1755_Cape_Ann_earthquake" title="1755 Cape Ann earthquake">1755 Cape Ann earthquake</a> occurs in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Ann" title="Cape Ann">Cape Ann</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, causing extensive damage.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand VI of Spain">Ferdinand VI of Spain</a> grants the <a href="/wiki/Religious_of_the_Virgin_Mary" title="Religious of the Virgin Mary">Religious of the Virgin Mary</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="Spanish Philippines">Philippines</a> royal protection.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2" title="December 2">December 2</a> – The second <a href="/wiki/Eddystone_Lighthouse" title="Eddystone Lighthouse">Eddystone Lighthouse</a> off the coast of England is destroyed by fire.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anton_I_of_Georgia" title="Anton I of Georgia">Anton</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_the_Georgian_Orthodox_Church" title="List of heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church">Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church</a>, is dismissed by his opponents on the Ecclesiastical Council and briefly imprisoned for 18 months before being allowed to move to Russia; in 1764, Anton is again made the Georgian Orthodox Church's leader.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_5"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolsey_(clothing)" title="Wolsey (clothing)">Wolsey</a>, the clothes manufacturer, is established in <a href="/wiki/Leicester" title="Leicester">Leicester</a>, England; the business celebrates its 250th anniversary in <a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>.</li> <li>Construction of the <a href="/wiki/Puning_Temple_(Hebei)" title="Puning Temple (Hebei)">Puning Temple</a> complex in <a href="/wiki/Chengde" title="Chengde">Chengde</a>, China is completed, during the reign of the <a href="/wiki/Qianlong_Emperor" title="Qianlong Emperor">Qianlong Emperor</a>.</li> <li>Construction of <a href="/wiki/St_Ninian%27s_Church,_Tynet" title="St Ninian's Church, Tynet">St Ninian's Church, Tynet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland</a>, the country's oldest surviving post-Reformation <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Clandestine_church" title="Clandestine church">clandestine church</a>, is completed.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Brine_shrimp" title="Brine shrimp">brine shrimp</a> <a href="/wiki/Artemia_salina" title="Artemia salina">Artemia salina</a> is first described, in <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Linnaeus</a>' <a href="/wiki/Systema_Naturae" title="Systema Naturae">Systema Naturæ</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1756">1756</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1756" title="1756">1756</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1756&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1756&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_7"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Prussian_alliance_(1756)#Treaty" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Prussian alliance (1756)">Treaty of Westminster</a> is signed between <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>, guaranteeing the neutrality of the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a>, controlled by King <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology318-131">[131]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Salzburg" title="Salzburg">Salzburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_War" title="Guaraní War">Guaraní War</a>: The leader of the <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_people" title="Guaraní people">Guaraní</a> rebels, <a href="/wiki/Sep%C3%A9_Tiaraju" title="Sepé Tiaraju">Sepé Tiaraju</a>, is killed in a skirmish with Spanish and Portuguese troops.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – The massacre of the <a href="/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD_people" title="Guaraní people">Guaraní</a> rebels in the <a href="/wiki/Jesuit_reduction" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesuit reduction">Jesuit reduction</a> of Caaibaté takes place in <a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil">Brazil</a> after their leader, Noicola Neenguiru, defies an ultimatum to surrender by 2:00 in the afternoon.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> On February 7, Neenguiru's predecessor <a href="/wiki/Sep%C3%A9_Tiaraju" title="Sepé Tiaraju">Sepé Tiaraju</a> has been killed in a brief skirmish. As two o'clock arrives, a combined force of Spanish and Portuguese troops makes an assault on the first of the Seven Towns established as Jesuit missions. Defending their town with cannons made out of <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a>, the Guaraní suffer 1,511 dead, compared to three Spaniards and two Portuguese killed in battle.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_14" title="February 14">February 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vijaydurg" title="Battle of Vijaydurg">Battle of Vijaydurg</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Navy" title="Maratha Navy">Maratha Navy</a>, that has controlled the western coast of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Empire</a> for more than a century, is destroyed by British attackers fighting for the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>. On orders of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> Admiral <a href="/wiki/Charles_Watson_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Watson (Royal Navy officer)">Charles Watson</a>, the British capture a Maratha ship (the former British warship HMS Restoration), set it on fire, and then float the burning vessel into the <a href="/wiki/Vijaydurg_Port" title="Vijaydurg Port">Vijaydurg Port</a> where most of Maratha Admiral Tulaji Angre's ships are anchored. The fire soon spreads to the other ships, destroying one large warship armed with 74 cannons, eight <a href="/wiki/Grab_(ship)" title="Grab (ship)">gurabs</a> of 200 tonnes apiece, and sixty galbat ships.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/St._Patrick%27s_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick's Day">St. Patrick's Day</a> is celebrated in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_7"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Yirmisekizzade_Mehmed_Said_Pasha" title="Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha">Yirmisekizzade Mehmed Said Pasha</a> resigns as <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire</a>. He is replaced by Köse Bahir Mustafa Pasha, who has been Grand Vizier from 1752 to 1755.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_St_Philip_(1756)" title="Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)">Siege of Fort St Philip</a> begins when the French under <a href="/wiki/Armand_de_Vignerot_du_Plessis" class="mw-redirect" title="Armand de Vignerot du Plessis">Armand de Vignerot du Plessis</a>, Duke of Richelieu, land near Port <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Mahón</a> on <a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Menorca</a> and besiege the British garrison here in a prelude to the Seven Years' War.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> formally begins, when <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Great Britain</a> declares war on <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">France</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology318-131">[131]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756)" title="Battle of Minorca (1756)">Battle of Minorca</a> – The British fleet under <a href="/wiki/John_Byng" title="John Byng">John Byng</a> is defeated by the French under <a href="/wiki/Roland-Michel_Barrin_de_La_Galissoni%C3%A8re" title="Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière">Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – A <a href="/wiki/Garrison" title="Garrison">garrison</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> is imprisoned in the <a href="/wiki/Black_Hole_of_Calcutta" title="Black Hole of Calcutta">Black Hole of Calcutta</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Cassell's_Chronology318-131">[131]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Coup_of_1756" title="Coup of 1756">Coup of 1756</a>, an attempted <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="Coup d'état">coup d'état</a> planned by <a href="/wiki/Louisa_Ulrika_of_Prussia" title="Louisa Ulrika of Prussia">Queen Louisa Ulrika</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>, to abolish the rule of the <a href="/wiki/Riksdag_of_the_Estates" title="Riksdag of the Estates">Riksdag of the Estates</a> and reinstate <a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">absolute monarchy</a> in Sweden with the support of the <a href="/wiki/Hovpartiet" title="Hovpartiet">Hovpartiet</a>, is exposed and subdued.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Marine_Society" title="The Marine Society">The Marine Society</a> is founded in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, the world's oldest seafarers' charity.<a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_St_Philip_(1756)" title="Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)">Siege of Fort St Philip</a> at Port <a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Mahón</a>: The British garrison in <a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Menorca</a> surrenders to the French after two months' siege by the Duke of Richelieu.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_7"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bartolomeo_Rastrelli" class="mw-redirect" title="Bartolomeo Rastrelli">Bartolomeo Rastrelli</a> presents the newly built <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Palace" title="Catherine Palace">Catherine Palace</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tsarskoye_Selo" title="Tsarskoye Selo">Tsarskoye Selo</a> to Empress <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_of_Russia" title="Elizabeth of Russia">Elizabeth of Russia</a> and her court.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fort_Oswego" title="Fort Oswego">Fort Oswego</a> falls to the French.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_29" title="August 29">August 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick II of Prussia">Frederick II of Prussia</a> invades <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Saxony" title="Electorate of Saxony">Saxony</a>, beginning the <a href="/wiki/Third_Silesian_War" title="Third Silesian War">Third Silesian War</a> within the Seven Years' War on the European continent.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abu_l-Hasan_Ali_I" title="Abu l-Hasan Ali I">Abu l-Hasan Ali I</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Beys_of_Tunis" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Beys of Tunis">Bey of Tunis</a> is forcibly removed after 23 years as the ruler of the North African emirate by his cousins, who are avenging the overthrow and execution of their father, <a href="/wiki/Al-Husayn_I_ibn_Ali" title="Al-Husayn I ibn Ali">Husayn</a> in 1735. Hasan Ali surrenders to the rebels and is imprisoned in <a href="/wiki/Algiers" title="Algiers">Algiers</a>, then executed on September 22 on orders of the new Bey of Tunis, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_I_ar-Rashid" title="Muhammad I ar-Rashid">Muhammad I ar-Rashid</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_7"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lobositz" title="Battle of Lobositz">Battle of Lobositz</a> – Frederick defeats an <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austrian</a> army under Marshal <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Ulysses_Browne" title="Maximilian Ulysses Browne">Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – An "Agreement of Friendship and Trade" is signed by <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a> <a href="/wiki/Osman_III" title="Osman III">Osman III</a> and <a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_V_of_Denmark" title="Frederick V of Denmark">Frederick V</a>. Denmark appoints an extraordinary representative to the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a>.<a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Thomas Pelham-Holles</a>, the Duke of Newcastle, is forced to resign as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a> after the British lose the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756)" title="Battle of Minorca (1756)">Battle of Minorca</a> to the French. The office of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Pitt%E2%80%93Devonshire_ministry" title="Pitt–Devonshire ministry">remains vacant for eight months</a> with <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">William Pitt</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire">the Duke of Devonshire</a> leading the cabinet.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: Militias of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Colony_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Colony of North Carolina">Royal Colony of North Carolina</a> build a fort on the province's western frontier to protect it against natives allied with the French. The fort is named <a href="/wiki/Fort_Dobbs_(North_Carolina)" title="Fort Dobbs (North Carolina)">Fort Dobbs</a> in honor of North Carolina Governor <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Dobbs" title="Arthur Dobbs">Arthur Dobbs</a>, who persuaded the North Carolina legislature to fund the construction a year earlier.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – The play <a href="/wiki/Douglas_(play)" title="Douglas (play)">Douglas</a> is performed for the first time in <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, with overwhelming success, in spite of the opposition of the local church <a href="/wiki/Presbytery_(church_polity)" class="mw-redirect" title="Presbytery (church polity)">presbytery</a>, who summon <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Carlyle" title="Alexander Carlyle">Alexander Carlyle</a> to answer for having attended its representation. However, it fails in its early promise to set up a new Scottish dramatic tradition.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_6"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frederick_II_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="Frederick II of Prussia">Frederick II of Prussia</a> forces his country's <a href="/wiki/Peasant" title="Peasant">peasants</a> to grow the unpopular and obscure <a href="/wiki/Potato" title="Potato">potato</a>.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a></li> <li>The first chocolate-candy factory begins operations in <a href="/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Germany</a>.<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a></li> <li>The town of <a href="/wiki/Gus-Khrustalny_(town)" title="Gus-Khrustalny (town)">Gus-Khrustalny</a> is established in <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russia</a>, with the setting up of a <a href="/wiki/Crystal_glass" class="mw-redirect" title="Crystal glass">crystal glass</a> factory.<a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_Mozart" title="Leopold Mozart">Leopold Mozart</a> publishes his book on his method for learning to play the <a href="/wiki/Violin" title="Violin">violin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Versuch_einer_gr%C3%BCndlichen_Violinschule" title="Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule">Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1757">1757</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1757&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1757&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_8"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: The British Army, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a>, captures <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Calcutta</a>, India.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens" title="Robert-François Damiens">Robert-François Damiens</a> makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt on <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">Louis XV of France</a>, who is slightly wounded by the knife attack. On <a href="/wiki/March_28" title="March 28">March 28</a> Damiens is publicly executed by burning and dismemberment, the last person in France to suffer this punishment. <a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_12" title="January 12">January 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Koca_Rag%C4%B1p_Pasha" title="Koca Ragıp Pasha">Koca Ragıp Pasha</a> becomes the new <a href="/wiki/Grand_Vizier_of_the_Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire">Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire</a>, and administers the office for seven years until his death in 1763.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">Louis XV of France</a> dismisses his two most influential advisers. His Secretary of State for War, the <a href="/wiki/Marc_Antoine_Ren%C3%A9_de_Voyer" title="Marc Antoine René de Voyer">Comte d'Argenson</a> and the Secretary of the Navy, <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_de_Machault_d%27Arnouville" title="Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville">Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville</a>, are both removed from office at the urging of the King's mistress, <a href="/wiki/Madame_de_Pompadour" title="Madame de Pompadour">Madame de Pompadour</a>. <a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Versailles" class="mw-redirect" title="Versailles">Versailles</a> in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, representatives of the Russian Empire and the Austrian Empire enter into an alliance against Prussia, with each nation pledging 80,000 troops. <a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> Other clauses to the treaty, not disclosed to the public, commit Austria to pay Russia one million <a href="/wiki/Ruble" title="Ruble">rubles</a> per year during the war to pay for the expenses of 24,000 of the Russian troops, and two million rubles upon the conquest of <a href="/wiki/Silesia" title="Silesia">Silesia</a> (a Prussian province that had been seized from Austria in 1746). <a href="#cite_note-Nester-144">[144]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_3" title="February 3">February 3</a> – French artist Robert Picault begins the rescue of the <a href="/wiki/Fresco" title="Fresco">frescoes</a> at the King's Chamber of the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Fontainebleau" title="Palace of Fontainebleau">Palace of Fontainebleau</a> before architect Ange-Jacques Gabrel begins renovations. <a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Nawab_of_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawab of Bengal">Nawab of Bengal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siraj_ud-Daulah" class="mw-redirect" title="Siraj ud-Daulah">Siraj ud-Daulah</a>, leads an attempt to retake Calcutta from the British. With just 1,900 soldiers and sailors, but superior cannon power, General Robert Clive forces the Nawab's much larger force into a retreat. The British sustain 194 casualties, but the Bengalis suffer 1,300. <a href="#cite_note-Stevenson-146">[146]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – The Nawab and General Clive sign the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Alinagar" title="Treaty of Alinagar">Treaty of Alinagar</a>, with Bengal compensating the British East India Company for its losses and pledging respect for British control of India. <a href="#cite_note-Stevenson-146">[146]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_V_of_Denmark" title="Frederick V of Denmark">Frederick V of Denmark</a> issues an order to create a Lutheran mission for African slaves at the <a href="/wiki/Danish_West_Indies" title="Danish West Indies">Danish West Indies</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>) at <a href="/wiki/St._Croix" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Croix">St. Croix</a>. <a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – A revolt against the government of King <a href="/wiki/Joseph_I_of_Portugal" title="Joseph I of Portugal">Joseph I of Portugal</a> takes place in the city of <a href="/wiki/Oporto" class="mw-redirect" title="Oporto">Oporto</a>. After the riot's suppression, King Joao's minister, the <a href="/wiki/Marquis_of_Pombal" class="mw-redirect" title="Marquis of Pombal">Marquis of Pombal</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A3o_Jos%C3%A9_de_Carvalho_e_Melo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo">Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo</a>), orders a harsh punishment against the perpetrators. Of 478 people arrested, 442 of them (including 50 women and young boys) are condemned to various sentences carried out in October. <a href="#cite_note-Aguilera-148">[148]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_14" title="March 14">March 14</a> – British Royal Navy Admiral <a href="/wiki/John_Byng" title="John Byng">John Byng</a> is executed by firing squad on board ship after his court martial conviction for failing in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756)" title="Battle of Minorca (1756)">Battle of Minorca (1756)</a> to save British troops who had been besieged by a numerically superior French force in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Fort_St_Philip_(1756)" title="Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)">Siege of Fort St Philip (1756)</a>.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a> General Edward Cornwallis, the ranking British Army officer at the battle, is exonerated of charges of dereliction of duty, but his career is ruined. Byng's execution is the origin of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minorca_(1756)#Aftermath" title="Battle of Minorca (1756)">phrase</a> "In this country, it is wise to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others", coined by <a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a> in his novel Candide.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> signs an alliance treaty with <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> in the multinational effort to remove King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a>, even though Queen Consort Ulrika of Sweden is Frederick's sister. Sweden agrees to contribute 25,000 troops to the French and Austrian force. <a href="#cite_note-Nester-144">[144]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – The British <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> takes control of <a href="/wiki/Chandannagar" title="Chandannagar">Chandannagar</a> and forces out the French Indian administrators. <a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_28" title="March 28">March 28</a> – Robert François Damiens is burned to death in public for his January 5 assassination attempt on King Louis XV of France. <a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Rigshospitalet" title="Rigshospitalet">Rigshospitalet</a>, national hospital of <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>, is founded at <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>. <a href="#cite_note-152">[152]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_8"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham" title="William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham">William Pitt</a> is dismissed from the government, following several military reverses in Britain's fight against France in America. After a public outcry, Pitt is called back to conduct Britain's foreign and military affairs and given greater control. <a href="#cite_note-153">[153]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> <ul><li>The works of astronomer <a href="/wiki/Galileo_Galilei" title="Galileo Galilei">Galileo Galilei</a> espousing <a href="/wiki/Heliocentrism" title="Heliocentrism">heliocentrism</a> are removed (with the approval of <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a>) from the <a href="/wiki/Index_Librorum_Prohibitorum" title="Index Librorum Prohibitorum">Index Librorum Prohibitorum</a> list of books banned by <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic Church">Roman Catholic Church</a>, along with "all books teaching the earth's motion and the sun's immobility". Other works of heliocentrists Galileo, <a href="/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus" title="Nicolaus Copernicus">Nicolaus Copernicus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Kepler" title="Johannes Kepler">Johannes Kepler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diego_de_Z%C3%BA%C3%B1iga" title="Diego de Zúñiga">Diego de Zúñiga</a> and Paolo Foscarini remain on the list. <a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a></li> <li>In the wake of public unrest in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, the King's Council issues a decree that bars anyone from writing, printing anything that would tend toward émouvoir les esprits (stir up popular sentiment) against the government, with violations punishable by death. <a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a> – The Spanish <a href="/wiki/Mission_(station)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mission (station)">mission</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mission_Santa_Cruz_de_San_Sab%C3%A1" title="Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá">Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá</a> is founded by Spanish missionary families on the banks of the <a href="/wiki/San_Saba_River" title="San Saba River">San Saba River</a> near present day <a href="/wiki/Menard,_Texas" title="Menard, Texas">Menard, Texas</a>. <a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Less than two years later, the European settlement is destroyed by the native <a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche</a> Indians who live in the area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – Inside a house at <a href="/wiki/Stratford-upon-Avon" title="Stratford-upon-Avon">Stratford-upon-Avon</a> in England, a bricklayer, identified only as "Mosely", discovers the testament of <a href="/wiki/John_Shakespeare" title="John Shakespeare">John Shakespeare</a>, father of <a href="/wiki/William_Shakespeare" title="William Shakespeare">William Shakespeare</a>, more than 150 years after the elder's death. The finding, done while Mosely is re-tiling the roof of what is now called <a href="/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_Birthplace" title="Shakespeare's Birthplace">Shakespeare's Birthplace</a>, starts "what remains one of the most controversial topics in Shakespeare studies" because of disagreements over its authenticity. <a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> and <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> sign a second treaty of alliance at Versailles, committing France to sending an additional 105,000 troops to the war against Prussia, and to pay expenses to Austria at the rate of 12 million florins annually. <a href="#cite_note-Nester-144">[144]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Prague_(1757)" title="Battle of Prague (1757)">Battle of Prague</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> defeats an <a href="/wiki/Archduchy_of_Austria" title="Archduchy of Austria">Austrian</a> army, and begins to besiege the city.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kol%C3%ADn" title="Battle of Kolín">Battle of Kolín</a>: Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under <a href="/wiki/Count_Leopold_Joseph_von_Daun" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Leopold Joseph von Daun">Marshal Daun</a>, forcing him to evacuate <a href="/wiki/Bohemia" title="Bohemia">Bohemia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Plassey" title="Battle of Plassey">Battle of Plassey</a>: 3,000 troops serving with the British <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> under <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clive" title="Robert Clive">Robert Clive</a> defeat a 50,000 strong Indian army under <a href="/wiki/Siraj_ud-Daulah" class="mw-redirect" title="Siraj ud-Daulah">Siraj ud-Daulah</a> with the help of Mir Jafar, at <a href="/wiki/Plassey" class="mw-redirect" title="Plassey">Plassey</a>, India, marking the first victory of the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> over <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> Which lasts until <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a> .</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_4th_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire">Duke of Devonshire</a> resigns as <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a> after being unable to conduct governmental affairs without William Pitt.</li> <li>The 1755 rebellion against the <a href="/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">Chinese Empire</a> by Mongolian <a href="/wiki/Oirats" title="Oirats">Oirat</a> Prince <a href="/wiki/Amursana" title="Amursana">Amursana</a> is met by a Chinese army of 10,000 attackers against Amursana's 2,500 man force at their capital at <a href="/wiki/Bole,_Xinjiang" title="Bole, Xinjiang">Bor Tal</a>. The rebels are able to hold out for 17 days before being routed. <a href="#cite_note-Sanders-158">[158]</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_8"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Holles,_1st_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle">Duke of Newcastle</a> is asked to form a new government and fills the office of <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Great Britain">Prime Minister of Great Britain</a>, after his forced resignation eight months earlier.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – Amursana's Mongolian rebellion against the Chinese Empire is crushed after a battle of 17 days, and the survivors flee to Russia, where Amursana unsuccessfully seeks Russian aid. <a href="#cite_note-Sanders-158">[158]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_26" title="July 26">July 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hastenbeck" title="Battle of Hastenbeck">Battle of Hastenbeck</a>: An Anglo-Hanoverian army under the <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" title="Prince William, Duke of Cumberland">Duke of Cumberland</a> is defeated by the French under <a href="/wiki/Louis_d%27Estr%C3%A9es" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis d'Estrées">Louis d'Estrées</a>, and forced out of <a href="/wiki/Hanover" title="Hanover">Hanover</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a>–<a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">9</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: A French army under Louis-Joseph de Montcalm forces the English to surrender <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Henry" title="Fort William Henry">Fort William Henry</a>. The French army's Indian allies <a href="/wiki/Fort_William_Henry_massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Fort William Henry massacre">slaughter</a> the surviving men, women and children.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_11" title="August 11">August 11</a> – In the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Delhi_(1757)" title="Battle of Delhi (1757)">Battle of Delhi</a>, the capital city of the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a> is retaken by <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Empire</a> leader <a href="/wiki/Raghunathrao" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghunathrao">Raghunathrao</a> from <a href="/wiki/Najib_ad-Dawlah" title="Najib ad-Dawlah">Najib ad-Dawlah</a>, who flees to refuge in the royal palace, the <a href="/wiki/Red_Fort" title="Red Fort">Red Fort</a>. <a href="#cite_note-Mehta-159">[159]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gross-J%C3%A4gersdorf" title="Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf">Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf</a>: A Prussian army under <a href="/wiki/Hans_von_Lehwaldt" title="Hans von Lehwaldt">Hans von Lehwaldt</a> is defeated by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> army of Marshal <a href="/wiki/Stepan_Fyodorovich_Apraksin" title="Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin">Stepan Apraksin</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – The life of <a href="/wiki/Najib_ad-Dawlah" title="Najib ad-Dawlah">Najib ad-Dawlah</a> is spared by <a href="/wiki/Raghunathrao" class="mw-redirect" title="Raghunathrao">Raghunathrao</a> upon the intercession of General <a href="/wiki/Malhar_Rao_Holkar" title="Malhar Rao Holkar">Malhar Rao Holkar</a>. Najib and his family are permitted to leave the Fort along with most of their property, and the Emperor <a href="/wiki/Alamgir_II" title="Alamgir II">Alamgir II</a> is restored to the Mughal throne as a nominal ruler. <a href="#cite_note-Mehta-159">[159]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Convention_of_Klosterzeven" title="Convention of Klosterzeven">Convention of Klosterzeven</a> is signed at the Lower Saxony town of <a href="/wiki/Bremerv%C3%B6rde" title="Bremervörde">Bremervörde</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Prince_William,_Duke_of_Cumberland" title="Prince William, Duke of Cumberland">Duke of Cumberland</a> following his defeat at the July 26 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hastenbeck" title="Battle of Hastenbeck">Battle of Hastenbeck</a> by the French Army Marshal, <a href="/wiki/Armand_de_Vignerot_du_Plessis" class="mw-redirect" title="Armand de Vignerot du Plessis">the Duke of Richelieu</a>. The treaty provides for the Army of the <a href="/wiki/Electorate_of_Hanover" title="Electorate of Hanover">Electorate of Hanover</a> to be reduced to a token force and for the French Army to occupy Hanover and most of northwest <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>. <a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a> At the time, King <a href="/wiki/George_II_of_Great_Britain" title="George II of Great Britain">George II of Great Britain</a> is also the <a href="/wiki/Elector_of_Hanover" class="mw-redirect" title="Elector of Hanover">Elector of Hanover</a>, and it is later said that "The terms proved worse than either George or his ministers had wanted or expected." <a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pomeranian_War" title="Pomeranian War">Pomeranian War</a>: a column of troops from <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> begins the surprise invasion of <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a>, setting up a <a href="/wiki/Pontoon_bridge" title="Pontoon bridge">pontoon bridge</a> across the <a href="/wiki/Peene" title="Peene">Peene</a> River that marks the boundary between <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Pomerania" title="Swedish Pomerania">Swedish Pomerania</a> and northern Prussia. After crossing at <a href="/wiki/Loitz" title="Loitz">Loitz</a> in the early morning hours, the troops march 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) and begin the occupation of the undefended Prussian town of <a href="/wiki/Demmin" title="Demmin">Demmin</a>. Hours later, another Swedish infantry regiment charges across the border into the Prussian town of <a href="/wiki/Anklam" title="Anklam">Anklam</a>, where the city gate had been left open. <a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> – The "<a href="/wiki/Raid_on_Rochefort" title="Raid on Rochefort">Raid on Rochefort</a>" is carried out as a pre-emptive strike by Great Britain to neutralize France's <a href="/wiki/Arsenal_de_Rochefort" class="mw-redirect" title="Arsenal de Rochefort">Arsenal de Rochefort</a> before the French Navy can carry out plans to invade England. Led by <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke" title="Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke">Admiral Edward Hawke</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Neptune_(1757)" title="HMS Neptune (1757)">HMS Neptune</a> and six other vessels sail in and capture the <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele-d%27Aix" title="Île-d'Aix">Île-d'Aix</a> and its battery of cannons, effectively blocking the departure of any ships from the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Charente_(river)" title="Charente (river)">Charante river</a>. <a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_8"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – Bearing British flags, two French <a href="/wiki/Privateer" title="Privateer">privateers</a> sail up the <a href="/wiki/Gambia_River" title="Gambia River">Gambia River</a> and attempt to capture the British fort on <a href="/wiki/Kunta_Kinteh_Island" title="Kunta Kinteh Island">James Island</a>, but their ruse is discovered the next day before they can stage their attack. The two ships are captured by the Royal Navy after retreating <a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – Of the 442 men, women and children who are convicted for their roles in the <a href="/wiki/Oporto" class="mw-redirect" title="Oporto">Oporto</a> riot in February, 13 men and one woman are hanged; afterward, their bodies are then quartered and the severed limbs are publicly displayed on spikes. Another 49 men and 10 women are exiled at Portuguese colonies in Africa and India, and the others are either flogged, imprisoned or pressed into service rowing <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galley</a> ships. <a href="#cite_note-Aguilera-148">[148]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: Hungarian raiders <a href="/wiki/1757_raid_on_Berlin" title="1757 raid on Berlin">plunder Berlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Prussia" title="Kingdom of Prussia">Prussia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/1757_Hajj_caravan_raid" title="1757 Hajj caravan raid">1757 Hajj caravan raid</a>: Led by <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouin</a> warriors of the <a href="/wiki/Beni_Sakhr" class="mw-redirect" title="Beni Sakhr">Beni Sakhr</a> tribe conducts a massive assault against a caravan of thousands of Muslim travelers who are on their way back to <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> after the <a href="/wiki/Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a>, the pilgrimage to <a href="/wiki/Mecca" title="Mecca">Mecca</a>. The attack, made at Hallat Ammar after the group has been resupplied at <a href="/wiki/Tabuk,_Saudi_Arabia" title="Tabuk, Saudi Arabia">Tabuk</a>, leads to the annihilation of 20,000 of the pilgrims. Those who are not killed outright die later in the desert from thirst and starvation. <a href="#cite_note-Peters-165">[165]</a> According to one Arabic source, the largest attack takes place on 10 Safar 1171 A.H. (October 24, 1757)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Osman_III" title="Osman III">Osman III</a> dies, and is succeeded as <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> <a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a> by <a href="/wiki/Mustafa_III" title="Mustafa III">Mustafa III</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – News of the <a href="/wiki/1757_Hajj_caravan_raid" title="1757 Hajj caravan raid">massacre of Muslim pilgrims</a> first reaches <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a>; the officials who had been in charge of protecting the pilgrimage are executed by beheading. <a href="#cite_note-Peters-165">[165]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach" title="Battle of Rossbach">Battle of Rossbach</a>: Frederick defeats the French-Imperial army under the Duc de Soubise and <a href="/wiki/Prince_Joseph_of_Saxe-Hildburghausen" title="Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen">Prince Joseph of Saxe-Hildburghausen</a>, forcing the French to withdraw from <a href="/wiki/Saxony" title="Saxony">Saxony</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abdallah_of_Morocco" title="Abdallah of Morocco">King Abdallah IV</a> of <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> dies and is succeeded by his son, who takes the throne as King <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_ben_Abdallah" title="Mohammed ben Abdallah">Mohammed III</a> and reigns until 1790.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Breslau_(1757)" title="Battle of Breslau (1757)">Battle of Breslau</a>: An Austrian army under <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles_Alexander_of_Lorraine" title="Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine">Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine</a> defeats the Prussian army of Wilhelm of Brunswick-Bevern, and forces the Prussians behind the <a href="/wiki/Oder" title="Oder">Oder</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leuthen" title="Battle of Leuthen">Battle of Leuthen</a>: Frederick defeats Prince Charles's Austrian army, in what is generally considered the Prussian king's greatest tactical victory.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – In Buddhist tradition, <a href="/wiki/Jigme_Lingpa" title="Jigme Lingpa">Jigme Lingpa</a> discovers the <a href="/wiki/Longchen_Nyingthig" title="Longchen Nyingthig">Longchen Nyingthig</a> <a href="/wiki/Terma_(religion)" title="Terma (religion)">terma</a> through a meditative vision, which brings him to <a href="/wiki/Boudhanath" class="mw-redirect" title="Boudhanath">Boudhanath</a>. The Longchen Nyingtig is a popular cycle of teachings in the <a href="/wiki/Nyingma" title="Nyingma">Nyingma</a> school of <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism" title="Tibetan Buddhism">Tibetan Buddhism</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Khresili" title="Battle of Khresili">Battle of Khresili</a>: King <a href="/wiki/Solomon_I_of_Imereti" class="mw-redirect" title="Solomon I of Imereti">Solomon I of Imereti</a> defeats the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> army and an allied faction of nobles, in what is now western <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(country)" title="Georgia (country)">Georgia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Abercrombie_(British_Army_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Abercrombie (British Army general)">James Abercrombie</a> replaces <a href="/wiki/James_Mure-Campbell,_5th_Earl_of_Loudoun" title="James Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of Loudoun">James Mure-Campbell, 5th Earl of Loudoun</a> as supreme commander in the <a href="/wiki/British_America" title="British America">American</a> colonies. <a href="#cite_note-166">[166]</a> Abercrombie is replaced himself, after failing to take the fort at <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga,_New_York" title="Ticonderoga, New York">Ticonderoga</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_7"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nam_ti%E1%BA%BFn" title="Nam tiến">Nam tiến</a>, the southward expansion of the territory of <a href="/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a> into the <a href="/wiki/Indochina" class="mw-redirect" title="Indochina">Indochina</a> Peninsula, is concluded.<a href="#cite_note-167">[167]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wood_(antiquarian)" title="Robert Wood (antiquarian)">Robert Wood</a> publishes The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria in English and French, making the ancient city of <a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a> known to the West.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg" title="Emanuel Swedenborg">Emanuel Swedenborg</a> claims to have witnessed the <a href="/wiki/Last_Judgment" title="Last Judgment">Last Judgment</a> occurring in the spiritual world.<a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1758">1758</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1758" title="1758">1758</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1758&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1758&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_9"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – Swedish biologist <a href="/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus" title="Carl Linnaeus">Carl Linnaeus</a> (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (Animalia) of the <a href="/wiki/10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae" title="10th edition of Systema Naturae">10th edition of Systema Naturae</a>, the starting point of modern <a href="/wiki/Zoological_nomenclature" class="mw-redirect" title="Zoological nomenclature">zoological nomenclature</a>, introducing <a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">binomial nomenclature</a> for animals to his established system of <a href="/wiki/Linnaean_taxonomy" title="Linnaean taxonomy">Linnaean taxonomy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-169">[169]</a> Among the first examples of his system of identifying an organism by genus and then species, Linnaeus identifies the <a href="/wiki/Lamprey" title="Lamprey">lamprey</a> with the name Petromyzon marinus.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> He introduces the term <a href="/wiki/Homo_sapiens" class="mw-redirect" title="Homo sapiens">Homo sapiens</a>. (Date of January 1 assigned retrospectively.)<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – At <a href="/wiki/Cap-Ha%C3%AFtien" title="Cap-Haïtien">Cap-Haïtien</a> in <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a>, former slave turned rebel <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mackandal" title="François Mackandal">François Mackandal</a> is executed by the French colonial government by being burned at the stake.<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian</a> troops under the command of <a href="/wiki/William_Fermor" title="William Fermor">William Fermor</a> invade East <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussia</a> and capture <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="Königsberg">Königsberg</a> with 34,000 soldiers; although the city is later abandoned by Russia after the Seven Years' War ends, the city again comes under Russian control in 1945 during World War II and is now named <a href="/wiki/Kaliningrad" title="Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a>.<a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – A fleet of 158 British Royal Navy warships, under the command of Admiral <a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a>, departs from <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> toward North America in an effort to conquer the French Canadian territories of <a href="/wiki/New_France" title="New France">New France</a>. Many of the sailors die of nutritional deficiencies along the way, including the <a href="/wiki/Scurvy" title="Scurvy">scurvy</a> that kills 26 of the crew of <a href="/wiki/HMS_Pembroke_(1757)" title="HMS Pembroke (1757)">HMS Pembroke</a>, captained by future world explorer <a href="/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> on his first long voyage.<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Edwards_(theologian)" title="Jonathan Edwards (theologian)">Jonathan Edwards</a>, the famed English theologian who had assumed the presidency of what is now <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> only a week earlier, sets an example for students and faculty by publicly receiving an <a href="/wiki/Inoculation" title="Inoculation">inoculation</a> against <a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a>.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> Unfortunately, the vaccine contains live smallpox; Edwards develops the disease and dies on March 22 at the age of 54.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – Members of the <a href="/wiki/Comanche" title="Comanche">Comanche</a> Nation loot and destroy the Spanish <a href="/wiki/Mission_Santa_Cruz_de_San_Sab%C3%A1" title="Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá">Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá</a> (near modern-day <a href="/wiki/Menard,_Texas" title="Menard, Texas">Menard, Texas</a>) and kill eight of the people there, including the mission leader, Father Alonso Giraldo de Terreros.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_9"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cuddalore_(1758)" title="Battle of Cuddalore (1758)">Battle of Cuddalore</a>: A British fleet under <a href="/wiki/George_Pocock" title="George Pocock">Sir George Pocock</a> engages the French fleet of <a href="/wiki/Anne_Antoine,_Comte_d%27Ach%C3%A9" title="Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché">Anne Antoine, Comte d'Aché</a> indecisively near <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_21" title="May 21">May 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Mary_Campbell_(colonial_settler)" title="Mary Campbell (colonial settler)">Mary Campbell</a> is abducted from her home in <a href="/wiki/Pennsylvania" title="Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</a> by members of the <a href="/wiki/Lenape" title="Lenape">Lenape</a> Nation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_8" title="June 8">June 8</a> – Seven Years' War – French and Indian War: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Louisbourg_(1758)" title="Siege of Louisbourg (1758)">Siege of Louisbourg</a>: <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a>'s attack at <a href="/wiki/Louisbourg,_Nova_Scotia" class="mw-redirect" title="Louisbourg, Nova Scotia">Louisbourg, Nova Scotia</a>, commences.<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg/220px-Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg/330px-Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg/440px-Schlacht-bei-krefeld.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1134" data-file-height="876" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krefeld" title="Battle of Krefeld">Battle of Krefeld</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a>–<a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">10</a> – Spanish-Barbary Wars – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Palos_(1758)" title="Battle of Cape Palos (1758)">Battle of Cape Palos</a>: a Spanish squadron of three ships of the line defeats a Barbary squadron made up of a ship of the line and a frigate.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> – Seven Years' War – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Krefeld" title="Battle of Krefeld">Battle of Krefeld</a>: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand of Brunswick">Ferdinand of Brunswick</a> defeat the French.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> – Seven Years' War – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Domstadtl" title="Battle of Domstadtl">Battle of Domstadtl</a>: Austrian forces under <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Gideon_von_Laudon" title="Ernst Gideon von Laudon">Ernst Gideon von Laudon</a> and Joseph von Siskovits rout an enormous convoy with supplies for the <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> army, guarded by strong troops of <a href="/wiki/Hans_Joachim_von_Zieten" title="Hans Joachim von Zieten">Hans Joachim von Zieten</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_9"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pope_Clement_XIII" title="Pope Clement XIII">Pope Clement XIII</a> succeeds <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a>, as the 248th <a href="/wiki/Pope" title="Pope">pope</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bernetz_Brook" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Bernetz Brook">Battle of Bernetz Brook</a>: British troops defeat the French.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_8" title="July 8">July 8</a> – Seven Years' War: French and Indian War: French forces hold <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carillon" title="Fort Carillon">Fort Carillon</a> against the British at <a href="/wiki/Ticonderoga,_New_York" title="Ticonderoga, New York">Ticonderoga, New York</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – French and Indian War: The island battery at <a href="/wiki/Fortress_Louisbourg" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortress Louisbourg">Fortress Louisbourg</a> is silenced, and all French warships are destroyed or taken.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Negapatam_(1758)" title="Battle of Negapatam (1758)">Battle of Negapatam</a>: Off the coast of India, Admiral Pocock again engages d'Aché's French fleet, this time with more success.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg/220px-Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg/330px-Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg/440px-Friedrich_II_in_der_Schlacht_bei_Zorndorf_Copy_after_Carl_R%C3%B6chling.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="767" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zorndorf" title="Battle of Zorndorf">Battle of Zorndorf</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zorndorf" title="Battle of Zorndorf">Battle of Zorndorf</a>: Frederick halts the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian</a> army of Count Wilhelm Fermor near the <a href="/wiki/Oder" title="Oder">Oder</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – British troops under the command of Colonel <a href="/wiki/John_Bradstreet" title="John Bradstreet">John Bradstreet</a> capture <a href="/wiki/Fort_Frontenac" title="Fort Frontenac">Fort Frontenac</a> (near the site of what is now <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario" title="Kingston, Ontario">Kingston, Ontario</a>) from the French.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_3" title="September 3">September 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1vora_affair" title="Távora affair">Távora affair</a>: <a href="/wiki/Joseph_I_of_Portugal" title="Joseph I of Portugal">Joseph I of Portugal</a> survives an assassination attempt.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – French and Indian War: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Duquesne" title="Battle of Fort Duquesne">Battle of Fort Duquesne</a>: A British attack on <a href="/wiki/Fort_Duquesne" title="Fort Duquesne">Fort Duquesne</a> (modern-day <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>) is defeated.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Menzelhochkirch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Menzelhochkirch.jpg/220px-Menzelhochkirch.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Menzelhochkirch.jpg/330px-Menzelhochkirch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Menzelhochkirch.jpg/440px-Menzelhochkirch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="535" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hochkirch" title="Battle of Hochkirch">Battle of Hochkirch</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_9"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hochkirch" title="Battle of Hochkirch">Battle of Hochkirch</a>: Frederick loses a hard-fought battle against the Austrians under Marshal <a href="/wiki/Count_Leopold_Joseph_von_Daun" class="mw-redirect" title="Count Leopold Joseph von Daun">Leopold von Daun</a>, who besieges <a href="/wiki/Dresden" title="Dresden">Dresden</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>: French and Indian War: French forces abandon <a href="/wiki/Fort_Duquesne" title="Fort Duquesne">Fort Duquesne</a> to the British, who then name the area <a href="/wiki/Pittsburgh" title="Pittsburgh">Pittsburgh</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – The ship <a href="/wiki/Duke_William_(ship)" title="Duke William (ship)">Duke William</a> sinks in the North Atlantic, with the loss of over 360 lives, while deporting <a href="/wiki/Acadians" title="Acadians">Acadians</a> from <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island" title="Prince Edward Island">Prince Edward Island</a> to France.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Halley%27s_Comet" title="Halley's Comet">Halley's Comet</a> appears for the first time, after Halley's identification of it.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_8"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li>The French build the first European settlement in what becomes <a href="/wiki/Erie_County,_New_York" title="Erie County, New York">Erie County, New York</a>, at the mouth of <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_(New_York)" title="Buffalo River (New York)">Buffalo Creek</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudjer_Boscovich" class="mw-redirect" title="Rudjer Boscovich">Rudjer Boscovich</a> publishes his <a href="/wiki/Atomic_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="Atomic theory">atomic theory</a>, in Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in nalura existentium.</li> <li>A fire destroys parts of <a href="/wiki/Oslo" title="Oslo">Christiania</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>.</li></ul> <ul><li>Marquis Gabriel de Lernay, a French officer captured during the Seven Years' War, establishes a military lodge in Berlin, with the help of Baron de Printzen, master of The Three Globes Lodge at Berlin, and Philipp Samuel Rosa, a disgraced former pastor.</li> <li>Okadaya (岡田屋), predecessor of <a href="/wiki/AEON_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="AEON (company)">AEON</a>, a multiple <a href="/wiki/Retailer" class="mw-redirect" title="Retailer">retailer group</a>, founded in <a href="/wiki/Yokkaichi" title="Yokkaichi">Yokkaichi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li> <li>J. R. Geigy, predecessor of <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a>, a global <a href="/wiki/Pharmaceutical" class="mw-redirect" title="Pharmaceutical">pharmaceutical</a> brand, founded in <a href="/wiki/Basel" title="Basel">Basel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Switzerland" title="Switzerland">Switzerland</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1759">1759</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable relarticle mainarticle selfreference noprint">This section is <a href="/wiki/Help:Transclusion" title="Help:Transclusion">transcluded</a> from <a href="/wiki/1759" title="1759">1759</a>. (<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1759&action=edit">edit</a> | <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1759&action=history">history</a>)</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="January–March_10"> January–March</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_6" title="January 6">January 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Washington" title="George Washington">George Washington</a> marries <a href="/wiki/Martha_Dandridge_Custis" class="mw-redirect" title="Martha Dandridge Custis">Martha Dandridge Custis</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, the first American <a href="/wiki/Life_insurance" title="Life insurance">life insurance</a> company is incorporated.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1vora_affair" title="Távora affair">Távora affair</a>: The Távora family is executed, following accusations of the attempted regicide of <a href="/wiki/Joseph_I_of_Portugal" title="Joseph I of Portugal">Joseph I of Portugal</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a> opens at <a href="/wiki/Montagu_House,_Bloomsbury" title="Montagu House, Bloomsbury">Montagu House</a> in London after six years of development.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Voltaire" title="Voltaire">Voltaire</a>'s satire <a href="/wiki/Candide" title="Candide">Candide</a> is published simultaneously in five countries.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_R%C3%ADo_Bueno_(1759)" title="Battle of Río Bueno (1759)">Battle of Río Bueno</a>: Spanish forces, led by <a href="/wiki/Juan_Antonio_Garret%C3%B3n" title="Juan Antonio Garretón">Juan Antonio Garretón</a>, defeat indigenous <a href="/wiki/Huilliche_people" title="Huilliche people">Huilliches</a> of southern Chile.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ali_II_ibn_Hussein" title="Ali II ibn Hussein">Ali II ibn Hussein</a> becomes the new <a href="/wiki/Bey_of_Tunis" class="mw-redirect" title="Bey of Tunis">Ruler of Tunisia</a> upon the death of his brother, <a href="/wiki/Muhammad_I_ar-Rashid" title="Muhammad I ar-Rashid">Muhammad I ar-Rashid</a>. Ali reigns for 23 years until his death in 1782.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Arthur,_comte_de_Lally" title="Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally">Comte de Lally</a> (Thomas Lally) ends the French Army's two-month siege of the British Indian fort at <a href="/wiki/Madras" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras">Madras</a> and retreats.<a href="#cite_note-Bhattacherje-181">[181]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – "The greatest fleet that had ever put out for America"<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> departs from <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> with 250 ships (including 49 <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> warships under the command of <a href="/wiki/Charles_Saunders_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Charles Saunders (Royal Navy officer)">Vice Admiral Charles Saunders</a>, on a mission to capture French-controlled <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Quebec-183">[183]</a> The ships bring 14,000 sailors, marines and <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> troops under the command of Major General <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a>, along with another 7,000 men in merchant service.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_de_Silhouette" title="Étienne de Silhouette">Étienne de Silhouette</a> serves as Controller-General of France and attempts major financial reforms.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="April–June_10"> April–June</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bergen_(1759)" title="Battle of Bergen (1759)">Battle of Bergen</a>: A French army defeats <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand,_Duke_of_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick">Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick</a> in Hesse.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Josiah_Wedgwood" title="Josiah Wedgwood">Josiah Wedgwood</a> founds the <a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood</a> pottery in England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_Hussar_Regiment" title="Macedonian Hussar Regiment">Macedonian Hussar Regiment</a> is formed and starts to assist the Russian Empire in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – After arriving at Canada, the Royal Navy fleet sails out of British-controlled <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax</a> toward the <a href="/wiki/St._Lawrence_River" title="St. Lawrence River">St. Lawrence River</a> to prepare the invasion of French Quebec.<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – The first <a href="/wiki/Vascular_surgery" title="Vascular surgery">vascular surgery</a> in history is performed by a Dr. Hallowell (whose first name has been lost) at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_upon_Tyne" title="Newcastle upon Tyne">Newcastle upon Tyne</a> in England, who uses suture repair rather than a tying off with a <a href="/wiki/Ligature_(medicine)" title="Ligature (medicine)">ligature</a> to repair an aneurysm on a patient's <a href="/wiki/Brachial_artery" title="Brachial artery">brachial artery</a>. The case is reported in <a href="/wiki/1761" title="1761">1761</a> by Dr. Richard Lambert in the paper "A new technique of treating an aneurysm", published in the journal Medical Observations and Inquiries.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> The new procedure of reconstructing a damaged artery replaces the practice of ligation that had risked the amputation of a limb or organ failure.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – After their fleet finishes navigation of the St. Lawrence and arriving at the <a href="/wiki/%C3%8Ele_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Île d'Orléans">Île d'Orléans</a>, British troops go ashore on France's North American territory and begin the siege of <a href="/wiki/Quebec_City" title="Quebec City">Quebec City</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Quebec-183">[183]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="July–September_10"> July–September</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_19" title="July 19">July 19</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Great_Stockholm_Fire_1759" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Stockholm Fire 1759">Great Stockholm Fire 1759</a> breaks out at <a href="/wiki/S%C3%B6dermalm" title="Södermalm">Södermalm</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>): In Canada, British forces capture <a href="/wiki/Fort_Niagara" title="Fort Niagara">Fort Niagara</a> from the French, who subsequently abandon <a href="/wiki/Fort_Rouill%C3%A9" title="Fort Rouillé">Fort Rouillé</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_26" title="July 26">July 26</a>–<a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ticonderoga_(1759)" title="Battle of Ticonderoga (1759)">Battle of Ticonderoga</a>: At the southern end of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Champlain" title="Lake Champlain">Lake Champlain</a>, French forces withdraw from <a href="/wiki/Fort_Carillon" title="Fort Carillon">Fort Carillon</a>, which is taken by the British under <a href="/wiki/Jeffery_Amherst,_1st_Baron_Amherst" title="Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst">General Amherst</a>, and renamed <a href="/wiki/Fort_Ticonderoga" title="Fort Ticonderoga">Fort Ticonderoga</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Minden" title="Battle of Minden">Battle of Minden</a>: Anglo–Hanoverian forces under <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Brunswick" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand of Brunswick">Ferdinand of Brunswick</a> defeat the French army of the <a href="/wiki/Victor-Fran%C3%A7ois,_2nd_duc_de_Broglie" class="mw-redirect" title="Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie">Duc de Broglie</a>, but due to the disobedience of the English cavalry commander <a href="/wiki/George_Germain,_1st_Viscount_Sackville" title="George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville">Lord George Sackville</a>, the French are able to withdraw unmolested.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand VI of Spain">Ferdinand VI of Spain</a> dies, and is succeeded by his half-brother <a href="/wiki/Charles_III_of_Spain" title="Charles III of Spain">Charles III</a>. Charles resigns the thrones of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Naples" title="Kingdom of Naples">Naples</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sicily" title="Kingdom of Sicily">Sicily</a> to his third son, <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies">Ferdinand IV</a>.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg/220px-Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg/330px-Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg/440px-Alexander_von_Kotzebue_-_Battle_of_Kunersdorf_on_1_August_1759.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1919" data-file-height="1205" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunersdorf" title="Battle of Kunersdorf">Battle of Kunersdorf</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kunersdorf" title="Battle of Kunersdorf">Battle of Kunersdorf</a>: <a href="/wiki/Frederick_the_Great" title="Frederick the Great">Frederick the Great</a> is rebuffed in bloody assaults, by the combined Austro–Russian army of <a href="/wiki/Pyotr_Saltykov" title="Pyotr Saltykov">Pyotr Saltykov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Gideon_von_Laudon" title="Ernst Gideon von Laudon">Ernst von Laudon</a>. This is one of Frederick's greatest defeats.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lagos" title="Battle of Lagos">Battle of Lagos</a>: The British fleet of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Boscawen" title="Edward Boscawen">Edward Boscawen</a> defeats a French force under Commodore Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran off the Portuguese coast.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pondicherry" title="Battle of Pondicherry">Battle of Pondicherry</a>: An inconclusive naval battle is fought off the coast of India, between the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">French</a> Admiral d'Aché and the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">British</a> under <a href="/wiki/George_Pocock" title="George Pocock">George Pocock</a>. The French forces are badly damaged and sail home, never to return.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> (<a href="/wiki/French_and_Indian_War" title="French and Indian War">French and Indian War</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham" title="Battle of the Plains of Abraham">Battle of the Plains of Abraham</a>: <a href="/wiki/Quebec" title="Quebec">Quebec</a> falls to British forces, following <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">General Wolfe</a>'s victory just outside the city. Both the French Commander (the <a href="/wiki/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm" title="Louis-Joseph de Montcalm">Marquis de Montcalm</a>) and the British General <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a> are fatally wounded.<a href="#cite_note-Quebec-183">[183]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – Carrington Bowles publishes <a href="/wiki/A_Journey_Through_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="A Journey Through Europe">A Journey Through Europe</a>, a board game designed by <a href="/wiki/John_Jefferys" title="John Jefferys">John Jefferys</a>, the earliest board game whose designer's name is known.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="October–December_10"> October–December</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Smeaton%27s_Tower" title="Smeaton's Tower">Smeaton's Tower</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Smeaton" title="John Smeaton">John Smeaton</a>’s <a href="/wiki/Eddystone_Lighthouse" title="Eddystone Lighthouse">Eddystone Lighthouse</a> off the coast of <a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West England</a>, is first illuminated.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> – A fire destroys the Macedonian city of <a href="/wiki/Salonika" class="mw-redirect" title="Salonika">Salonika</a>, reducing 4,000 houses to ashes.<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Near_East_earthquakes_of_1759" class="mw-redirect" title="Near East earthquakes of 1759">Near East earthquakes of 1759</a>: The first event in an <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_doublet" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthquake doublet">earthquake doublet</a> occurs to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Galilee" title="Sea of Galilee">Sea of Galilee</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Surface_wave_magnitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface wave magnitude">surface wave magnitude</a> of 6.6 and a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of VIII–IX (Severe–Violent). About 2,000 are killed in <a href="/wiki/Safed" title="Safed">Safed</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quiberon_Bay" title="Battle of Quiberon Bay">Battle of Quiberon Bay</a>: The British fleet of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hawke" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Hawke">Sir Edward Hawke</a> defeats a French fleet under <a href="/wiki/Marshal_de_Conflans" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal de Conflans">Marshal de Conflans</a>, near the coast of <a href="/wiki/Brittany" title="Brittany">Brittany</a>. This is the decisive naval engagement of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> – after this, the French are no longer able to field a significant fleet.</li></ul> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quibcardinaux2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Quibcardinaux2.jpg/220px-Quibcardinaux2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Quibcardinaux2.jpg/330px-Quibcardinaux2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Quibcardinaux2.jpg/440px-Quibcardinaux2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="791" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quiberon_Bay" title="Battle of Quiberon Bay">Battle of Quiberon Bay</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_21" title="November 21">November 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maxen" title="Battle of Maxen">Battle of Maxen</a>: The Austrian army of Marshal von Daun cuts off and forces the surrender of a Prussian force, under <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_August_von_Finck" title="Friedrich August von Finck">Friedrich von Finck</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Near_East_earthquakes_of_1759" class="mw-redirect" title="Near East earthquakes of 1759">Near East earthquakes of 1759</a>: The second and stronger event in an <a href="/wiki/Earthquake_doublet" class="mw-redirect" title="Earthquake doublet">earthquake doublet</a> occurs to the east of <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>, with a <a href="/wiki/Surface_wave_magnitude" class="mw-redirect" title="Surface wave magnitude">surface wave magnitude</a> of 7.4 and a maximum <a href="/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of IX (Violent), destroying all the villages in the <a href="/wiki/Beqaa_Valley" title="Beqaa Valley">Beqaa Valley</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alamgir_II" title="Alamgir II">Alamgir II</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Emperor of India</a>, is assassinated in a conspiracy orchestrated by his Prime Minister, <a href="/wiki/Ghazi_ud-Din_Khan_Feroze_Jung_III" title="Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung III">Imad-ul-Mulk</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Shah_Alam_II" title="Shah Alam II">Shah Alam II</a>, a grandson of the 17th century Emperor <a href="/wiki/Aurangzeb" title="Aurangzeb">Aurangzeb</a>, is made the new Mughal Emperor.<a href="#cite_note-Bhattacherje-181">[181]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Germantown_Union_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Germantown Union School">Germantown Union School</a> (later called <a href="/wiki/Germantown_Academy" title="Germantown Academy">Germantown Academy</a>), America's oldest nonsectarian day school, is founded.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_10" title="December 10">December 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Shah_Jahan_III" title="Shah Jahan III">Shah Jahan III</a> is installed as the puppet ruler of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal Empire</a> eleven days after the death of <a href="/wiki/Alamgir_II" title="Alamgir II">Alamgir II</a>, but is removed after a reign of only ten months.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_31" title="December 31">December 31</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Guinness_Brewery" title="Guinness Brewery">Guinness Brewery</a> is leased by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Guinness" title="Arthur Guinness">Arthur Guinness</a> in <a href="/wiki/St._James%27s_Gate" title="St. James's Gate">St. James's Gate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, Ireland, for the brewing of <a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Date_unknown_9"> Date unknown</h4></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Smith" title="Adam Smith">Adam Smith</a> publishes his <a href="/wiki/Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments" class="mw-redirect" title="Theory of Moral Sentiments">Theory of Moral Sentiments</a>, embodying some of his Glasgow lectures.</li> <li>The town of <a href="/wiki/Egedesminde" class="mw-redirect" title="Egedesminde">Egedesminde</a> (modern <a href="/wiki/Aasiaat" title="Aasiaat">Aasiaat</a>) is founded in <a href="/wiki/Greenland" title="Greenland">Greenland</a>.</li> <li>English <a href="/wiki/Clockmaker" title="Clockmaker">clockmaker</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Harrison" title="John Harrison">John Harrison</a> produces his "No. 1 sea watch" (H4), the first successful <a href="/wiki/Marine_chronometer" title="Marine chronometer">marine chronometer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Botanic_Gardens,_Kew" title="Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew">Kew Gardens</a> are established in England by <a href="/wiki/Princess_Augusta_of_Saxe-Gotha" title="Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha">Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha</a>, the mother of <a href="/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="George III of the United Kingdom">George III</a>.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a></li> <li>Churton Town, the <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_North_Carolina" title="Orange County, North Carolina">Orange County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Colony_of_North_Carolina" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Colony of North Carolina">North Carolina</a> county seat laid out in <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>, is renamed Childsburgh, in honor of North Carolina attorney general Thomas Child. It is later renamed <a href="/wiki/Hillsborough,_North_Carolina" title="Hillsborough, North Carolina">Hillsborough</a> in <a href="/wiki/1766" title="1766">1766</a>.</li> <li>Fire destroys 250 houses in <a href="/wiki/Stockholm" title="Stockholm">Stockholm</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ang%C3%A9lique_du_Coudray" title="Angélique du Coudray">Madame du Coudray</a> publishes Abrégé de l'art des accouchements (The Art of Obstetrics), and the French government authorizes her to carry her instruction "throughout the realm" and promises financial support.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Significant_people">Significant people</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-Empty_section plainlinks metadata ambox mbox-small-left ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="[icon]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/20px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/30px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg/40px-Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="44" data-file-height="31" /></a></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section is empty. 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(February 2016)</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/1750" title="1750">1750</a>, <a href="/wiki/1751" title="1751">1751</a>, <a href="/wiki/1752" title="1752">1752</a>, <a href="/wiki/1753" title="1753">1753</a>, <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>, <a href="/wiki/1755" title="1755">1755</a>, <a href="/wiki/1756" title="1756">1756</a>, <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>, <a href="/wiki/1758" title="1758">1758</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1759" title="1759">1759</a></div> 1750 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Bergasse" title="Nicolas Bergasse">Nicolas Bergasse</a>, French lawyer (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Helen_Gloag" title="Helen Gloag">Helen Gloag</a>, Scottish-born slave Empress of <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1790" title="1790">1790</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Herschel" title="Caroline Herschel">Caroline Herschel</a>, German astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April" title="April">April</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joanna_Southcott" title="Joanna Southcott">Joanna Southcott</a>, British religious fanatic (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Neufch%C3%A2teau" class="mw-redirect" title="François de Neufchâteau">François de Neufchâteau</a>, French statesman, intellectual figure (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2" title="May 2">May 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Andr%C3%A9" title="John André">John André</a>, British Army officer of the <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1780" title="1780">1780</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Girard" title="Stephen Girard">Stephen Girard</a>, French-American banker, fourth richest American of all time (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adamson_Tannehill" title="Adamson Tannehill">Adamson Tannehill</a>, American general and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Diogo_de_Carvalho_e_Sampayo" title="Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo">Diogo de Carvalho e Sampayo</a>, Portuguese diplomat, scientist (d. <a href="/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Karl_August_von_Hardenberg" title="Karl August von Hardenberg">Karl August von Hardenberg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prussia" title="Prussia">Prussian</a> politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Morgan_(actuary)" title="William Morgan (actuary)">William Morgan</a>, British statistician, actuary (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_5" title="July 5">July 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aim%C3%A9_Argand" class="mw-redirect" title="Aimé Argand">Aimé Argand</a>, Swiss physicist, inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bathilde_d%27Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Bathilde d'Orléans">Louise Marie Thérèse Bathilde d'Orléans</a>, last princess of Condé (d.<a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Knox" title="Henry Knox">Henry Knox</a>, military officer of the <a href="/wiki/Continental_Army" title="Continental Army">Continental Army</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_War" title="United States Secretary of War">United States Secretary of War</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg/110px-Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg/165px-Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg/220px-Antonio_Salieri_painted_by_Joseph_Willibrord_M%C3%A4hler.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2737" data-file-height="3543" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Salieri" title="Antonio Salieri">Antonio Salieri</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Salieri" title="Antonio Salieri">Antonio Salieri</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert_Collingwood,_1st_Baron_Collingwood" title="Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood">Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood</a>, British admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_7" title="October 7">October 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Woodhull" title="Abraham Woodhull">Abraham Woodhull</a>, Patriot spy during the American Revolutionary War (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Le_Masson_Le_Golft" title="Marie Le Masson Le Golft">Marie Le Masson Le Golft</a>, French naturalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonor_de_Almeida_Portugal,_4th_Marquise_of_Alorna" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna">Leonor de Almeida Portugal, 4th Marquise of Alorna</a>, Portuguese painter and poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlo_Aurelio_Widmann" title="Carlo Aurelio Widmann">Carlo Aurelio Widmann</a>, Venetian nobleman and admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)<a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_7" title="November 7">November 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Leopold_zu_Stolberg-Stolberg" title="Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg">Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg</a>, German poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg/110px-Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg/165px-Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg/220px-Tipu_Sultan_BL.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tipu_Sultan" title="Tipu Sultan">Tipu Sultan</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tipu_Sultan" title="Tipu Sultan">Tipu Sultan</a>, Sultan of <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_23" title="December 23">December 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Augustus_I_of_Saxony" title="Frederick Augustus I of Saxony">Frederick Augustus I of Saxony</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Toypurina" title="Toypurina">Toypurina</a>, Medicine woman of the Tongva nation and rebel leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adwaita" title="Adwaita">Adwaita</a>, Oldest tortoise (d. <a href="/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a>) (alleged birth year; awaiting <a href="/wiki/C14_dating" class="mw-redirect" title="C14 dating">C-14 verification</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urszula_Zamoyska" title="Urszula Zamoyska">Urszula Zamoyska</a>, Polish noblewoman and socialite (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ryves" title="Elizabeth Ryves">Elizabeth Ryves</a>, Irish writer and translator (d. <a href="/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a>)</li> <li>Moulvi Syed Qudratullah, Bengali judge (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a></li></ul></li></ul> 1751 <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg/110px-James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg" decoding="async" width="110" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg/165px-James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg/220px-James_Madison_by_Gilbert_Stuart_1804.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="901" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg/110px-Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg/165px-Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg/220px-Caroline-Mathildeofwales_denmark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="323" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain" title="Caroline Matilda of Great Britain">Caroline Matilda</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_12" title="January 12">January 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies">Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Wilhelm_Tischbein" title="Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein">Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein</a>, German painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Voss" title="Johann Heinrich Voss">Johann Heinrich Voss</a>, German poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Madison" title="James Madison">James Madison</a>, fourth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie-Aim%C3%A9e_Lullin" title="Marie-Aimée Lullin">Marie-Aimée Lullin</a>, Swiss entomologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_7" title="May 7">May 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Badlam" title="Stephen Badlam">Stephen Badlam</a>, American artisan and military officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)<a href="#cite_note-:0-193">[193]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Emmanuel_IV_of_Savoy" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy">Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy</a>, King of Sardinia (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Scott,_1st_Earl_of_Eldon" title="John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon">John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon</a>, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_17" title="June 17">June 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Humphreys" title="Joshua Humphreys">Joshua Humphreys</a>, American naval architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Matilda_of_Great_Britain" title="Caroline Matilda of Great Britain">Caroline Matilda</a>, British princess, queen consort of Denmark (d. <a href="/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">July 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elisabetta_Camin%C3%A8r_Turra" title="Elisabetta Caminèr Turra">Elisabetta Caminèr Turra</a>, Venetian writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_Mozart" title="Maria Anna Mozart">Maria Anna Mozart</a> ("Nannerl"), Austrian musician and composer, sister of <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emanuel_Schikaneder" title="Emanuel Schikaneder">Emanuel Schikaneder</a>, German dramatist, actor and singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Westermann" title="François Joseph Westermann">François Joseph Westermann</a>, French Revolutionary leader, general (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Brinsley_Sheridan" title="Richard Brinsley Sheridan">Richard Brinsley Sheridan</a>, Irish dramatist, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armand-Marie-Jacques_de_Chastenet,_Marquis_of_Puys%C3%A9gur" class="mw-redirect" title="Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur">Armand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur</a>, French mesmerist (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gregoria_Apaza" title="Gregoria Apaza">Gregoria Apaza</a>, Bolivian indigenous leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlotta_Richardy" title="Charlotta Richardy">Charlotta Richardy</a>, Swedish industrialist (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Sheraton" title="Thomas Sheraton">Thomas Sheraton</a>, English furniture designer (d. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Antonia_Fernandez" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Antonia Fernandez">Maria Antonia Fernandez</a>, Spanish flamenco singer, dancer (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1752 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Nash.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Nash.jpg/110px-John_Nash.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/John_Nash.jpg/165px-John_Nash.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/John_Nash.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="245" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Nash_(architect)" title="John Nash (architect)">John Nash</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gouverneur_Morris.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gouverneur_Morris.jpg/110px-Gouverneur_Morris.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gouverneur_Morris.jpg/165px-Gouverneur_Morris.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Gouverneur_Morris.jpg/220px-Gouverneur_Morris.jpg 2x" data-file-width="747" data-file-height="895" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris" title="Gouverneur Morris">Gouverneur Morris</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Betsy_Ross" title="Betsy Ross">Betsy Ross</a>, American entrepreneur, creator of the American flag (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Owen_(priest)" title="Nicholas Owen (priest)">Nicholas Owen</a>, Welsh Anglican priest, antiquarian (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Morin_Freneau" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip Morin Freneau">Philip Morin Freneau</a>, American poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johannes_von_M%C3%BCller" title="Johannes von Müller">Johannes von Müller</a>, Swiss historian (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_6" title="January 6">January 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bouchet" title="Pierre Bouchet">Pierre Bouchet</a>, French physician (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Laurent_Jean_Fran%C3%A7ois_Truguet" title="Laurent Jean François Truguet">Laurent Jean François Truguet</a>, French admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_13" title="January 13">January 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eleonora_Fonseca_Pimentel" title="Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel">Eleonora Fonseca Pimentel</a>, Italian poet and revolutionary (d. <a href="/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Philip_Anstruther-Paterson,_3rd_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet">Sir Philip Anstruther-Paterson, 3rd Baronet</a>, Scottish politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicolas-Fran%C3%A7ois_Guillard" title="Nicolas-François Guillard">Nicolas-François Guillard</a>, French librettist (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Baylor" title="George Baylor">George Baylor</a>, officer in the American Continental Army (d. <a href="/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Kurakin" title="Alexander Kurakin">Alexander Kurakin</a>, Russian diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Nash_(architect)" title="John Nash (architect)">John Nash</a>, English architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francesco_Caracciolo_(naval_officer)" title="Francesco Caracciolo (naval officer)">Francesco Caracciolo</a>, Neapolitan admiral, revolutionist (d. <a href="/wiki/1799" title="1799">1799</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Lindsay,_6th_Earl_of_Balcarres" title="Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres">Alexander Lindsay, 6th Earl of Balcarres</a>, British Army general (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Dufresne" title="Louis Dufresne">Louis Dufresne</a>, French ornithologist, taxidermist (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Morris_III" title="James Morris III">James Morris III</a>, Continental Army officer from Connecticut (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Radet" title="Jean-Baptiste Radet">Jean-Baptiste Radet</a>, French playwright (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Smith,_1st_Baron_Carrington" title="Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington">Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Muzio_Clementi" title="Muzio Clementi">Muzio Clementi</a>, Italian composer, pianist (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_Martin_(French_Navy_officer)" title="Pierre Martin (French Navy officer)">Pierre Martin</a>, French Navy officer, admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Macleod_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Macleod (British Army officer)">John Macleod</a>, British Army general (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_31" title="January 31">January 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gouverneur_Morris" title="Gouverneur Morris">Gouverneur Morris</a>, American diplomat, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ColonelSimcoe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/ColonelSimcoe.jpg/110px-ColonelSimcoe.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/ColonelSimcoe.jpg/165px-ColonelSimcoe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/ColonelSimcoe.jpg/220px-ColonelSimcoe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="999" data-file-height="1322" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe" title="John Graves Simcoe">John Graves Simcoe</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gerrit_Paape" title="Gerrit Paape">Gerrit Paape</a>, Dutch politician, writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anton_Walter" title="Anton Walter">Anton Walter</a>, Austrian piano maker (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste_de_Rochechouart_de_Mortemart" class="mw-redirect" title="Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart de Mortemart">Victurnien-Jean-Baptiste de Rochechouart de Mortemart</a>, French general, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Sproat" title="Ebenezer Sproat">Ebenezer Sproat</a>, Continental Army officer, pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Reicha" title="Josef Reicha">Josef Reicha</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1795" title="1795">1795</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothea_Ackermann" title="Dorothea Ackermann">Dorothea Ackermann</a>, German actress (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_13" title="February 13">February 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luise_von_G%C3%B6chhausen" title="Luise von Göchhausen">Luise von Göchhausen</a>, German lady in waiting (d. <a href="/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giovanni_Fabbroni" title="Giovanni Fabbroni">Giovanni Fabbroni</a>, Italian scientist (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Karl_Wilhelm,_F%C3%BCrst_zu_Hohenlohe" title="Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe">Friedrich Karl Wilhelm, Fürst zu Hohenlohe</a>, Austrian general (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Maximilian_Klinger" class="mw-redirect" title="Friedrich Maximilian Klinger">Friedrich Maximilian Klinger</a>, German writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Ruspoli,_3rd_Prince_of_Cerveteri" title="Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri">Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simone_Assemani" title="Simone Assemani">Simone Assemani</a>, Italian orientalist (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Kn%C3%A9facz" title="Simon Knéfacz">Simon Knéfacz</a>, Croatian writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Winchester_(general)" title="James Winchester (general)">James Winchester</a>, American general and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Linn_(clergyman)" title="William Linn (clergyman)">William Linn</a>, American President of <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Rutgers College">Queen's College</a>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_3" title="March 3">March 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hardy_(political_reformer)" title="Thomas Hardy (political reformer)">Thomas Hardy (political reformer)</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leendert_Viervant_the_Younger" title="Leendert Viervant the Younger">Leendert Viervant the Younger</a>, Dutch architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1801" title="1801">1801</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_8" title="March 8">March 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johann_David_Schoepff" title="Johann David Schoepff">Johann David Schoepff</a>, German biologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Clifford_(cricketer)" title="Robert Clifford (cricketer)">Robert Clifford</a>, English cricketer (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Hastings,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Hastings, 1st Baronet</a>, British Army officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Malboeuf,_dit_Beausoleil" title="Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil">Joseph Malboeuf, dit Beausoleil</a>, Member of Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_14" title="March 14">March 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude-Jean_Martin" title="Claude-Jean Martin">Claude-Jean Martin</a>, French Navy officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois-Auguste_Moulin" title="Jean-François-Auguste Moulin">Jean-François-Auguste Moulin</a>, member of the French Directory (d. <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Joseph_Santerre" title="Antoine Joseph Santerre">Antoine Joseph Santerre</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_19" title="March 19">March 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Colucci_(antiquarian)" class="mw-redirect" title="Giuseppe Colucci (antiquarian)">Giuseppe Colucci</a>, Italian historian of the Marche, writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_20" title="March 20">March 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Newman_(sexton)" title="Robert Newman (sexton)">Robert Newman</a>, American sexton at the Old North Church in Boston (d. <a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_d%27Elb%C3%A9e" title="Maurice d'Elbée">Maurice d'Elbée</a>, French Royalist military officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Dixon_Kies" title="Mary Dixon Kies">Mary Dixon Kies</a>, American inventor, first recipient of a U.S. patent (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Reden" title="Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden">Friedrich Wilhelm von Reden</a>, German pioneer in mining and metallurgy (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Joseph_Gorsas" title="Antoine Joseph Gorsas">Antoine Joseph Gorsas</a>, French publicist, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_25" title="March 25">March 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Fitz-James_Stuart,_4th_Duke_of_Liria_and_J%C3%A9rica" title="Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica">Carlos Fitz-James Stuart, 4th Duke of Liria and Jérica</a>, Spanish duke (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg/110px-Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg/165px-Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Humphry_Repton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1457" data-file-height="1697" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Humphry_Repton" title="Humphry Repton">Humphry Repton</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Antonio_Zingarelli" title="Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli">Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli</a>, Italian composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Pierre_Saint-Ours" title="Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours">Jean-Pierre Saint-Ours</a>, Swiss artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9bastien_%C3%89rard" title="Sébastien Érard">Sébastien Érard</a>, German-born French instrument maker (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Meno_Haas" title="Meno Haas">Meno Haas</a>, German-born copperplate engraver (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Zacharias_Becker" title="Rudolph Zacharias Becker">Rudolph Zacharias Becker</a>, German educator and author (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Austin_(inventor)" title="John Austin (inventor)">John Austin</a>, Scottish inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Thomas_Dyke_Acland,_9th_Baronet" title="Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet">Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Henniker-Major,_2nd_Baron_Henniker" title="John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker">John Henniker-Major, 2nd Baron Henniker</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friederike_Brion" title="Friederike Brion">Friederike Brion</a>, first great love of Johann Wolfgang Goethe (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent_Forfait" title="Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait">Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait</a>, French engineer (d. <a href="/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Humphry_Repton" title="Humphry Repton">Humphry Repton</a>, English garden designer (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Willett_Payne" title="John Willett Payne">John Willett Payne</a>, British Royal Navy admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_28" title="April 28">April 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Matsumura_Goshun" title="Matsumura Goshun">Matsumura Goshun</a>, Japanese artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_4" title="May 4">May 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Brooks_(governor)" title="John Brooks (governor)">John Brooks (governor)</a>, Massachusetts doctor, military officer, governor (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Adriaan_van_der_Kemp" title="François Adriaan van der Kemp">François Adriaan van der Kemp</a>, Dutch politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Tobias_Mayer" title="Johann Tobias Mayer">Johann Tobias Mayer</a>, German physicist (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Anton_Leisewitz" title="Johann Anton Leisewitz">Johann Anton Leisewitz</a>, German lawyer and dramatic poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Scarpa" title="Antonio Scarpa">Antonio Scarpa</a>, Italian anatomist (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amalie_of_Zweibr%C3%BCcken-Birkenfeld" title="Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld">Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld</a>, First Queen of Saxony/Duchess of Warsaw (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre_de_Ruel,_marquis_de_Beurnonville" title="Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville">Pierre de Ruel, marquis de Beurnonville</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Blumenbach" title="Johann Friedrich Blumenbach">Johann Friedrich Blumenbach</a>, German anthropologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hughes_(industrialist)" title="Michael Hughes (industrialist)">Michael Hughes</a>, Welsh industrialist (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose@BomannMuseum20160715.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg/110px-Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg/165px-Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg/220px-Albrecht_Daniel_Thear_Lose%40BomannMuseum20160715.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1772" data-file-height="2060" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Albrecht_Thaer" title="Albrecht Thaer">Albrecht Thaer</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albrecht_Thaer" title="Albrecht Thaer">Albrecht Thaer</a>, German agronomist (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timothy_Dwight_IV" title="Timothy Dwight IV">Timothy Dwight IV</a>, American academic, educator (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juliane_Reichardt" title="Juliane Reichardt">Juliane Reichardt</a>, German-born Bohemian pianist, singer and composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1783" title="1783">1783</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Boude" title="Thomas Boude">Thomas Boude</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles-Louis_Antiboul" title="Charles-Louis Antiboul">Charles-Louis Antiboul</a>, French Girondist politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Legendre" title="Louis Legendre">Louis Legendre</a>, French politician of the Revolution period (d. <a href="/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell_(American_soldier)" title="Oliver Cromwell (American soldier)">Oliver Cromwell</a>, African-American soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1853" title="1853">1853</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Brice" title="Antoine Brice">Antoine Brice</a>, Belgian painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Badger_(shipbuilder)" title="William Badger (shipbuilder)">William Badger</a>, master shipbuilder operating in Kittery, Maine (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Carr_Brackenbury" title="Robert Carr Brackenbury">Robert Carr Brackenbury</a>, English Methodist preacher (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Whitworth,_1st_Earl_Whitworth" title="Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth">Charles Whitworth, 1st Earl Whitworth</a>, British diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Marsh_(composer)" title="John Marsh (composer)">John Marsh</a>, English music composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Burder" title="George Burder">George Burder</a>, English Nonconformist divine (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hardy_Murfree" title="Hardy Murfree">Hardy Murfree</a>, American soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gabriel_Jones" title="John Gabriel Jones">John Gabriel Jones</a>, Kentucky pioneer and statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_8" title="June 8">June 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_James_Lamb,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet">Sir James Lamb, 1st Baronet</a> of England (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christian_Graf_von_Haugwitz" title="Christian Graf von Haugwitz">Christian Graf von Haugwitz</a>, German statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eliphalet_Pearson" title="Eliphalet Pearson">Eliphalet Pearson</a>, American educator (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frances_d%27Arblay_(%27Fanny_Burney%27)_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg/110px-Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg/165px-Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg/220px-Frances_d%27Arblay_%28%27Fanny_Burney%27%29_by_Edward_Francisco_Burney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2924" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frances_Burney" title="Frances Burney">Frances Burney</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fanny_Burney" class="mw-redirect" title="Fanny Burney">Fanny Burney</a>, English novelist, diarist (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Cobb_Methuen" title="Paul Cobb Methuen">Paul Cobb Methuen</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lord_Richard_Cavendish_(1752%E2%80%931781)" title="Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)">Lord Richard Cavendish (1752–1781)</a>, second son of William Cavendish (d. <a href="/wiki/1781" title="1781">1781</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Walpole,_2nd_Earl_of_Orford" title="Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford">Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Mather_Crocker" title="Hannah Mather Crocker">Hannah Mather Crocker</a>, American essayist, advocate of women's rights in America (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Frederik_Lowzow" title="Christopher Frederik Lowzow">Christopher Frederik Lowzow</a>, Danish-Norwegian army officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pelham-Clinton,_3rd_Duke_of_Newcastle" title="Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle">Thomas Pelham-Clinton, 3rd Duke of Newcastle</a>, British Army general (d. <a href="/wiki/1795" title="1795">1795</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Philipp_Konrad_Henke" title="Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke">Heinrich Philipp Konrad Henke</a>, German Lutheran theologian (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_4" title="July 4">July 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine_d%27Irumberry_de_Salaberry" title="Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry">Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry de Salaberry</a>, Canadian politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_5" title="July 5">July 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Luke_Hansard" title="Luke Hansard">Luke Hansard</a>, English printer (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Marie_Jacquard" title="Joseph Marie Jacquard">Joseph Marie Jacquard</a>, French inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_8" title="July 8">July 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Morton_Eden,_1st_Baron_Henley" title="Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley">Morton Eden, 1st Baron Henley</a>, British diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:StGeorgeTucker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/StGeorgeTucker.jpg/110px-StGeorgeTucker.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/StGeorgeTucker.jpg/165px-StGeorgeTucker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/StGeorgeTucker.jpg/220px-StGeorgeTucker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="721" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St._George_Tucker" title="St. George Tucker">St. George Tucker</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Humphreys_(soldier)" title="David Humphreys (soldier)">David Humphreys</a>, American diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Joseph_Hofmann" title="Andreas Joseph Hofmann">Andreas Joseph Hofmann</a>, German philosopher and revolutionary (d. <a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barnaba_Oriani" title="Barnaba Oriani">Barnaba Oriani</a>, Italian priest (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guillaume-Jean-No%C3%ABl_de_Lavillegris" title="Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris">Guillaume-Jean-Noël de Lavillegris</a>, French Navy officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_23" title="July 23">July 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marc-Auguste_Pictet" title="Marc-Auguste Pictet">Marc-Auguste Pictet</a>, Swiss physicist (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Smith_(Maryland_politician)" title="Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)">Samuel Smith (Maryland politician)</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">July 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Manners-Sutton_(1752%E2%80%931826)" title="John Manners-Sutton (1752–1826)">John Manners-Sutton</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Valentine_Quin,_1st_Earl_of_Dunraven_and_Mount-Earl" title="Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl">Valentine Quin, 1st Earl of Dunraven and Mount-Earl</a>, Irish politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg/110px-Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg/165px-Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg/220px-Maria-carolina-regina-napol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2287" data-file-height="3051" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maria_Carolina_of_Austria" title="Maria Carolina of Austria">Maria Carolina of Austria</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_6" title="August 6">August 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Princess_Louise_of_Saxe-Meiningen" title="Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen">Princess Louise of Saxe-Meiningen</a>, Landgravine of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – Queen <a href="/wiki/Maria_Carolina_of_Austria" title="Maria Carolina of Austria">Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Herman_Bultos" title="Herman Bultos">Herman Bultos</a>, Belgian wine merchant and theatre director (d. <a href="/wiki/1801" title="1801">1801</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Cavallucci" title="Antonio Cavallucci">Antonio Cavallucci</a>, Italian painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1795" title="1795">1795</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Roux" title="Jacques Roux">Jacques Roux</a>, French priest (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Ange_Bernard_Mangourit" title="Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit">Michel Ange Bernard Mangourit</a>, French diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_22" title="August 22">August 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Tormasov" title="Alexander Tormasov">Alexander Tormasov</a>, Russian general (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lodovico_Gallina" title="Lodovico Gallina">Lodovico Gallina</a>, Italian painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Mack_von_Leiberich" title="Karl Mack von Leiberich">Karl Mack von Leiberich</a>, Austrian soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Legendre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Legendre.jpg/110px-Legendre.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Legendre.jpg/165px-Legendre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Legendre.jpg/220px-Legendre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Adrien-Marie_Legendre" title="Adrien-Marie Legendre">Adrien-Marie Legendre</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Stenborg" title="Carl Stenborg">Carl Stenborg</a>, Swedish opera singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adrien-Marie_Legendre" title="Adrien-Marie Legendre">Adrien-Marie Legendre</a>, French mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Bosc_de_la_Calmette" title="Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette">Antoine de Bosc de la Calmette</a>, Danish statesman, landscape architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Bowdoin_III" title="James Bowdoin III">James Bowdoin III</a>, American philanthropist and statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li> <li>Ruler <a href="/wiki/Jeongjo_of_Joseon" title="Jeongjo of Joseon">Jeongjo of Joseon</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste_de_Choiseul-Gouffier" title="Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier">Marie-Gabriel-Florent-Auguste de Choiseul-Gouffier</a>, French diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Curzon,_2nd_Baron_Scarsdale" title="Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale">Nathaniel Curzon, 2nd Baron Scarsdale</a> of Great Britain (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_28" title="September 28">September 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_the_Painter" title="John the Painter">John the Painter</a>, British criminal (d. <a href="/wiki/1777" title="1777">1777</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_30" title="September 30">September 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Heinrich_Knecht" title="Justin Heinrich Knecht">Justin Heinrich Knecht</a>, German composer, organist and music theorist (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Adams_(1752%E2%80%931811)" title="William Adams (1752–1811)">William Adams</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Story" title="Samuel Story">Samuel Story</a>, Dutch admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ritson" title="Joseph Ritson">Joseph Ritson</a>, English antiquary (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jeanne-Louise-Henriette_Campan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan">Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan</a>, French educator, lady in waiting (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Grant" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir William Grant">William Grant</a>, British lawyer, politician and judge (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adolph_Freiherr_Knigge" title="Adolph Freiherr Knigge">Adolph Freiherr Knigge</a>, German writer, Freemason (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Papineau" title="Joseph Papineau">Joseph Papineau</a>, Canadian politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Broom" title="Jacob Broom">Jacob Broom</a>, American businessman, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fabian_Gottlieb_von_Osten-Sacken" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken">Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken</a>, Baltic-German field marshal (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ambrogio_Minoja" title="Ambrogio Minoja">Ambrogio Minoja</a>, Italian composer, professor of music (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_23" title="October 23">October 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_Adamberger" title="Maria Anna Adamberger">Maria Anna Adamberger</a>, Austrian stage actress (d. <a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean_Henri_Simon" title="Jean Henri Simon">Jean Henri Simon</a>, Belgian engraver, soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG/110px-J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG" decoding="async" width="110" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG/165px-J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG/220px-J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek.PNG 2x" data-file-width="2310" data-file-height="2772" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek" title="Józef Zajączek">Józef Zajączek</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Zaj%C4%85czek" title="Józef Zajączek">Józef Zajączek</a>, Polish general, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andrey_Razumovsky" title="Andrey Razumovsky">Andrey Razumovsky</a>, Russian diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carpenter_(glassmaker)" title="Thomas Carpenter (glassmaker)">Thomas Carpenter</a>, American glassmaker (d. <a href="/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_4" title="November 4">November 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Finch,_9th_Earl_of_Winchilsea" title="George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea">George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea</a>, English cricketer (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-G%C3%A9rard_Lacu%C3%A9e,_count_of_Cessac" title="Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac">Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jens_Holmboe_(bailiff)" title="Jens Holmboe (bailiff)">Jens Holmboe</a>, Norwegian bailiff (d. <a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Richards_(judge)" title="Richard Richards (judge)">Richard Richards (judge)</a>, British politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claude-Augustin_Tercier" title="Claude-Augustin Tercier">Claude-Augustin Tercier</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_11" title="November 11">November 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_McMillan_(missionary)" title="John McMillan (missionary)">John McMillan</a>, Presbyterian minister, missionary in Pennsylvania (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Caspar_Voght" title="Caspar Voght">Caspar Voght</a>, German businessman (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/P._H._Frimann" title="P. H. Frimann">P. H. Frimann</a>, Norwegian-Danish poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Rogers_Clark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Rogers_Clark.jpg/110px-George_Rogers_Clark.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Rogers_Clark.jpg/165px-George_Rogers_Clark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/George_Rogers_Clark.jpg/220px-George_Rogers_Clark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1605" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark" title="George Rogers Clark">George Rogers Clark</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_19" title="November 19">November 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Rogers_Clark" title="George Rogers Clark">George Rogers Clark</a>, American soldier, officer and explorer (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/110px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/165px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Henry_Wallis_-_Chatterton_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2256" data-file-height="1506" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chatterton" title="Thomas Chatterton">Thomas Chatterton</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Chatterton" title="Thomas Chatterton">Thomas Chatterton</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1770" title="1770">1770</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_21" title="November 21">November 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Pozer" title="George Pozer">George Pozer</a>, German-born British merchant (d. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maksimilijan_Vrhovac" title="Maksimilijan Vrhovac">Maksimilijan Vrhovac</a>, Croatian Catholic bishop (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Reichardt" title="Johann Friedrich Reichardt">Johann Friedrich Reichardt</a>, German composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philippe-Andr%C3%A9_Grandidier" title="Philippe-André Grandidier">Philippe-André Grandidier</a>, French priest, historian (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jemima_Wilkinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Jemima Wilkinson">Jemima Wilkinson</a>, American preacher (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GabrielDuvall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/GabrielDuvall.jpg/110px-GabrielDuvall.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/GabrielDuvall.jpg/165px-GabrielDuvall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/GabrielDuvall.jpg/220px-GabrielDuvall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="319" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Duvall" title="Gabriel Duvall">Gabriel Duvall</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Gyllenhaal" title="Leonard Gyllenhaal">Leonard Gyllenhaal</a>, Swedish military officer, entomologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_de_Lamanon" title="Robert de Lamanon">Robert de Lamanon</a>, French botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Barrington,_9th_Baronet" title="Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet">Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet</a> of Great Britain (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Placidus_a_Spescha" title="Placidus a Spescha">Placidus a Spescha</a>, Swiss mountain climber (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vicesimus_Knox" title="Vicesimus Knox">Vicesimus Knox</a>, English essayist, minister (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_%C3%89tienne_de_Tousard" title="Antoine Étienne de Tousard">Antoine Étienne de Tousard</a>, French general, military engineer (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bulkeley,_7th_Viscount_Bulkeley" title="Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley">Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley</a>, English aristocrat and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Andr%C3%A9s_del_Alc%C3%A1zar" title="Pedro Andrés del Alcázar">Pedro Andrés del Alcázar</a>, Spanish and later Chilean Army officer and war hero (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christoph_August_Tiedge" title="Christoph August Tiedge">Christoph August Tiedge</a>, German poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Kilby_Smith" title="John Kilby Smith">John Kilby Smith</a>, American Continental army officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1842" title="1842">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Isaac_de_Rivaz" title="François Isaac de Rivaz">François Isaac de Rivaz</a>, French inventor, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Houbigant" title="Jean-François Houbigant">Jean-François Houbigant</a>, French perfumer (d. <a href="/wiki/1807" title="1807">1807</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Conrad_Tanner" title="Conrad Tanner">Conrad Tanner</a>, Swiss abbot (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Malet,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet">Sir Charles Malet, 1st Baronet</a>, British East India Company official (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li></ul> 1753 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Paul_Brueys_d%27Aigalliers" title="François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers">François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers</a>, French admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_8" title="March 8">March 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Roscoe" title="William Roscoe">William Roscoe</a>, English writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Kl%C3%A9ber" title="Jean-Baptiste Kléber">Jean-Baptiste Kléber</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Thompson" title="Benjamin Thompson">Benjamin Thompson</a>, American physicist and inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Willard" title="Simon Willard">Simon Willard</a>, American horologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_28" title="April 28">April 28</a>– <a href="/wiki/Franz_Karl_Achard" title="Franz Karl Achard">Franz Karl Achard</a>, German chemist, physicist and biologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lazare_Carnot" title="Lazare Carnot">Lazare Carnot</a>, French general, politician and mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_5" title="June 5">June 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_August_G%C3%B6ttling" title="Johann Friedrich August Göttling">Johann Friedrich August Göttling</a>, German chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Waldegrave,_1st_Baron_Radstock" title="William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock">William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock</a>, British admiral, Governor of Newfoundland (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li>c. <a href="/wiki/August_11" title="August 11">August 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bewick" title="Thomas Bewick">Thomas Bewick</a>, English wood engraver (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG/110px-Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG" decoding="async" width="110" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG/165px-Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG/220px-Thomas_Lawrence_John_Soane.JPG 2x" data-file-width="544" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Soane" title="John Soane">John Soane</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Soane" title="John Soane">John Soane</a>, English architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_de_Lavalette" title="Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette">Jean-Baptiste de Lavalette</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Breval" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Baptiste Breval">Jean-Baptiste Breval</a>, French composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis-Alexandre_Berthier" title="Louis-Alexandre Berthier">Louis-Alexandre Berthier</a>, French marshal (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Townsend_(spy)" title="Robert Townsend (spy)">Robert Townsend</a>, member of the <a href="/wiki/Culper_Spy_Ring" class="mw-redirect" title="Culper Spy Ring">Culper Spy Ring</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Crompton" title="Samuel Crompton">Samuel Crompton</a>, English inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francesc_Antoni_de_la_Due%C3%B1a_y_Cisneros" title="Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros">Francesc Antoni de la Dueña y Cisneros</a>, Spanish bishop (d. <a href="/wiki/1821" title="1821">1821</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Haggin" title="John Haggin">John Haggin</a>, "Indian fighter", one of the earliest settlers of <a href="/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quang_Trung" title="Quang Trung">Quang Trung</a>, Vietnamese emperor (d. <a href="/wiki/1792" title="1792">1792</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillis_Wheatley" title="Phillis Wheatley">Phillis Wheatley</a>, African-born American poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1784" title="1784">1784</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1754 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Martin_(Irish_politician)" title="Richard Martin (Irish politician)">Richard Martin</a>, Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Pierre_Brissot" title="Jacques Pierre Brissot">Jacques Pierre Brissot</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1795" title="1795">1795</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_30" title="January 30">January 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Lansing_Jr." title="John Lansing Jr.">John Lansing Jr.</a>, American statesman (disappeared <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Maurice_de_Talleyrand-P%C3%A9rigord" title="Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord">Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Fuller" title="Andrew Fuller">Andrew Fuller</a>, Particular Baptist Theologian and minister (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Baudin" title="Nicolas Baudin">Nicolas Baudin</a>, French explorer (d. <a href="/wiki/1803" title="1803">1803</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Waterhouse" title="Benjamin Waterhouse">Benjamin Waterhouse</a>, American physician, medical professor (<a href="/wiki/Smallpox" title="Smallpox">smallpox</a> <a href="/wiki/Vaccine" title="Vaccine">vaccine</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pioneer" class="extiw" title="wikt:pioneer">pioneer</a>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_17" title="March 17">March 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Madame_Roland" title="Madame Roland">Madame Roland</a> (Jeanne Marie Manon Philipon), French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – Baron <a href="/wiki/Jurij_Vega" title="Jurij Vega">Jurij Vega</a>, Slovenian mathematician, physicist and artillery officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1802" title="1802">1802</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe" title="Frédéric-César de La Harpe">Frédéric-César de La Harpe</a>, Swiss politician and revolutionary</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg/110px-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg/165px-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg/220px-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe_by_Pajou.jpg 2x" data-file-width="970" data-file-height="1188" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-C%C3%A9sar_de_La_Harpe" title="Frédéric-César de La Harpe">Frédéric-César de La Harpe</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Drennan" title="William Drennan">William Drennan</a>, Irish physician, poet and radical politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Catherine-Dominique_de_P%C3%A9rignon" title="Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon">Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal of France</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franz_Xaver_von_Zach" title="Franz Xaver von Zach">Franz Xaver von Zach</a>, German scientific editor and astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Maria_Lenngren" title="Anna Maria Lenngren">Anna Maria Lenngren</a>, Swedish poet, feminist and cultural figure (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Bowdler" title="Thomas Bowdler">Thomas Bowdler</a>, English physician (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Charles_L%27Enfant" title="Pierre Charles L'Enfant">Pierre Charles L'Enfant</a>, French architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois,_marquis_de_Chasseloup-Laubat" class="mw-redirect" title="François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat">François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Murdoch" title="William Murdoch">William Murdoch</a>, Scottish inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI,_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_(1754-1793),_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/110px-Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/165px-Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-Antoine-Fran%C3%A7ois_Callet_-_Louis_XVI%2C_roi_de_France_et_de_Navarre_%281754-1793%29%2C_rev%C3%AAtu_du_grand_costume_royal_en_1779_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3592" data-file-height="5062" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVI of France">Louis XVI of France</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVI of France">Louis XVI of France</a>, last king of France before the Revolution (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Bligh" title="William Bligh">William Bligh</a>, British sailor (d. 1817)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – Emperor <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia" title="Paul I of Russia">Paul I of Russia</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1801" title="1801">1801</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Proust" title="Joseph Proust">Joseph Proust</a>, French chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Regnault" title="Jean-Baptiste Regnault">Jean-Baptiste Regnault</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Laurens" title="John Laurens">John Laurens</a>, American soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_19" title="November 19">November 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Romero" title="Pedro Romero">Pedro Romero</a>, Spanish <a href="/wiki/Torero" class="mw-redirect" title="Torero">torero</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">December 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Jouett" title="Jack Jouett">Jack Jouett</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%89tienne_Ozi" title="Étienne Ozi">Étienne Ozi</a>, French composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Usman_dan_Fodio" title="Usman dan Fodio">Usman dan Fodio</a>, Nigerian Islamic theologian (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Crabbe" title="George Crabbe">George Crabbe</a>, English poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eve_Frank" title="Eve Frank">Eve Frank</a>, Bulgarian religious leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Hancorn_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="Richard Hancorn (Royal Navy officer)">Richard Hancorne</a>, British Royal Navy officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1792" title="1792">1792</a>)</li></ul> 1755 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg/110px-Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg/165px-Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg/220px-Marie_Antoinette_Adult.jpg 2x" data-file-width="996" data-file-height="1421" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marie_Antoinette" title="Marie Antoinette">Marie Antoinette</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg/110px-G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg/165px-G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg/220px-G%C3%A9rard_-_Louis_XVIII_of_France_in_Coronation_Robes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="887" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVIII" title="Louis XVIII">Louis XVIII</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Mascagni" title="Paolo Mascagni">Paolo Mascagni</a>, Italian anatomist (d. 1815)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Thomas_von_S%C3%B6mmerring" title="Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring">Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring</a>, German physician, anatomist (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Caroline_M%C3%BCller_(mezzo-soprano)" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline Müller (mezzo-soprano)">Caroline Müller</a>, Danish operatic mezzo-soprano, actress and dancer (d. 1826)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Christoph_Dies" title="Albert Christoph Dies">Albert Christoph Dies</a>, German composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_21" title="February 21">February 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne_Grant" title="Anne Grant">Anne Grant</a>, Scottish poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rufus_King" title="Rufus King">Rufus King</a>, <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> lawyer, politician and diplomat (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Simon_Kenton" title="Simon Kenton">Simon Kenton</a>, American frontiersman, Revolutionary Militia General (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_10" title="April 10">April 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hahnemann" title="Samuel Hahnemann">Samuel Hahnemann</a>, German founder of homeopathy (d. <a href="/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_11" title="April 11">April 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Parkinson" title="James Parkinson">James Parkinson</a>, English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louise_%C3%89lisabeth_Vig%C3%A9e_Le_Brun" class="mw-redirect" title="Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun">Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1842" title="1842">1842</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Hale" title="Nathan Hale">Nathan Hale</a>, American Revolutionary War captain, writer and patriot (d. <a href="/wiki/1776" title="1776">1776</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Fran%C3%A7ois,_comte_de_Fourcroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy">Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy</a>, French chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1809" title="1809">1809</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Barras" title="Paul Barras">Paul Barras</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Bourne" title="Benjamin Bourne">Benjamin Bourne</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Evans" title="Oliver Evans">Oliver Evans</a>, American inventor, engineer and businessman (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Adams" title="Hannah Adams">Hannah Adams</a>, American author (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henriette_von_Crayen" title="Henriette von Crayen">Henriette von Crayen</a>, German salonnière (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie-Antoinette" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie-Antoinette">Marie-Antoinette</a>, Queen Consort of France (d. <a href="/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a>)<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gerhard_von_Scharnhorst" title="Gerhard von Scharnhorst">Gerhard von Scharnhorst</a>, Prussian general (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_XVIII_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVIII of France">Louis XVIII of France</a>, brother of King Louis XVI (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)<a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Manners-Sutton" title="Charles Manners-Sutton">Charles Manners-Sutton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Stuart" title="Gilbert Stuart">Gilbert Stuart</a>, American painter from <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island" title="Rhode Island">Rhode Island</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Elizabetha_Jacson" title="Maria Elizabetha Jacson">Maria Elizabetha Jacson</a>, British botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yelena_Shidyanskaya" title="Yelena Shidyanskaya">Yelena Shidyanskaya</a>, Russian commander (d. <a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1756 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Guillaume-Antoine_Olivier" title="Guillaume-Antoine Olivier">Guillaume-Antoine Olivier</a>, French entomologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg/110px-Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg/165px-Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg/220px-Croce-Mozart-Detail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="577" data-file-height="748" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a>, Austrian composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1791" title="1791">1791</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Angelica_Schuyler_Church" title="Angelica Schuyler Church">Angelica Schuyler Church</a>, American socialite, daughter of Genl.<a href="/wiki/Philip_Schuyler" title="Philip Schuyler">Philip Schuyler</a>, sister to <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Schuyler_Hamilton" title="Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton">Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_3" title="March 3">March 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Godwin" title="William Godwin">William Godwin</a>, English writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Raeburn" title="Henry Raeburn">Henry Raeburn</a>, Scottish painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)<a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Singu_Min" title="Singu Min">Singu Min</a>, king of Myanmar (k. <a href="/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_18" title="May 18">May 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ignaz_Aurelius_Fessler" title="Ignaz Aurelius Fessler">Ignaz Aurelius Fessler</a>, Hungarian-born court councillor, minister to Czar Alexander I of Russia (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_Bavaria" title="Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria">Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_31" title="May 31">May 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abb%C3%A9_Faria" title="Abbé Faria">Abbé Faria</a>, Luso-Goan Catholic monk, student of hypnotism (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_6" title="June 6">June 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Trumbull" title="John Trumbull">John Trumbull</a>, American painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Martin_Kraus" title="Joseph Martin Kraus">Joseph Martin Kraus</a>, German-Swedish composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1792" title="1792">1792</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gustaf_Adolf_Reuterholm" title="Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm">Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm</a>, Swedish statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dheeran_Chinnamalai" title="Dheeran Chinnamalai">Dheeran Chinnamalai</a>, Tamil king (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Prieur" title="Pierre Louis Prieur">Pierre Louis Prieur</a>, French politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_29" title="August 29">August 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Graf_von_Bellegarde" class="mw-redirect" title="Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde">Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde</a>, Austrian field marshal, statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Willem_Bilderdijk" title="Willem Bilderdijk">Willem Bilderdijk</a>, Dutch author (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Benedikte_Naubert" title="Benedikte Naubert">Benedikte Naubert</a>, German writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Loudon_McAdam" title="John Loudon McAdam">John Loudon McAdam</a>, Scottish engineer, road-builder (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_21" title="October 21">October 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philippine_Engelhard" title="Philippine Engelhard">Philippine Engelhard</a>, German writer, scholar (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_3" title="November 3">November 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Laromigui%C3%A8re" title="Pierre Laromiguière">Pierre Laromiguière</a>, French philosopher (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">December 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Littlejohn_(preacher)" title="John Littlejohn (preacher)">John Littlejohn</a>, British-American sheriff and Methodist preacher (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)<a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a></li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Pellegrina_Amoretti" title="Maria Pellegrina Amoretti">Maria Pellegrina Amoretti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> lawyer (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gideon_Morris" title="Gideon Morris">Gideon Morris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Trans-Appalachia" title="Trans-Appalachia">trans-Appalachian</a> pioneer (d. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilchen_Sommerschild" title="Hilchen Sommerschild">Hilchen Sommerschild</a>, Norwegian educator (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1757 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg/110px-Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg/165px-Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg/220px-Alexander_Hamilton_portrait_by_John_Trumbull_1806.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2532" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG/110px-Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG" decoding="async" width="110" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG/165px-Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG/220px-Gilbert_du_Motier_Marquis_de_Lafayette.PNG 2x" data-file-width="1019" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg/110px-William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg/165px-William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg/220px-William_Blake_by_Thomas_Phillips.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1196" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>, first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (most cited date of birth) (d. <a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Goodwin_Keats" title="Richard Goodwin Keats">Richard Goodwin Keats</a>, British admiral, Governor of Newfoundland (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_3" title="February 3">February 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Forlenze" title="Joseph Forlenze">Joseph Forlenze</a>, Italian ophthalmologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_%27Mad_Jack%27_Fuller" class="mw-redirect" title="John 'Mad Jack' Fuller">John 'Mad Jack' Fuller</a>, English philanthropist (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Pellew,_1st_Viscount_Exmouth" title="Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth">Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth</a>, British admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_28" title="April 28">April 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Butcher" title="Edmund Butcher">Edmund Butcher</a>, English Unitarian minister (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Veronika_Gut" title="Veronika Gut">Veronika Gut</a>, Swiss rebel heroine (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_7" title="May 7">May 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_von_Brauchitsch" title="Ludwig von Brauchitsch">Ludwig von Brauchitsch</a>, Prussian general (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis-S%C3%A9bastien_Lenormand" title="Louis-Sébastien Lenormand">Louis-Sébastien Lenormand</a>, French chemist, physicist and inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/1837" title="1837">1837</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_30" title="May 30">May 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Addington,_1st_Viscount_Sidmouth" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth">Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth</a>, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. <a href="/wiki/1844" title="1844">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gervasio_Antonio_de_Posadas" title="Gervasio Antonio de Posadas">Gervasio Antonio de Posadas</a>, Argentine leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Vancouver" title="George Vancouver">George Vancouver</a>, British explorer (d. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Garsevan_Chavchavadze" title="Garsevan Chavchavadze">Garsevan Chavchavadze</a>, Georgian diplomat, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1811" title="1811">1811</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Schuyler" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth Schuyler">Elizabeth Schuyler</a>, wife of <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton" title="Alexander Hamilton">Alexander Hamilton</a>, co-founder of New York's first orphanage (d. <a href="/wiki/1854" title="1854">1854</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_9" title="August 9">August 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Telford" title="Thomas Telford">Thomas Telford</a>, Scottish-born civil engineer, architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Magdalene_Charlotte_Ackermann" title="Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann">Marie Magdalene Charlotte Ackermann</a>, German actress (d. <a href="/wiki/1775" title="1775">1775</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette" title="Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette">Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette</a>, French soldier, statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Esther_de_G%C3%A9lieu" title="Esther de Gélieu">Esther de Gélieu</a>, Swiss educator (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Charles_X_of_France" title="Charles X of France">Charles X of France</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_21" title="October 21">October 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Augereau" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Augereau">Pierre Augereau</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_France" title="Marshal of France">Marshal of France</a> and duc de Castiglione (d. <a href="/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Canova" title="Antonio Canova">Antonio Canova</a>, Italian sculptor (d. <a href="/wiki/1822" title="1822">1822</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_28" title="November 28">November 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Blake" title="William Blake">William Blake</a>, English poet and artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)<a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_7" title="December 7">December 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Pareja" title="José Antonio Pareja">José Antonio Pareja</a>, Spanish admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1813" title="1813">1813</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n_Kindel%C3%A1n_y_O%27Regan" title="Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan">Sebastián Kindelán y O'Regan</a>, Spanish colonial governor (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bradley_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="William Bradley (Royal Navy officer)">William Bradley</a>, British naval officer and cartographer (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Agnes_Ibbetson" title="Agnes Ibbetson">Agnes Ibbetson</a>, English plant physiologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Leamy_(merchant)" title="John Leamy (merchant)">John Leamy</a>, Irish–American merchant (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li></ul> 1758 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_6" title="January 6">January 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Ganilh" title="Charles Ganilh">Charles Ganilh</a>, French economist, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Leveson-Gower,_1st_Duke_of_Sutherland" title="George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland">George Leveson-Gower, 1st Duke of Sutherland</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Louis_Bourdon" title="François Louis Bourdon">François Louis Bourdon</a>, French Revolutionary politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Anne_Simonis" title="Marie Anne Simonis">Marie Anne Simonis</a>, Belgian textile industrialist (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie-Anne_Pierrette_Paulze" class="mw-redirect" title="Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze">Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze</a>, French chemist (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Ponsonby,_3rd_Earl_of_Bessborough" title="Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough">Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1844" title="1844">1844</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Ochterlony" title="David Ochterlony">David Ochterlony</a>, Massachusetts-born general with the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1825" title="1825">1825</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_3" title="February 3">February 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Napier,_8th_Lord_Napier" title="Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier">Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier</a> of Great Britain (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vasily_Kapnist" title="Vasily Kapnist">Vasily Kapnist</a>, Ukrainian poet, playwright (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Thicknesse,_19th_Baron_Audley" title="George Thicknesse, 19th Baron Audley">George Thicknesse, 19th Baron Audley</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Amalia_Holst" title="Amalia Holst">Amalia Holst</a>, German writer, intellectual, and feminist (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Pinkerton" title="John Pinkerton">John Pinkerton</a>, British antiquarian (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_28" title="February 28">February 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Fran%C3%A7ois,_Count_Mollien" title="Nicolas François, Count Mollien">Nicolas François, Count Mollien</a>, French financier (d. <a href="/wiki/1850" title="1850">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franz_Joseph_Gall" title="Franz Joseph Gall">Franz Joseph Gall</a>, German pioneering neuroanatomist (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leopold_Karel,_Count_of_Limburg_Stirum" title="Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum">Leopold Karel, Count of Limburg Stirum</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_15" title="March 15">March 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Magdalene_Sophie_Buchholm" title="Magdalene Sophie Buchholm">Magdalene Sophie Buchholm</a>, Norwegian poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1826" title="1826">1826</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Hoppner" title="John Hoppner">John Hoppner</a>, English portrait-painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pierre-Paul_Prud%27hon" title="Pierre-Paul Prud'hon">Pierre-Paul Prud'hon</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1823" title="1823">1823</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christian_Karl_August_Ludwig_von_Massenbach" title="Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach">Christian Karl August Ludwig von Massenbach</a>, Prussian soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Javier_Casta%C3%B1os,_1st_Duke_of_Bail%C3%A9n" title="Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén">Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén</a>, Spanish general (d. <a href="/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hood_(Royal_Navy_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer)">Alexander Hood</a>, British Royal Navy officer (k. <a href="/wiki/1798" title="1798">1798</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Cochrane" title="Alexander Cochrane">Alexander Cochrane</a>, British Royal Navy officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_Gidley_King" title="Philip Gidley King">Philip Gidley King</a>, British Royal Navy officer, colonial administrator (d. <a href="/wiki/1808" title="1808">1808</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Dumont_de_Sainte-Croix" title="Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix">Charles Dumont de Sainte-Croix</a>, French zoologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg/110px-James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg/165px-James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg/220px-James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2491" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_28" title="April 28">April 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Monroe" title="James Monroe">James Monroe</a>, fifth <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President of the United States</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Georg_Carl_von_D%C3%B6beln" title="Georg Carl von Döbeln">Georg Carl von Döbeln</a>, Swedish officer, general and war hero (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Emmanuel_Vitale" class="mw-redirect" title="Emmanuel Vitale">Emmanuel Vitale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maltese_people" title="Maltese people">Maltese</a> military leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1802" title="1802">1802</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jane_West_(novelist)" title="Jane West (novelist)">Jane West</a>, English writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Robespierre_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Robespierre_crop.jpg/110px-Robespierre_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Robespierre_crop.jpg/165px-Robespierre_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Robespierre_crop.jpg/220px-Robespierre_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="815" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre" title="Maximilien Robespierre">Maximilien Robespierre</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximilien_de_Robespierre" class="mw-redirect" title="Maximilien de Robespierre">Maximilien de Robespierre</a>, French revolutionary (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)<a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Mass%C3%A9na" title="André Masséna">André Masséna</a>, Napoleonic general, Marshal of France (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Heath_(politician)" title="John Heath (politician)">John Heath</a>, U.S. Representative for Virginia (d. <a href="/wiki/1810" title="1810">1810</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Taylor_(neoplatonist)" title="Thomas Taylor (neoplatonist)">Thomas Taylor</a>, English neoplatonist translator (d. <a href="/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sir_John_St_Aubyn,_5th_Baronet" title="Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet">Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet</a>, English fossil collector (d. <a href="/wiki/1839" title="1839">1839</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honor%C3%A9_IV,_Prince_of_Monaco" title="Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco">Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Raffaello_Sanzio_Morghen" title="Raffaello Sanzio Morghen">Raffaello Sanzio Morghen</a>, Italian engraver (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Clotilde_Tambroni" title="Clotilde Tambroni">Clotilde Tambroni</a>, Italian <a href="/wiki/Philologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Philologist">philologist</a>, linguist (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Hamilton_(writer)" title="Elizabeth Hamilton (writer)">Elizabeth Hamilton</a>, English writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1816" title="1816">1816</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rosalie_de_Constant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rosalie de Constant (page does not exist)">Rosalie de Constant</a> [<a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalie_de_Constant" class="extiw" title="fr:Rosalie de Constant">fr</a>], Swiss naturalist (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Colegrove" title="Jeremiah Colegrove">Jeremiah Colegrove</a>, U.S. farmer, manufacturer and soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Go-Momozono" title="Emperor Go-Momozono">Emperor Go-Momozono</a> of Japan (d. <a href="/wiki/1779" title="1779">1779</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carle_Vernet" title="Carle Vernet">Carle Vernet</a>, French painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg/110px-Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg/165px-Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg/220px-Lieutenant-General_Sir_Thomas_Picton_A17581.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3256" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Picton" title="Thomas Picton">Thomas Picton</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Picton" title="Thomas Picton">Thomas Picton</a>, British soldier, colonial governor (k. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Israel_Pellew" title="Israel Pellew">Israel Pellew</a>, English naval officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Nasmyth" title="Alexander Nasmyth">Alexander Nasmyth</a>, Scottish portrait and landscape painter (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hannah_Webster_Foster" title="Hannah Webster Foster">Hannah Webster Foster</a>, U.S. novelist (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Friant" title="Louis Friant">Louis Friant</a>, French Napoleonic soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines" title="Jean-Jacques Dessalines">Jean-Jacques Dessalines</a>, leader of the Haitian Revolution (d. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg/110px-ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg/165px-ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg/220px-ChristopherGoreByTrumbull.jpg 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gore" title="Christopher Gore">Christopher Gore</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Isaac_Silvestre_de_Sacy" title="Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy">Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy</a>, French linguist, orientalist (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Gore" title="Christopher Gore">Christopher Gore</a>, U.S. lawyer, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1827" title="1827">1827</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_25" title="September 25">September 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_Thekla_Mozart" title="Maria Anna Thekla Mozart">Maria Anna Thekla Mozart</a> called Marianne, known as Bäsle ("little cousin"), cousin of <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart" title="Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart">Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cosme_Argerich" title="Cosme Argerich">Cosme Argerich</a>, Argentine Surgeon General (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HoratioNelson1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HoratioNelson1.jpg/110px-HoratioNelson1.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HoratioNelson1.jpg/165px-HoratioNelson1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/HoratioNelson1.jpg/220px-HoratioNelson1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_29" title="September 29">September 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson</a>, British admiral (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fanny_von_Arnstein" title="Fanny von Arnstein">Fanny von Arnstein</a>, Austrian salonnière (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Seymour_Fleming" title="Seymour Fleming">Seymour Fleming</a>, British noblewoman (d. <a href="/wiki/1818" title="1818">1818</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Watkin_Tench" title="Watkin Tench">Watkin Tench</a>, British Marine officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Heinrich_Wilhelm_Matthias_Olbers" title="Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers">Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers</a>, German astronomer (d. <a href="/wiki/1840" title="1840">1840</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_von_Dannecker" title="Johann Heinrich von Dannecker">Johann Heinrich von Dannecker</a>, German sculptor (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG/110px-Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG" decoding="async" width="110" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG/165px-Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG/220px-Noah_Webster_pre-1843_IMG_4412_Cropped.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2008" data-file-height="2932" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Noah_Webster" title="Noah Webster">Noah Webster</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Noah_Webster" title="Noah Webster">Noah Webster</a>, U.S. lexicographer (d. <a href="/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a>)</li> <li>October 22/6 – <a href="/wiki/Vincenzo_Dandolo" title="Vincenzo Dandolo">Vincenzo Dandolo</a>, Italian chemist, agriculturist (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Sibthorp" title="John Sibthorp">John Sibthorp</a>, English botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph-Fran%C3%A7ois-Louis-Charles_de_Damas" title="Joseph-François-Louis-Charles de Damas">Joseph-François-Louis-Charles de Damas</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_31" title="October 31">October 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Gisborne" title="Thomas Gisborne">Thomas Gisborne</a>, Anglican priest, abolitionist (d. <a href="/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis-Marie_Aubert_du_Petit-Thouars" title="Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars">Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars</a>, French botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_11" title="November 11">November 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Zelter" title="Carl Friedrich Zelter">Carl Friedrich Zelter</a>, German composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1832" title="1832">1832</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_P._Bennett" title="Caleb P. Bennett">Caleb P. Bennett</a>, U.S. soldier, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1836" title="1836">1836</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Andreas_Heiberg" title="Peter Andreas Heiberg">Peter Andreas Heiberg</a>, Danish author, philologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1841" title="1841">1841</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Beauclerk,_4th_Duke_of_St_Albans" title="George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans">George Beauclerk, 4th Duke of St Albans</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1787" title="1787">1787</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Colt_Hoare" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Colt Hoare">Richard Colt Hoare</a>, English antiquarian, archaeologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1838" title="1838">1838</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean_Baptiste_Ebl%C3%A9" title="Jean Baptiste Eblé">Jean Baptiste Eblé</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1812" title="1812">1812</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georges_Antoine_Chabot" title="Georges Antoine Chabot">Georges Antoine Chabot</a>, French jurist, statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Fish" title="Nicholas Fish">Nicholas Fish</a>, U.S. Revolutionary soldier (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthimos_Gazis" title="Anthimos Gazis">Anthimos Gazis</a>, Greek scholar, philosopher (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hardy" title="Samuel Hardy">Samuel Hardy</a>, U.S. lawyer and statesman from Virginia (d. <a href="/wiki/1785" title="1785">1785</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jamphel_Gyatso,_8th_Dalai_Lama" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama">Jamphel Gyatso, 8th Dalai Lama</a> of Tibet (d. <a href="/wiki/1804" title="1804">1804</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lee_(attorney_general)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Lee (attorney general)">Charles Lee</a>, U.S. Attorney General (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Sterett" title="Samuel Sterett">Samuel Sterett</a>, American politician, U.S. Representative for Maryland (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marie-Claire_Heureuse_F%C3%A9licit%C3%A9" title="Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité">Marie-Claire Heureuse Félicité</a>, Empress of Haiti (d. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamehameha_I" title="Kamehameha I">Kamehameha I</a>, King of Hawaii (d. c. <a href="/wiki/1819" title="1819">1819</a>)</li></ul> 1759 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Burns" title="Robert Burns">Robert Burns</a>, Scottish poet (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)<a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Augustin_Guillaume_Bosc" title="Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc">Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc</a>, French botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_August_Wolf" title="Friedrich August Wolf">Friedrich August Wolf</a>, German philologist, archaeologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Lecourbe" title="Claude Lecourbe">Claude Lecourbe</a>, French general (d. <a href="/wiki/1815" title="1815">1815</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/August_Wilhelm_Iffland" title="August Wilhelm Iffland">August Wilhelm Iffland</a>, German actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1814" title="1814">1814</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Freeman_(clergyman)" title="James Freeman (clergyman)">James Freeman</a>, first clergyman in America to call himself a Unitarian (d. <a href="/wiki/1835" title="1835">1835</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_(c._1797).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg/110px-Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg/165px-Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg/220px-Mary_Wollstonecraft_by_John_Opie_%28c._1797%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="1244" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft" title="Mary Wollstonecraft">Mary Wollstonecraft</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Wollstonecraft" title="Mary Wollstonecraft">Mary Wollstonecraft</a>, English <a href="/wiki/Feminist" class="mw-redirect" title="Feminist">feminist</a> author (d. <a href="/wiki/1797" title="1797">1797</a>)<a href="#cite_note-206">[206]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Theresia_von_Paradis" title="Maria Theresia von Paradis">Maria Theresia von Paradis</a>, Austrian musician, composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1824" title="1824">1824</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Thornton" title="William Thornton">William Thornton</a>, American architect (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_21" title="May 21">May 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Fouch%C3%A9" title="Joseph Fouché">Joseph Fouché</a>, French statesman (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger" title="William Pitt the Younger">William Pitt the Younger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)<a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_J._Dallas_(statesman)" title="Alexander J. Dallas (statesman)">Alexander J. Dallas</a>, American statesman and financier (d. <a href="/wiki/1817" title="1817">1817</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Plumer" title="William Plumer">William Plumer</a>, American lawyer, Baptist lay preacher, and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1850" title="1850">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Read" title="Nathan Read">Nathan Read</a>, American engineer and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ignaz_Anton_von_Indermauer" title="Ignaz Anton von Indermauer">Ignaz Anton von Indermauer</a>, Austrian nobleman and government official (d. <a href="/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_wilberforce.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/William_wilberforce.jpg/110px-William_wilberforce.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/William_wilberforce.jpg/165px-William_wilberforce.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/William_wilberforce.jpg/220px-William_wilberforce.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="791" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Wilberforce" title="William Wilberforce">William Wilberforce</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Wilberforce" title="William Wilberforce">William Wilberforce</a>, British abolitionist (d. <a href="/wiki/1833" title="1833">1833</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lemuel_Cook" title="Lemuel Cook">Lemuel Cook</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a> veteran, <a href="/wiki/Centenarian" title="Centenarian">centenarian</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1866" title="1866">1866</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_19" title="September 19">September 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Kirby_(entomologist)" title="William Kirby (entomologist)">William Kirby</a>, English entomologist (d. <a href="/wiki/1850" title="1850">1850</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Marie_Dorothea_of_W%C3%BCrttemberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg">Sophie Marie Dorothea of Württemberg</a>, empress of <a href="/wiki/Paul_I_of_Russia" title="Paul I of Russia">Paul I of Russia</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Grenville,_1st_Baron_Grenville" title="William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville">William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1834" title="1834">1834</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Georges_Danton" title="Georges Danton">Georges Danton</a>, French Revolutionary leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1794" title="1794">1794</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg/110px-Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg/165px-Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg/220px-Friedrich_Schiller_by_Ludovike_Simanowiz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="675" data-file-height="922" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller" title="Friedrich Schiller">Friedrich Schiller</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Schiller" title="Friedrich Schiller">Friedrich Schiller</a>, German writer (d. <a href="/wiki/1805" title="1805">1805</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franz_Krommer" title="Franz Krommer">Franz Krommer</a>, Czech composer (d. <a href="/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_23" title="November 23">November 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Felipe_Enrique_Neri" class="mw-redirect" title="Felipe Enrique Neri">Felipe Enrique Neri</a>, legislator and colonizer of Texas (d. <a href="/wiki/1820" title="1820">1820</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2" title="December 2">December 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Smith_(botanist)" title="James Edward Smith (botanist)">James Edward Smith</a>, English botanist (d. <a href="/wiki/1828" title="1828">1828</a>)</li> <li>Date unknown – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Petraccini" title="Maria Petraccini">Maria Petraccini</a>, Italian anatomist, physician (d. <a href="/wiki/1791" title="1791">1791</a>) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Salomea_Deszner" title="Salomea Deszner">Salomea Deszner</a>, Polish actress, singer and theater director (d. <a href="/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Flowerdew" class="mw-redirect" title="Alice Flowerdew">Alice Flowerdew</a>, British teacher, religious poet, hymnwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/1830" title="1830">1830</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable noprint selfref">Transcluding articles: <a href="/wiki/1750" title="1750">1750</a>, <a href="/wiki/1751" title="1751">1751</a>, <a href="/wiki/1752" title="1752">1752</a>, <a href="/wiki/1753" title="1753">1753</a>, <a href="/wiki/1754" title="1754">1754</a>, <a href="/wiki/1755" title="1755">1755</a>, <a href="/wiki/1756" title="1756">1756</a>, <a href="/wiki/1757" title="1757">1757</a>, <a href="/wiki/1758" title="1758">1758</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1759" title="1759">1759</a></div> 1750 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Trubetskoy" title="Ivan Trubetskoy">Ivan Trubetskoy</a>, Russian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Josef_von_Unertl" title="Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl">Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl</a>, Bavarian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludovico_Antonio_Muratori" title="Ludovico Antonio Muratori">Ludovico Antonio Muratori</a>, Italian historian and scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1672" title="1672">1672</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_26" title="January 26">January 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Schultens" title="Albert Schultens">Albert Schultens</a>, Dutch philologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Schr%C3%B6der" title="Sophia Schröder">Sophia Schröder</a>, Swedish soprano (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Algernon_Seymour,_7th_Duke_of_Somerset" title="Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset">Algernon Seymour, 7th Duke of Somerset</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_8" title="February 8">February 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Hill_(writer)" title="Aaron Hill (writer)">Aaron Hill</a>, English writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jan_Frans_van_Bredael" title="Jan Frans van Bredael">Jan Frans van Bredael</a>, Flemish painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6" title="March 6">March 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Montagnana" title="Domenico Montagnana">Domenico Montagnana</a>, Italian luthier (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Jurin" title="James Jurin">James Jurin</a>, British mathematician, doctor (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Byng,_3rd_Viscount_Torrington" title="George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington">George Byng, 3rd Viscount Torrington</a>, British Army general (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Willison" title="John Willison">John Willison</a>, Scottish minister, writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Georg_Engelhard_Schr%C3%B6der" title="Georg Engelhard Schröder">Georg Engelhard Schröder</a>, Swedish artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Sakuramachi" title="Emperor Sakuramachi">Emperor Sakuramachi</a> of Japan (b. <a href="/wiki/1720" title="1720">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_de_Launay,_baronne_de_Staal" title="Marguerite de Launay, baronne de Staal">Marguerite de Launay, baronne de Staal</a>, French author (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vasily_Tatishchev" title="Vasily Tatishchev">Vasily Tatishchev</a>, Russian statesman, ethnographer (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li></ul> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/110px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/165px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg/220px-Johann_Sebastian_Bach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach" title="Johann Sebastian Bach">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conyers_Middleton" title="Conyers Middleton">Conyers Middleton</a>, English minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_31" title="July 31">July 31</a> – King <a href="/wiki/John_V_of_Portugal" title="John V of Portugal">John V of Portugal</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lennox,_2nd_Duke_of_Richmond" title="Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond">Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond</a>, English aristocrat, philanthropist and cricket patron (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Rachel_Ruysch" title="Rachel Ruysch">Rachel Ruysch</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_15" title="September 15">September 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Theodore_Pachelbel" title="Charles Theodore Pachelbel">Charles Theodore Pachelbel</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_3" title="October 3">October 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Georg_Matthias_Monn" title="Georg Matthias Monn">Georg Matthias Monn</a>, Austrian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_MacLaine" title="James MacLaine">James MacLaine</a>, Irish highwayman (b. <a href="/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sylvius_Leopold_Weiss" title="Sylvius Leopold Weiss">Sylvius Leopold Weiss</a>, German composer, lutenist (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_1" title="November 1">November 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gustaaf_Willem_van_Imhoff" title="Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff">Gustaaf Willem van Imhoff</a>, Dutch <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies">Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Gabriel_Doppelmayr" title="Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr">Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr</a>, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. <a href="/wiki/1671" title="1671">1671</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philemon_Ewer" title="Philemon Ewer">Philemon Ewer</a>, English shipbuilder (b. <a href="/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Jang_Mir_Ahmad" class="mw-redirect" title="Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad">Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad</a>, son of Turkic noble Nizam-ul-Mulk (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nasir_Jung" title="Nasir Jung">Nasir Jung</a>, Head of Hyderabad State (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1751 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albinoni.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Albinoni.jpg/112px-Albinoni.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Albinoni.jpg/168px-Albinoni.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Albinoni.jpg/223px-Albinoni.jpg 2x" data-file-width="277" data-file-height="342" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tomaso_Albinoni" title="Tomaso Albinoni">Tomaso Albinoni</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg/112px-Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg" decoding="async" width="112" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg/167px-Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg/223px-Frederick_I_of_Sweden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="438" data-file-height="549" /></a><figcaption>King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden" title="Frederick I of Sweden">Frederick I of Sweden</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg/110px-1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg/165px-1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg/220px-1stViscountBolingbroke.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke" title="Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke">Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tomaso_Albinoni" title="Tomaso Albinoni">Tomaso Albinoni</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1671" title="1671">1671</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Hervey,_1st_Earl_of_Bristol" title="John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol">John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1665" title="1665">1665</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_25" title="January 25">January 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dudley_(jurist)" title="Paul Dudley (jurist)">Paul Dudley</a>, Massachusetts Attorney-General (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Knutzen" title="Martin Knutzen">Martin Knutzen</a>, German philosopher (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henri_Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Aguesseau" title="Henri François d'Aguesseau">Henri François d'Aguesseau</a>, Chancellor of France (b. <a href="/wiki/1668" title="1668">1668</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Albert_Borgard" title="Albert Borgard">Albert Borgard</a>, Danish artillery and engineer officer (b. <a href="/wiki/1659" title="1659">1659</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Heinrich_Zedler" title="Johann Heinrich Zedler">Johann Heinrich Zedler</a>, German publisher (b. <a href="/wiki/1706" title="1706">1706</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/J%C3%A1nos_P%C3%A1lffy" title="János Pálffy">János Pálffy</a>, Hungarian field marshal, Palatine (b. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_25" title="March 25">March 25</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Frederick_I_of_Sweden" title="Frederick I of Sweden">Frederick I of Sweden</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Coram" title="Thomas Coram">Thomas Coram</a>, English sea captain, philanthropist (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1668" title="1668">1668</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick,_Prince_of_Wales" title="Frederick, Prince of Wales">Frederick, Prince of Wales</a>, Hanoverian-born heir to the British throne (b. <a href="/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lacy" title="Peter Lacy">Peter Lacy</a>, Irish-born Russian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gisela_Agnes_of_Anhalt-K%C3%B6then" class="mw-redirect" title="Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen">Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen</a>, Princess of Anhalt-Köthen by birth and by marriage Princess of Anhalt-Dessau (b. <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dom%C3%A8nec_Terradellas" title="Domènec Terradellas">Domènec Terradellas</a>, Spanish opera composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Machin" title="John Machin">John Machin</a>, English mathematician (b. c.<a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adriaan_Valckenier" title="Adriaan Valckenier">Adriaan Valckenier</a>, Dutch <a href="/wiki/Governor-General_of_the_Dutch_East_Indies" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies">Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies</a> (1737–1741) (b. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_von_Schmettau" title="Samuel von Schmettau">Samuel von Schmettau</a>, Prussian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_22" title="August 22">August 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Gordon_(Benedictine)" title="Andrew Gordon (Benedictine)">Andrew Gordon</a>, British physicist (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Polhem" title="Christopher Polhem">Christopher Polhem</a>, Swedish scientist (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_IV,_Prince_of_Orange" title="William IV, Prince of Orange">William IV, Prince of Orange</a>, Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)<a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Doddridge" title="Philip Doddridge">Philip Doddridge</a>, English nonconformist religious leader (b. <a href="/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_Vater" title="Abraham Vater">Abraham Vater</a>, German anatomist (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_St_John,_1st_Viscount_Bolingbroke" title="Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke">Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke</a>, English statesman, philosopher (b. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II,_Prince_of_Anhalt-Dessau" title="Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau">Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau</a>, Prussian general (b. <a href="/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louise_of_Great_Britain" title="Louise of Great Britain">Louise of Great Britain</a>, queen of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_V_of_Denmark" title="Frederick V of Denmark">Frederick V of Denmark</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Lorraine,_Count_of_Armagnac" title="Charles de Lorraine, Count of Armagnac">Charles, Count of Armagnac</a>, French noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li></ul> 1752 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_Butler,_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg/110px-Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg/165px-Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg/220px-Joseph_Butler%2C_Bp_of_Bristol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Butler" title="Joseph Butler">Joseph Butler</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Whiston.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/William_Whiston.png/110px-William_Whiston.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/William_Whiston.png/165px-William_Whiston.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/5a/William_Whiston.png/220px-William_Whiston.png 2x" data-file-width="251" data-file-height="303" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/William_Whiston" title="William Whiston">William Whiston</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Cramer" title="Gabriel Cramer">Gabriel Cramer</a>, Swiss mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Devasahayam_Pillai" title="Devasahayam Pillai">Devasahayam Pillai</a>, beatified Indian Catholic (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_Blomefield" title="Francis Blomefield">Francis Blomefield</a>, English topographer (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Hasselqvist" title="Fredrik Hasselqvist">Fredrik Hasselqvist</a>, Swedish traveller and naturalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henriette-Anne_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Henriette-Anne of France">Henriette-Anne of France</a>, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">Louis XV of France</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1727" title="1727">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Beinta_Broberg" title="Beinta Broberg">Beinta Broberg</a>, notorious Faroese vicar's wife (b. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Claude_Joseph_Geoffroy" title="Claude Joseph Geoffroy">Claude Joseph Geoffroy</a>, brother of Étienne François Geoffroy (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gio_Nicola_Buhagiar" title="Gio Nicola Buhagiar">Gio Nicola Buhagiar</a>, Maltese painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)<a href="#cite_note-209">[209]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Michell" title="Matthew Michell">Matthew Michell</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Ogle" title="Samuel Ogle">Samuel Ogle</a>, British provincial Governor of Maryland (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sophia_of_Saxe-Weissenfels,_Countess_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" title="Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Sophia of Saxe-Weissenfels, Countess of Brandenburg-Bayreuth</a>, German aristocrat and culture patron (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Alexander_Thiele" title="Johann Alexander Thiele">Johann Alexander Thiele</a>, German painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Bradford_(Colonial_printer)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Bradford (Colonial printer)">William Bradford</a>, British-born printer (b. <a href="/wiki/1663" title="1663">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Giulio_Alberoni" title="Giulio Alberoni">Giulio Alberoni</a>, Italian cardinal (b. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Butler" title="Joseph Butler">Joseph Butler</a>, English priest, theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1692" title="1692">1692</a>)<a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Old_Briton" class="mw-redirect" title="Old Briton">Old Briton</a>, Piankashaw chieftain (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Christoph_Pepusch" title="Johann Christoph Pepusch">Johann Christoph Pepusch</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">July 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Warren_(admiral)" class="mw-redirect" title="Peter Warren (admiral)">Peter Warren</a>, British admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1703" title="1703">1703</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_22" title="August 22">August 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Whiston" title="William Whiston">William Whiston</a>, English mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Albrecht_Bengel" title="Johann Albrecht Bengel">Johann Albrecht Bengel</a>, German scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Andreas_Duker" title="Carl Andreas Duker">Carl Andreas Duker</a>, German classical scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Erskine_(preacher)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ralph Erskine (preacher)">Ralph Erskine</a>, Scottish minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Digby,_5th_Baron_Digby" title="William Digby, 5th Baron Digby">William Digby, 5th Baron Digby</a>, English politician, baron (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henri-Guillaume_Hamal" title="Henri-Guillaume Hamal">Henri-Guillaume Hamal</a>, Walloon musician and composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)<a href="#cite_note-fjfetis-211">[211]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adolphus_Frederick_III,_Duke_of_Mecklenburg-Strelitz" class="mw-redirect" title="Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz">Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li>date unknown – <a href="/wiki/Jacopo_Amigoni" title="Jacopo Amigoni">Jacopo Amigoni</a>, Italian painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li></ul> 1753 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/110px-John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/165px-John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg/220px-John_Smibert_-_Bishop_George_Berkeley_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3677" data-file-height="4943" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley" title="George Berkeley">George Berkeley</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_11" title="January 11">January 11</a> – Sir <a href="/wiki/Hans_Sloane" title="Hans Sloane">Hans Sloane</a>, Irish-born physician and collector (b. <a href="/wiki/1660" title="1660">1660</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley" title="George Berkeley">George Berkeley</a>, Irish-born philosopher and bishop (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_23" title="January 23">January 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louise_B%C3%A9n%C3%A9dicte_de_Bourbon" title="Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon">Louise Bénédicte de Bourbon</a>, French royal princess, saloniste (b. <a href="/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Facco" title="Giacomo Facco">Giacomo Facco</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eleonore_of_L%C3%B6wenstein-Wertheim" title="Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim">Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim</a>, German countess (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franciszka_Urszula_Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82owa" title="Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa">Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa</a>, Polish dramatist (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Cameron_of_Locheil" class="mw-redirect" title="Archibald Cameron of Locheil">Archibald Cameron of Locheil</a>, last Scottish Jacobite to be executed for treason (b. <a href="/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Ludwig_Schultheiss_von_Unfriedt" title="Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt">Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt</a>, German architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charlotta_Elisabeth_van_der_Lith" title="Charlotta Elisabeth van der Lith">Charlotta Elisabeth van der Lith</a>, politically active Governor's wife in Surinam (b. <a href="/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_6" title="August 6">August 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Georg_Wilhelm_Richmann" title="Georg Wilhelm Richmann">Georg Wilhelm Richmann</a>, Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Balthasar_Neumann" title="Balthasar Neumann">Balthasar Neumann</a>, German architect and military engineer (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Weishaupt" title="Johann Georg Weishaupt">Johann Georg Weishaupt</a>, German lawyer (b. <a href="/wiki/1716" title="1716">1716</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Danvers_Osborn,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet">Sir Danvers Osborn, 3rd Baronet</a>, British politician and governor of the Province of New York (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Margareta_von_Ascheberg" title="Margareta von Ascheberg">Margareta von Ascheberg</a>, Swedish land owner, countess and acting <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regimental</a> <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1671" title="1671">1671</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_August,_Prince_of_Nassau-Weilburg" title="Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg">Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg</a>, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg (1719–1753) (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bertrand-Fran%C3%A7ois_Mah%C3%A9_de_La_Bourdonnais" title="Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais">Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais</a>, French naval officer and governor of <a href="/wiki/Isle_de_France_(Mauritius)" title="Isle de France (Mauritius)">Isle de France (Mauritius)</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1699" title="1699">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel-Jacques_Bernard_(1686%E2%80%931753)" title="Samuel-Jacques Bernard (1686–1753)">Samuel-Jacques Bernard</a>, French nobility (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_4" title="December 4">December 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyle,_3rd_Earl_of_Burlington" title="Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington">Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington</a>, English architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Godolphin_Arabian" title="Godolphin Arabian">Godolphin Arabian</a>, Yemeni-foaled English <a href="/wiki/Thoroughbred" title="Thoroughbred">thoroughbred</a> <a href="/wiki/Stallion_(horse)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stallion (horse)">stallion</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a>)</li></ul> 1754 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan,_duchesse_de_Tallard_(1699-1754)_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg/110px-Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg/165px-Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg/220px-Portrait_de_Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan%2C_duchesse_de_Tallard_%281699-1754%29_Gouvernante_des_Enfants_de_France.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="521" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan,_Duchess_of_Tallard" title="Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard">Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard</a> died <a href="/wiki/5_January" class="mw-redirect" title="5 January">5 January</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg/110px-Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg/165px-Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg/220px-Archibald_Hamilton_of_Riccarton_and_Pardovan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lord_Archibald_Hamilton" title="Lord Archibald Hamilton">Lord Archibald Hamilton</a> died <a href="/wiki/5_April" class="mw-redirect" title="5 April">5 April</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg/110px-MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg/165px-MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg/220px-MariaTheresiaF%C3%A9liciavanModena.jpg 2x" data-file-width="430" data-file-height="510" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Felicitas_d%27Este" title="Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este">Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este</a> died <a href="/wiki/30_April" class="mw-redirect" title="30 April">30 April</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg/110px-Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg/165px-Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg/220px-Carl-georg-sioblad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="912" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carl_Georg_Si%C3%B6blad" title="Carl Georg Siöblad">Carl Georg Siöblad</a> died <a href="/wiki/1_September" class="mw-redirect" title="1 September">1 September</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Safdarjung,_second_Nawab_of_Awadh,_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg/110px-Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg/165px-Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg/220px-Safdarjung%2C_second_Nawab_of_Awadh%2C_Mughal_dynasty._India._early_18th_century.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Safdar_Jang" title="Safdar Jang">Safdar Jang</a> died <a href="/wiki/5_October" class="mw-redirect" title="5 October">5 October</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahmud1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mahmud1.jpg/110px-Mahmud1.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mahmud1.jpg/165px-Mahmud1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Mahmud1.jpg/220px-Mahmud1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1090" data-file-height="1574" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mahmud_I" title="Mahmud I">Mahmud I</a> died <a href="/wiki/13_December" class="mw-redirect" title="13 December">13 December</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_5" title="January 5">January 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Isabelle_de_Rohan,_Duchess_of_Tallard" title="Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard">Marie Isabelle de Rohan, Duchess of Tallard</a>, French noblewoman, granddaughter of Madame de Ventadour (b. <a href="/wiki/1699" title="1699">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Cave" title="Edward Cave">Edward Cave</a>, English editor, publisher (b. <a href="/wiki/1691" title="1691">1691</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Trelawny_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Trelawny (governor)">Edward Trelawny</a>, British governor of Jamaica 1738–1752 (b. <a href="/wiki/1699" title="1699">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Filippo_Maria_Monti" title="Filippo Maria Monti">Filippo Maria Monti</a>, Cardinal in the Catholic Church (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christian_August,_Duke_of_Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg">Christian August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludvig_Holberg" title="Ludvig Holberg">Ludvig Holberg</a>, Norwegian dramatist and writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)<a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Benson_(architect)" title="William Benson (architect)">William Benson</a>, English architect and self-serving Whig place-holder (b. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Thielo" title="Caroline Thielo">Caroline Thielo</a>, Danish actress (b. <a href="/wiki/1735" title="1735">1735</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Mead" title="Richard Mead">Richard Mead</a>, English physician (b. <a href="/wiki/1673" title="1673">1673</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Xavier,_Duke_of_Aquitaine" title="Xavier, Duke of Aquitaine">Xavier, Duke of Aquitaine</a>, fils de France of the House of Bourbon (b. <a href="/wiki/1753" title="1753">1753</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_de_Almeida" title="Tomás de Almeida">Tomás de Almeida</a>, first Patriarch of Lisbon (b. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9opold_Philippe_d%27Arenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Léopold Philippe d'Arenberg">Léopold Philippe d'Arenberg</a>, 4th Duke of Arenberg (b. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6" title="March 6">March 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Pelham" title="Henry Pelham">Henry Pelham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Brodie_(1697%E2%80%931754)" title="Alexander Brodie (1697–1754)">Alexander Brodie</a>, Scottish clan chief and politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1697" title="1697">1697</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marc_de_Beauvau,_Prince_of_Craon" class="mw-redirect" title="Marc de Beauvau, Prince of Craon">Marc de Beauvau, Prince of Craon</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Bourn_the_Younger" title="Samuel Bourn the Younger">Samuel Bourn the Younger</a>, English dissenting minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Jakob_Wettstein" title="Johann Jakob Wettstein">Johann Jakob Wettstein</a>, Swiss theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1693" title="1693">1693</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hilario_a_Jesu_Costa" class="mw-redirect" title="Hilario a Jesu Costa">Hilario a Jesu Costa</a>, Roman Catholic prelate, Apostolic Vicar of Eastern Tonking (1737–1754), Titular Bishop of Corycus (1735–1737) (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2" title="April 2">April 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Carte" title="Thomas Carte">Thomas Carte</a>, English historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Guillaume_Loys_de_Bochat" title="Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat">Charles Guillaume Loys de Bochat</a>, 18th-century Swiss jurist and antiquarian (b. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lord_Archibald_Hamilton" title="Lord Archibald Hamilton">Lord Archibald Hamilton</a>, Scottish officer of the Royal Navy (b. <a href="/wiki/1673" title="1673">1673</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Carvajal_y_Lanc%C3%A1ster" title="José de Carvajal y Lancáster">José de Carvajal y Lancáster</a>, Spanish statesman (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Christian_Wolff_(philosopher)" title="Christian Wolff (philosopher)">Christian Wolff</a>, German philosopher, mathematician, scientist (b. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_15" title="April 15">April 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacopo_Riccati" title="Jacopo Riccati">Jacopo Riccati</a>, Italian mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1676" title="1676">1676</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Lawrence_(mayor)" title="Thomas Lawrence (mayor)">Thomas Lawrence</a>, merchant who was elected to six one-year terms as mayor of Philadelphia (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Karoline_von_Fuchs-Mollard" title="Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard">Marie Karoline von Fuchs-Mollard</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1681" title="1681">1681</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Felicitas_d%27Este" title="Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este">Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1726" title="1726">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre-Claude_Nivelle_de_La_Chauss%C3%A9e" title="Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée">Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1692" title="1692">1692</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_18" title="May 18">May 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Strange_(English_politician)" title="John Strange (English politician)">Sir John Strange</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Wood,_the_Elder" title="John Wood, the Elder">John Wood, the Elder</a>, English architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2" title="June 2">June 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ebenezer_Erskine" title="Ebenezer Erskine">Ebenezer Erskine</a>, Scottish religious dissenter (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolai_Eigtved" title="Nicolai Eigtved">Nicolai Eigtved</a>, Danish architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Baptist_Martinelli" title="Johann Baptist Martinelli">Johann Baptist Martinelli</a>, Austrian architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sollom_Emlyn" title="Sollom Emlyn">Sollom Emlyn</a>, Irish legal writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1697" title="1697">1697</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Folkes" title="Martin Folkes">Martin Folkes</a>, English antiquarian (b. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_4" title="July 4">July 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Philippe_N%C3%A9ricault_Destouches" title="Philippe Néricault Destouches">Philippe Néricault Destouches</a>, French playwright who wrote 22 plays (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Dominique_de_Barberie_de_Saint-Contest" title="François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest">François Dominique de Barberie de Saint-Contest</a>, French diplomat (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2" title="August 2">August 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Waller_(Virginia_politician)" title="John Waller (Virginia politician)">John Waller</a>, American politician who served in the House of Burgess in 1714 (b. <a href="/wiki/1673" title="1673">1673</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Anna_of_Austria" title="Maria Anna of Austria">Maria Anna of Austria</a>, <a href="/wiki/Archduchess_of_Austria" class="mw-redirect" title="Archduchess of Austria">Archduchess of Austria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_consort_of_Portugal" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen consort of Portugal">Queen consort of Portugal</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Powlett,_3rd_Duke_of_Bolton" title="Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton">Charles Powlett, 3rd Duke of Bolton</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Georg_Si%C3%B6blad" title="Carl Georg Siöblad">Carl Georg Siöblad</a>, Swedish naval officer, Governor of Malmöhus County 1740–1754 (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sir_Tancred_Robinson,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet">Sir Tancred Robinson, 3rd Baronet</a>, English Rear admiral and Lord Mayor of York (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Mawney" title="Peter Mawney">Peter Mawney</a>, member of one of the few French Huguenot families that remained in Rhode Island (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tanacharison" title="Tanacharison">Tanacharison</a>, Catawba Indian chief (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Safdar_Jang" title="Safdar Jang">Safdar Jang</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1708" title="1708">1708</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_8" title="October 8">October 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Fielding" title="Henry Fielding">Henry Fielding</a>, English novelist and dramatist known for his earthy humour and satire (b. <a href="/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a>)<a href="#cite_note-214">[214]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_10" title="October 10">October 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dorothea_Krag" title="Dorothea Krag">Dorothea Krag</a>, Danish General Postmaster and noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mahadhammaraza_Dipadi" title="Mahadhammaraza Dipadi">Mahadhammaraza Dipadi</a>, last king of Toungoo dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), 1733–1752 (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hark_Olufs" title="Hark Olufs">Hark Olufs</a>, North Frisian sailor (b. <a href="/wiki/1708" title="1708">1708</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Friedrich_von_Hagedorn" title="Friedrich von Hagedorn">Friedrich von Hagedorn</a>, German poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1708" title="1708">1708</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Darwin_of_Elston" title="Robert Darwin of Elston">Robert Darwin of Elston</a>, English lawyer and physician (b. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">November 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Tutty" title="William Tutty">William Tutty</a>, English-Canadian clergyman (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abraham_de_Moivre" title="Abraham de Moivre">Abraham de Moivre</a>, French mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1667" title="1667">1667</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_30" title="November 30">November 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Willing" title="Charles Willing">Charles Willing</a>, Philadelphia merchant (b. <a href="/wiki/1710" title="1710">1710</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_de_Nassau_d%27Auverquerque,_1st_Earl_of_Grantham" title="Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham">Henry de Nassau d'Auverquerque, 1st Earl of Grantham</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1673" title="1673">1673</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wu_Jingzi" title="Wu Jingzi">Wu Jingzi</a>, Chinese writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mahmud_I" title="Mahmud I">Mahmud I</a>, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1730 to 1754 (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_22" title="December 22">December 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Willem_van_Keppel,_2nd_Earl_of_Albemarle" title="Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle">Willem van Keppel, 2nd Earl of Albemarle</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_27" title="December 27">December 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Craven" title="Charles Craven">Charles Craven</a>, son of Sir William Craven and Margaret Clapham (b. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li></ul> 1755 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Montesquieu_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Montesquieu_1.png/110px-Montesquieu_1.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Montesquieu_1.png/165px-Montesquieu_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Montesquieu_1.png/220px-Montesquieu_1.png 2x" data-file-width="1177" data-file-height="1447" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Montesquieu" title="Montesquieu">Montesquieu</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/110px-%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/165px-%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg/220px-%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="571" /></a><figcaption>Saint <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Majella" title="Gerard Majella">Gerard Majella</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Montesquieu" title="Montesquieu">Montesquieu</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Scipione,_marchese_di_Maffei" class="mw-redirect" title="Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei">Francesco Scipione, marchese di Maffei</a>, Italian archaeologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2" title="March 2">March 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_de_Rouvroy,_duc_de_Saint-Simon" title="Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon">Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon</a>, French writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_7" title="March 7">March 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wilson_(bishop)" title="Thomas Wilson (bishop)">Thomas Wilson</a>, Bishop of Sodor and Man (b. <a href="/wiki/1663" title="1663">1663</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_David_K%C3%B6hler" title="Johann David Köhler">Johann David Köhler</a>, German historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rawlinson" title="Richard Rawlinson">Richard Rawlinson</a>, English minister, antiquarian (b. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Oudry" title="Jean-Baptiste Oudry">Jean-Baptiste Oudry</a>, French painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Iyasu_II" title="Iyasu II">Iyasu II</a>, Emperor of <a href="/wiki/Ethiopia" title="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1723" title="1723">1723</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Li%C3%A9nard_de_Beaujeu" title="Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu">Daniel Liénard de Beaujeu</a>, Canadian officer during the Seven Years' War (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_13" title="July 13">July 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Braddock" title="Edward Braddock">Edward Braddock</a>, British general (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacques-Nompar_III_de_Caumont,_duc_de_La_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Jacques-Nompar III de Caumont, duc de La Force">Jacques-Nompar III de Caumont, duc de La Force</a>, French nobleman (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Durante" title="Francesco Durante">Francesco Durante</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Princess_Marie_Z%C3%A9phyrine_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Marie Zéphyrine of France">Princess Marie Zéphyrine of France</a>, sister of <a href="/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XVI of France">Louis XVI</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1750" title="1750">1750</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jacques_Legardeur_de_Saint-Pierre" title="Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre">Jacques Legardeur de Saint-Pierre</a>, Canadian military commander (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hendrick_Theyanoguin" title="Hendrick Theyanoguin">Hendrick Theyanoguin</a>, Mohawk Council leader killed in the Battle of Lake George (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1691" title="1691">1691</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ephraim_Williams" title="Ephraim Williams">Ephraim Williams</a>, American philanthropist (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Lorenz_von_Mosheim" title="Johann Lorenz von Mosheim">Johann Lorenz von Mosheim</a>, German historian (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gaultier_de_La_V%C3%A9rendrye" title="Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye">Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye</a>, French-Canadian explorer (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Christian,_Prince_of_Lobkowicz" title="Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz">Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz</a>, Austrian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gerard_Majella" title="Gerard Majella">Gerard Majella</a>, Italian <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> lay brother and saint (b. <a href="/wiki/1725" title="1725">1725</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elisha_Williams" title="Elisha Williams">Elisha Williams</a>, American rector of Yale College (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bodin_de_Boismortier" title="Joseph Bodin de Boismortier">Joseph Bodin de Boismortier</a>, French composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1689" title="1689">1689</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Georg_Pisendel" title="Johann Georg Pisendel">Johann Georg Pisendel</a>, German musician (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Greene_(composer)" title="Maurice Greene (composer)">Maurice Greene</a>, English composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Cavendish,_3rd_Duke_of_Devonshire" title="William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire">William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li>approximate date <ul><li>Queen <a href="/wiki/Nanny_of_the_Maroons" title="Nanny of the Maroons">Nanny of the Maroons</a>, Jamaican national heroine (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cai_Wan" title="Cai Wan">Cai Wan</a>, politically influential Chinese poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 1756 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Isabella_Simons" title="Isabella Simons">Isabella Simons</a>, banker in the Austrian Netherlands (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francis_George_of_Sch%C3%B6nborn-Buchheim" class="mw-redirect" title="Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim">Francis George of Schönborn-Buchheim</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Akdun" title="Akdun">Akdun</a>, Chinese Manchu statesman (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Eliza-haywood.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Eliza-haywood.jpg/110px-Eliza-haywood.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Eliza-haywood.jpg/165px-Eliza-haywood.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Eliza-haywood.jpg/220px-Eliza-haywood.jpg 2x" data-file-width="252" data-file-height="363" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Eliza_Haywood" title="Eliza Haywood">Eliza Haywood</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_25" title="February 25">February 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eliza_Haywood" title="Eliza Haywood">Eliza Haywood</a>, English actress, writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1693" title="1693">1693</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_Bernacchi" title="Antonio Bernacchi">Antonio Bernacchi</a>, Italian opera singer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Sophie_de_Courcillon" title="Marie Sophie de Courcillon">Marie Sophie de Courcillon</a>, French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by marriage (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_10" title="April 10">April 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giacomo_Antonio_Perti" title="Giacomo Antonio Perti">Giacomo Antonio Perti</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Cassini" title="Jacques Cassini">Jacques Cassini</a>, French astronomer (b. <a href="/wiki/1677" title="1677">1677</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giambattista_Nolli" title="Giambattista Nolli">Giambattista Nolli</a>, Italian architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_24" title="July 24">July 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Vertue" title="George Vertue">George Vertue</a>, English engraver, antiquary (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Nichols,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Jonathan Nichols, Jr.">Jonathan Nichols, Jr.</a>, Rhode Island colonial deputy governor (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abu_l-Hasan_Ali_I" title="Abu l-Hasan Ali I">Abu l-Hasan Ali I</a>, ruler of Tunisia (b. <a href="/wiki/1688" title="1688">1688</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Henley_(clergyman)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Henley (clergyman)">John Henley</a>, English minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1692" title="1692">1692</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Grimston,_1st_Viscount_Grimston" title="William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston">William Grimston, 1st Viscount Grimston</a>, Irish noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Roland-Michel_Barrin_de_La_Galissoni%C3%A8re" title="Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière">Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière</a>, governor of New France (b. <a href="/wiki/1693" title="1693">1693</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Somerset,_4th_Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort">Charles Somerset, 4th Duke of Beaufort</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1709" title="1709">1709</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_of_Harrington" title="William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington">William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington</a>, English statesman, diplomat (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1690" title="1690">1690</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maria_Amalia,_Holy_Roman_Empress" title="Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress">Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Accama" title="Bernard Accama">Bernard Accama</a>, Dutch painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1697" title="1697">1697</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frehat_Bat_Avraham" title="Frehat Bat Avraham">Frehat Bat Avraham</a>, Jewish Poet</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Beverley" title="William Beverley">William Beverley</a>, American legislator, civil servant, planter, and landowner (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)<a href="#cite_note-W&M1-216">[216]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gwathmey3-217">[217]</a></li></ul></li></ul> 1757 <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg/110px-Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg/165px-Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg/220px-Queen_Sophie_Dorothea_of_Prussia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2781" data-file-height="3508" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover" title="Sophia Dorothea of Hanover">Sophia Dorothea of Hanover</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:OsmanIII.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/OsmanIII.jpg/110px-OsmanIII.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/OsmanIII.jpg/165px-OsmanIII.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/OsmanIII.jpg/220px-OsmanIII.jpg 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="497" /></a><figcaption>Sultan <a href="/wiki/Osman_III" title="Osman III">Osman III</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Le_Bovier_de_Fontenelle" title="Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle">Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle</a>, French scientist, man of letters (b. <a href="/wiki/1657" title="1657">1657</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ruddiman" title="Thomas Ruddiman">Thomas Ruddiman</a>, Scottish classical scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Walpole,_1st_Baron_Walpole_of_Wolterton" class="mw-redirect" title="Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton">Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton</a>, English diplomat (b. <a href="/wiki/1678" title="1678">1678</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_Moore_(dramatist)" title="Edward Moore (dramatist)">Edward Moore</a>, English writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)<a href="#cite_note-218">[218]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_8" title="March 8">March 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Blackwell_(scholar)" title="Thomas Blackwell (scholar)">Thomas Blackwell</a>, Scottish classical scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1701" title="1701">1701</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Galli_Bibiena" title="Giuseppe Galli Bibiena">Giuseppe Galli Bibiena</a>, Italian architect/painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_14" title="March 14">March 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Byng" title="John Byng">John Byng</a>, British admiral (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Stamitz" title="Johann Stamitz">Johann Stamitz</a>, Czech-born composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1717" title="1717">1717</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_28" title="March 28">March 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert-Fran%C3%A7ois_Damiens" title="Robert-François Damiens">Robert-François Damiens</a>, French domestic servant, executed for the attempted assassination of Louis XV of France (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Phips" title="Spencer Phips">Spencer Phips</a>, Acting governor of the Province of Massachusetts Bay (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Alph%C3%A9ran_de_Bussan" title="Paul Alphéran de Bussan">Paul Alphéran de Bussan</a>, French bishop (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_6" title="May 6">May 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maximilian_Ulysses_Browne" title="Maximilian Ulysses Browne">Maximilian Ulysses Count Browne</a>, Austrian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_FitzRoy,_2nd_Duke_of_Grafton" title="Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton">Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton</a>, British politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurt_Christoph_Graf_von_Schwerin" title="Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin">Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin</a>, Prussian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sophia_Dorothea_of_Hanover" title="Sophia Dorothea of Hanover">Sophia Dorothea of Hanover</a>, queen consort of Frederick William I (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Siraj_ud-Daulah" class="mw-redirect" title="Siraj ud-Daulah">Siraj ud-Daulah</a>, the last independent ruler of <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> of undivided India (b. <a href="/wiki/1733" title="1733">1733</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_8" title="July 8">July 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Parke_Custis" title="Daniel Parke Custis">Daniel Parke Custis</a>, American planter (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_23" title="July 23">July 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Domenico_Scarlatti" title="Domenico Scarlatti">Domenico Scarlatti</a>, Italian composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_William_Frederick,_Margrave_of_Brandenburg-Ansbach" title="Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach">Charles William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Cleveland" title="Aaron Cleveland">Aaron Cleveland</a>, American clergyman (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_Hartley_(philosopher)" title="David Hartley (philosopher)">David Hartley</a>, English philosopher (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_24" title="September 24">September 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Burr_Sr." title="Aaron Burr Sr.">Aaron Burr Sr.</a>, President of Princeton University (b. <a href="/wiki/1716" title="1716">1716</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aloysius_Centurione" title="Aloysius Centurione">Aloysius Centurione</a>, Italian Jesuit (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Antoine_Ferchault_de_R%C3%A9aumur" title="René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur">René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur</a>, French scientist (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_Augustin_Calmet" title="Antoine Augustin Calmet">Antoine Augustin Calmet</a>, French theologian (b. <a href="/wiki/1672" title="1672">1672</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Osman_III" title="Osman III">Osman III</a>, Ottoman Sultan (b. <a href="/wiki/1699" title="1699">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Vernon" title="Edward Vernon">Edward Vernon</a>, English naval officer (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colley_Cibber" title="Colley Cibber">Colley Cibber</a>, English poet laureate, actor-manager (b. <a href="/wiki/1671" title="1671">1671</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Curll" title="Edmund Curll">Edmund Curll</a>, English bookseller, publisher (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Levan_Abashidze_(died_1757)" class="mw-redirect" title="Levan Abashidze (died 1757)">Levan Abashidze</a>, Georgian politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Dyer" title="John Dyer">John Dyer</a>, Welsh poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1699" title="1699">1699</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Princess_Caroline_of_Great_Britain" title="Princess Caroline of Great Britain">Princess Caroline of Great Britain</a>, fourth child and third daughter of George II (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li>date unknown – <a href="/wiki/Rika_Maja" class="mw-redirect" title="Rika Maja">Rika Maja</a>, Sami shaman (b. <a href="/wiki/1661" title="1661">1661</a>)</li> <li>date unknown – <a href="/wiki/Bulleh_Shah" title="Bulleh Shah">Bulleh Shah</a>, Sufi poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li></ul> 1758 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_7" title="January 7">January 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Allan_Ramsay_(poet)" title="Allan Ramsay (poet)">Allan Ramsay</a>, Scottish poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Hamilton,_6th_Duke_of_Hamilton" title="James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton">James Hamilton, 6th Duke of Hamilton</a>, Scottish peer (b. <a href="/wiki/1724" title="1724">1724</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Nicole" title="François Nicole">François Nicole</a>, French mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_10" title="February 10">February 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Ripley_(architect)" title="Thomas Ripley (architect)">Thomas Ripley</a>, English architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1683" title="1683">1683</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2" title="March 2">March 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Gu%C3%A9rin_de_Tencin" title="Pierre Guérin de Tencin">Pierre Guérin de Tencin</a>, French cardinal (b. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_6" title="March 6">March 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_Vane,_1st_Earl_of_Darlington" title="Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington">Henry Vane, 1st Earl of Darlington</a>, English politician (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Hutton_(archbishop_of_Canterbury)" title="Matthew Hutton (archbishop of Canterbury)">Matthew Hutton</a>, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. <a href="/wiki/1693" title="1693">1693</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Zebrowski" title="Thomas Zebrowski">Thomas Zebrowski</a>, Lithuanian Jesuit scientist (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> 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title="Richard Leveridge">Richard Leveridge</a>, English bass and composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1670" title="1670">1670</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Blanchard" title="Joseph Blanchard">Joseph Blanchard</a>, American soldier (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francesco_Zerafa" title="Francesco Zerafa">Francesco Zerafa</a>, Maltese architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antoine_de_Jussieu" title="Antoine de Jussieu">Antoine de Jussieu</a>, French naturalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_d%27Agincourt" title="François d'Agincourt">François d'Agincourt</a>, French composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1684" title="1684">1684</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XIV" title="Pope Benedict XIV">Pope Benedict XIV</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ernst_August_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Weimar_and_Eisenach" class="mw-redirect" title="Ernst August II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach">Ernst August II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1737" title="1737">1737</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Antonio_de_los_Reyes_Correa" title="Antonio de los Reyes Correa">Antonio de los Reyes Correa</a>, Puerto Rican soldier (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1665" title="1665">1665</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_12" title="June 12">June 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Augustus_William_of_Prussia" title="Prince Augustus William of Prussia">Prince Augustus William of Prussia</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Howe,_3rd_Viscount_Howe" title="George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe">George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe</a>, British general (in battle) (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1725" title="1725">1725</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png/110px-Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png/165px-Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png/220px-Marthanda_Vurmah_Maha_Rajah.png 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="818" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Marthanda_Varma" title="Marthanda Varma">Marthanda Varma</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marthanda_Varma" title="Marthanda Varma">Marthanda Varma</a>, Rani of Attingal (b. <a href="/wiki/1706" title="1706">1706</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ambrosius_Stub" title="Ambrosius Stub">Ambrosius Stub</a>, Danish poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1705" title="1705">1705</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Campbell_(died_1758)" title="Duncan Campbell (died 1758)">Duncan Campbell</a>, Scottish soldier</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_2" title="August 2">August 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Booth,_2nd_Earl_of_Warrington" title="George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington">George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington</a>, English noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_15" title="August 15">August 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Bouguer" title="Pierre Bouguer">Pierre Bouguer</a>, French mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Stepan_Fyodorovich_Apraksin" title="Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin">Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin</a>, Russian soldier (b. <a href="/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ulrika_Eleonora_von_D%C3%BCben" title="Ulrika Eleonora von Düben">Ulrika Eleonora von Düben</a>, Swedish lady in waiting (b. <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barbara_of_Portugal" title="Barbara of Portugal">Barbara of Portugal</a>, Princess of Portugal and Queen of Spain (b. <a href="/wiki/1711" title="1711">1711</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Ivanovich_Vinogradov" class="mw-redirect" title="Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov">Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov</a>, Russian chemist (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1720" title="1720">1720</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_FitzPatrick,_1st_Earl_of_Upper_Ossory" title="John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory">John FitzPatrick, 1st Earl of Upper Ossory</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1719" title="1719">1719</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_2" title="October 2">October 2</a> (bur.) – <a href="/wiki/Philip_Southcote" title="Philip Southcote">Philip Southcote</a>, English landscape gardener (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Molesworth,_3rd_Viscount_Molesworth" title="Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth">Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth</a>, British field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_(Pesne).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg/110px-Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg/165px-Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg/220px-Generalfeldmarschall_Keith_%28Pesne%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1805" data-file-height="2318" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Keith" title="James Francis Edward Keith">James Francis Edward Keith</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wilhelmine_of_Prussia,_Margravine_of_Brandenburg-Bayreuth" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth">Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth</a>, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. <a href="/wiki/1709" title="1709">1709</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Francis_Edward_Keith" title="James Francis Edward Keith">James Francis Edward Keith</a>, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Spencer,_3rd_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough">Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough</a>, British politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1706" title="1706">1706</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a>/8 – <a href="/wiki/Theophilus_Cibber" title="Theophilus Cibber">Theophilus Cibber</a>, English actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1703" title="1703">1703</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hans_Egede" title="Hans Egede">Hans Egede</a>, Norwegian Lutheran missionary (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Cockburn_(Scottish_politician)" title="John Cockburn (Scottish politician)">John Cockburn</a>, Scottish politician (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1679" title="1679">1679</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johan_Helmich_Roman" title="Johan Helmich Roman">Johan Helmich Roman</a>, Swedish composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1694" title="1694">1694</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Edgcumbe,_1st_Baron_Edgcumbe" title="Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe">Richard Edgcumbe, 1st Baron Edgcumbe</a>, English politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1680" title="1680">1680</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Senesino" title="Senesino">Senesino</a>, Italian singer (b. <a href="/wiki/1686" title="1686">1686</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Friedrich_Fasch" title="Johann Friedrich Fasch">Johann Friedrich Fasch</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1688" title="1688">1688</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny,_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_(1695-1758),_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg/110px-Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg/165px-Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg/220px-Anonymous_-_Portrait_pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9_de_Mme_de_Graffigny%2C_n%C3%A9e_Fran%C3%A7oise_d%27Issembourg_d%27Happoncourt_%281695-1758%29%2C_femme_de_lettres_-_P794_-_Mus%C3%A9e_Carnavalet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2412" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_de_Graffigny" title="Françoise de Graffigny">Françoise de Graffigny</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_de_Graffigny" title="Françoise de Graffigny">Françoise de Graffigny</a>, French lettrist (b. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Andrzej_Stanis%C5%82aw_Za%C5%82uski" title="Andrzej Stanisław Załuski">Andrzej Stanisław Załuski</a>, Polish-Lithuanian bishop (b. <a href="/wiki/1695" title="1695">1695</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Butler,_1st_Earl_of_Arran" title="Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran">Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran</a>, Anglo-Irish noble (b. <a href="/wiki/1671" title="1671">1671</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Hervey" title="James Hervey">James Hervey</a>, English clergyman, writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1714" title="1714">1714</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Joseph_Lagrange-Chancel" title="François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel">François Joseph Lagrange-Chancel</a>, French dramatist, satirist (b. <a href="/wiki/1677" title="1677">1677</a>)</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Mackandal" title="François Mackandal">François Mackandal</a>, Haitian revolutionary leader, burned at the stake (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1730" title="1730">1730</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Meserve" title="Nathaniel Meserve">Nathaniel Meserve</a>, American shipwright (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hyder_Ali" title="Hyder Ali">Hyder Ali</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Sepoy" title="Sepoy">Sepoy</a> capture <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> from "Khande Rao of the <a href="/wiki/Maratha_Confederacy" title="Maratha Confederacy">Maratha Confederacy</a>". (Part of the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ver%C3%B3nica_II_of_Matamba" title="Verónica II of Matamba">Verónica II Guterres</a>, African monarch</li></ul> 1759 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_12" title="January 12">January 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anne,_Princess_Royal_and_Princess_of_Orange" title="Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange">Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange</a>, regent of Friesland (b. <a href="/wiki/1709" title="1709">1709</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louise_Henriette_of_Bourbon,_Duchess_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" class="mw-redirect" title="Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans">Louise Henriette of Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans</a>, mother of <a href="/wiki/Louis_Philippe_II,_Duke_of_Orl%C3%A9ans" title="Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans">Philippe Égalité</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1726" title="1726">1726</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Georg_Anton_Urlaub" title="Georg Anton Urlaub">Georg Anton Urlaub</a>, German painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Theodor_Klein" title="Jacob Theodor Klein">Jacob Theodor Klein</a>, German scholar (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Forbes_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Forbes (British Army officer)">John Forbes</a>, British general (b. <a href="/wiki/1707" title="1707">1707</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Zinn" title="Johann Gottfried Zinn">Johann Gottfried Zinn</a>, German anatomist, botanist (b. <a href="/wiki/1727" title="1727">1727</a>)</li></ul> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg/110px-George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg/165px-George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg/220px-George_Frideric_Handel_by_Balthasar_Denner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="2901" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel" title="George Frideric Handel">George Frideric Handel</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_12" title="May 12">May 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lambert-Sigisbert_Adam" title="Lambert-Sigisbert Adam">Lambert-Sigisbert Adam</a>, French sculptor (b. <a href="/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_23" title="May 23">May 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Landgravine_Eleonore_of_Hesse-Rotenburg" class="mw-redirect" title="Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg">Landgravine Eleonore of Hesse-Rotenburg</a>, Countess (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_3" title="June 3">June 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Didier_Diderot" title="Didier Diderot">Didier Diderot</a>, French craftsman (b. <a href="/wiki/1685" title="1685">1685</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Margareta_Capsia" title="Margareta Capsia">Margareta Capsia</a>, Finnish artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1682" title="1682">1682</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Claude_Marie_Vincent_de_Gournay" title="Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay">Jacques Claude Marie Vincent de Gournay</a>, French economist (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Pepperrell" title="William Pepperrell">William Pepperrell</a>, English colonial soldier (b. <a href="/wiki/1696" title="1696">1696</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Louis_Moreau_de_Maupertuis" class="mw-redirect" title="Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis">Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis</a>, French mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1698" title="1698">1698</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Heinrich_Graun" title="Carl Heinrich Graun">Carl Heinrich Graun</a>, German composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_VI_of_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand VI of Spain">Ferdinand VI of Spain</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_16" title="August 16">August 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eugene_Aram" title="Eugene Aram">Eugene Aram</a>, English philologist and murderer, hanged (b. <a href="/wiki/1704" title="1704">1704</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ewald_Christian_von_Kleist" title="Ewald Christian von Kleist">Ewald Christian von Kleist</a>, German poet (b. <a href="/wiki/1715" title="1715">1715</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Kon%C5%A1%C4%8Dak" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferdinand Konščak">Ferdinand Konščak</a>, Croatian explorer (b. <a href="/wiki/1703" title="1703">1703</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_Wolfe" title="James Wolfe">James Wolfe</a>, British general (b. <a href="/wiki/1727" title="1727">1727</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis-Joseph_de_Montcalm" title="Louis-Joseph de Montcalm">Louis-Joseph de Montcalm</a>, French general (b. <a href="/wiki/1712" title="1712">1712</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolas_Antoine_Boulanger" title="Nicolas Antoine Boulanger">Nicolas Antoine Boulanger</a>, French philosopher (b. <a href="/wiki/1722" title="1722">1722</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_10" title="October 10">October 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Granville_Elliott" title="Granville Elliott">Granville Elliott</a>, Army General, British military expert, working for Britain and Palatine forces (b. <a href="/wiki/1713" title="1713">1713</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Konstancja_Czartoryska_(1700%E2%80%931759)" title="Konstancja Czartoryska (1700–1759)">Konstancja Czartoryska</a>, Polish noblewoman politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1700" title="1700">1700</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_14" title="November 14">November 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gr%C3%A9goire_Orlyk" title="Grégoire Orlyk">Grégoire Orlyk</a>, Ukrainian-born French <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant General">Lieutenant General</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1702" title="1702">1702</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nicolaus_I_Bernoulli" title="Nicolaus I Bernoulli">Nicolaus I Bernoulli</a>, Swiss mathematician (b. <a href="/wiki/1687" title="1687">1687</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Princess_Louise-%C3%89lisabeth_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France">Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France</a>, daughter of King <a href="/wiki/Louis_XV_of_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Louis XV of France">Louis XV of France</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1727" title="1727">1727</a>)</li> <li>date unknown <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Pullicino" title="Alberto Pullicino">Alberto Pullicino</a>, Maltese painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1719" title="1719">1719</a>)</li> <li>King <a href="/wiki/Thipchang" title="Thipchang">Thipchang</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Realm_of_Lampang" class="mw-redirect" title="Realm of Lampang">Realm of Lampang</a> (b. c. <a href="/wiki/1675" title="1675">1675</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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