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January–March

* January 11
1693 Sicily earthquake The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on January 11 at around 21:00 local time. This earthquake was preceded by a damaging foreshock on January 9. The main quake had an estimated magnitude of 7. ...
:
Mount Etna Mount Etna, or simply Etna ( it, Etna or ; scn, Muncibbeḍḍu or ; la, Aetna; grc, Αἴτνα and ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina a ...
erupts, causing a devastating earthquake that affects parts of Sicily and Malta. *
January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Constantine is crowned as co-emperor (''Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated by the Danelaw Vi ...
– A total
lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
is visible across North and South America. * February 8 – The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia is granted a Royal charter. *
February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...
– The publication of the first women's magazine, titled '' The Ladies' Mercury'', takes place in London. It is published by the
Athenian Society The Athenian Society was an organization founded by John Dunton in 1691 to facilitate the writing and publication of his weekly periodical ''The Athenian Mercury''. Though represented as a large panel of experts, the society reached its peak at fou ...
. * March 27Bozoklu Mustafa Pasha becomes the new Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire, after Sultan Ahmed II appoints him as the successor of Çalık Ali Pasha.


April–June

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April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
Anne Palles becomes the last accused witch to be executed for witchcraft in Denmark, after having been convicted of using powers of sorcery.
King Christian V Christian V (15 April 1646 25 August 1699) was king of Denmark and Norway from 1670 until his death in 1699. Well-regarded by the common people, he was the first king anointed at Frederiksborg Castle chapel as absolute monarch since the decree ...
accepts her plea not to be burned alive, and she is beheaded before her body is set afire. *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
– The
Order of Saint Louis The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (french: Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France). It was intended as a rewar ...
, the first medal to be awarded in France to military personnel who are not members of nobility, is created by order of King Louis XIV, and named after his ancestor, King Louis IX. * April 28 – The 90-gun English Royal Navy warship HMS ''Windsor Castle'' is wrecked beyond repair on the Goodwin Sands. * AprilTituba, a slave who had been convicted at the Salem witch trials of practicing witchcraft after making a confession, is released from jail in Boston after 13 months when an unknown purchaser pays her jail fees. * May 18 – Forces of Louis XIV of France attack Heidelberg, capital of the Electorate of the Palatinate. * May 22 – Heidelberg is taken by the invading
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
forces; on May 23
Heidelberg Castle Heidelberg Castle (german: Heidelberger Schloss) is a ruin in Germany and landmark of Heidelberg. The castle ruins are among the most important Renaissance structures north of the Alps. The castle has only been partially rebuilt since its demoli ...
is surrendered, after which the French blow up its towers using mines. *
June 5 Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. *1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles II of Naples, Charles ...
– The first performance of the opera '' Didon'' by French composer
Henri Desmarets Henri Desmarets (February 1661 – 7 September 1741) was a French composer of the Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumental works. Biogr ...
takes place at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in Paris. * June 27
Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...
Battle of Lagos off Portugal: The French fleet defeats the joint Dutch and English fleet.


July–September

* July 17 – A total
lunar eclipse A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to the plane of the Earth ...
is visible in New Zealand and across the Pacific Ocean. * July 29
Nine Years' War The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarch ...
Battle of Landen: William III of England is defeated by the
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
(with Irish
Jacobite Jacobite means follower of Jacob or James. Jacobite may refer to: Religion * Jacobites, followers of Saint Jacob Baradaeus (died 578). Churches in the Jacobite tradition and sometimes called Jacobite include: ** Syriac Orthodox Church, sometimes ...
mercenaries). *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
– The Indian Ocean port of Pondicherry, capital of
French India French India, formally the ( en, French Settlements in India), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian Subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de ...
is captured by a 17-ship fleet from the Netherlands and 1,600 men under the command of Laurens Pit the Younger. * September 9
Francesco Invrea Francesco Invrea (Genoa, 1641Genoa, 1723) was the 132nd Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography His dogate was internally characterized by normal administrative activity and, on the other hand, it was in foreign policy t ...
, King of Corsica, begins a two-year term as the Doge of the Republic of Genoa in Italy, succeeding
Giovanni Battista Cattaneo Della Volta Giovanni Battista Cattaneo Della Volta (Genoa, 23 June 1638 - Genoa, 24 December 1721) was the 131st Doge of the Republic of Genoa and king of Corsica. Biography The mandate of the doge Cattaneo Della Volta, the eighty-sixth in biennial succes ...
. * September 10 – France begins the siege of the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium) fort of Charleroi. * September 14 – King Louis XIV of France sends a letter to Pope Innocent XII announcing the rescission of the Declaration of the Clergy of France issued in 1682. *
September 23 Events Pre-1600 * 38 – Drusilla, Caligula's sister who died in June, with whom the emperor is said to have an incestuous relationship, is deified. * 1122 – Pope Callixtus II and Holy Roman Emperor Henry V agree to the Concordat ...
– Manuel Afonso Nzinga a Nlenke, ruling as King Manuel I of the
Kingdom of Kongo The Kingdom of Kongo ( kg, Kongo dya Ntotila or ''Wene wa Kongo;'' pt, Reino do Congo) was a kingdom located in central Africa in present-day northern Angola, the western portion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Republic of the ...
(in present-day northern Angola) is executed on orders of the new king, Álvaro X.


October–December

* OctoberWilliam Congreve's comedy ''
The Double-Dealer ''The Double Dealer'' is a comic play written by English playwright William Congreve, first produced in 1693. Henry Purcell set it to music. Characters and plot This comedy sees character Mellefont, nephew and prospective heir of Lord Touch ...
'' is first performed in London. * October 4
Battle of Marsaglia The Battle of Marsaglia was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in Italy on 4 October 1693, between the French army of Marshal Nicolas Catinat and the army of the Grand Alliance under Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy. Catinat, advancing ...
near Turin in the
Duchy of Savoy The Duchy of Savoy ( it, Ducato di Savoia; french: Duché de Savoie) was a country in Western Europe that existed from 1416. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The duc ...
: A French force under the command of General Nicolas Catinat defeats the Savoyard forces, leaving 10,000 dead or wounded, while sustaining only 1,000 casualties. * October 11
Charleroi Charleroi ( , , ; wa, Tchålerwè ) is a city and a municipality of Wallonia, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. By 1 January 2008, the total population of Charleroi was 201,593.
falls to French forces. * October 29 – The Great Storm changes the course of rivers and alters the coastline from Virginia to Long Island in America. * November 7King Charles II of Spain issues a royal edict providing sanctuary in Spanish Florida for escaped slaves from the English colony of South Carolina. * November 14 – General
Santaji Ghorpade Santaji Mahaloji Ghorpade,(1645–1696) popularly known as ‘Santajirao’ or ‘Santaji Ghorpade’, was the most celebrated Maratha warrior and the sixth Sarsenapati of the Maratha Empire during Rajaram's regime. His name became inseparable f ...
of the Maratha Empire in India is defeated by General Himmat Khan of the Mughal Empire near Vikramhalli, and retreats. A week later, after regrouping his troops, Santaji defeats Himmat at their next encounter. *
November 21 Events Pre-1600 *164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 235 & ...
– The 46-gun Royal Navy frigate HMS ''Mordaunt'' founders off of the coast of Cuba. *
November 29 Events Pre-1600 * 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom. * 618 – The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over t ...
– A fleet of 30 English and Dutch ships captures the French port of Saint-Malo * December 16Diego de Vargas, Spanish colonial governor of
Santa Fe de Nuevo México Santa Fe de Nuevo México ( en, Holy Faith of New Mexico; shortened as Nuevo México or Nuevo Méjico, and translated as New Mexico in English) was a Kingdom of the Spanish Empire and New Spain, and later a territory of independent Mexico. The ...
(now the area around the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico, returns to the walled city of Santa Fe and requests the Pueblo people to accept the authority of the colonial government. Negotiations fail and a siege begins on December 29. The Pueblo defenders surrender the next day and the 70 rebels are executed soon after. The 400 civilian women and children are made slaves and distributed to the Spanish colonists. * December 27 – The new 80-gun English Navy warship HMS ''Sussex'' departs Portsmouth on its maiden voyage, escorting a fleet of 48 warships and 166 merchant ships to the Mediterranean Sea. The fleet runs into a storm on February 27, 1694, and on March 1, ''Sussex'' and 12 other warships sink, along with a cargo of gold.


Date unknown

* China concentrates all its foreign trade on
Canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ent ...
; European ships are forbidden to land anywhere else. * A religious
schism A schism ( , , or, less commonly, ) is a division between people, usually belonging to an organization, movement, or religious denomination. The word is most frequently applied to a split in what had previously been a single religious body, suc ...
takes place in Switzerland, within a group of Swiss and Alsatian Anabaptists led by Jakob Ammann. Those who follow Ammann become the Mennonite Amish sect. * The
Knights of the Apocalypse The Knights of the Apocalypse was a secret society created in Italy in 1693. It was founded by Agostino Gabrino, the son of a merchant of Brescia to defend the Catholic Church against the expected Antichrist. The organization was accused by contemp ...
are formed in Italy. * The ''
Academia Operosorum Labacensium The ''Academia Operosorum Labacensium'' (Academy of the Industrious Residents of Ljubljana)—a forerunner of the modern Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts—was founded in Ljubljana in 1693 as an association of 23 scholars. Most of the member ...
'' is established in Ljubljana, Slovenia. * Financier Richard Hoare relocates
Hoare's Bank C. Hoare & Co., also known as Hoares, is a British private bank, founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare; it is currently owned and led by the eleventh generation of his direct descendants. It is the second oldest bank in the United Kingdom and rep ...
(founded
1672 Events January–March * January 2 – After the government of England is unable to pay the nation's debts, King Charles II decrees the Stop of the Exchequer, the suspension of payments for one year "upon any warrant, secur ...
) from Cheapside to
Fleet Street Fleet Street is a major street mostly in the City of London. It runs west to east from Temple Bar at the boundary with the City of Westminster to Ludgate Circus at the site of the London Wall and the River Fleet from which the street was na ...
in London. * Italian barber Giovanni Paolo Feminis creates a perfume water called Aqua Admirabilis, earliest known form of eau de Cologne. *
John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism ...
publishes his influential book ''
Some Thoughts Concerning Education ''Some Thoughts Concerning Education'' is a 1693 treatise on the education of gentlemen written by the English philosopher John Locke. For over a century, it was the most important philosophical work on education in England. It was translated ...
''. * William Penn publishes his proposal for European federation, ''Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe''. * English astronomer Edmond Halley studies records of births and deaths in Breslau (Poland), producing a life table consolidating year of birth and age at death. He uses this to work out the price of life annuities. * Dimitrie Cantemir presents his ''Kitâbu 'İlmi'l-Mûsiki alâ Vechi'l-Hurûfât (The Book of the Science of Music through Letters)'' to Sultan Ahmed II, which deals with melodic and rhythmic structure and practice of Ottoman music, and contains the scores for around 350 works composed during and before his own time, in an alphabetical notation system he invented.


Births


January–March

* January 1Francesco Carlo Rusca, Swiss painter (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) *
January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...
**
Giovanni Bianchi Giovanni Bianchi may refer to: * Giovanni Bianchi (physician) (1693–1775), Italian physician, anatomist, archaeologist, zoologist and intellectual * Giovanni Bianchi (politician) (1939–2017), Italian politician and teacher {{Hndis, Bianchi, G ...
, Italian physician and zoologist (d.
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
) ** Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York and Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * January 12Queen Jeongseong, Queen Consort of Korea (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) *
January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
Francesco Campora Francesco Campora ( Rivarolo, 16 January 1693 – Genoa, 19 December 1763) was an Italian painter of the late-Baroque. Biography He initially trained in Genoa, under Giuseppe Palmieri, then under Domenico Parodi, but moved to Naples by the age ...
, Italian painter (d.
1763 Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
) * January 17
Melchor de Navarrete Melchor de Navarrete y Bujanda (1693–1761) was a Spanish soldier and administrator who served as governor of Cartagena de Indias (in what is now Colombia), from 1739 to 1742; of Spanish Florida from 1749 to 1752; and of Yucatán (in what is now M ...
, Spanish colonial governor of Florida and Mexico (d.
1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of Pondi ...
) * January 19 ** Jonathan Rashleigh, politician (d.
1764 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday and is the fifth year of the 1760s decade, the 64th year of the 18th century, and the 764th year of the 2nd millennium. Events January–June * January 7 – The Siculicidium is ...
) **
Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont Hyacinthe Collin de Vermont (19 January 1693, Versailles – 16 February 1761, Paris) was a French painter. Collin de Vermont was a pupil of Jouvenet and of Rigaud.Hyacinthe Rigaud was his godfather, and it was from him that he got his first ...
, French painter (d.
1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of Pondi ...
) * January 23Georg Bernhard Bilfinger, German mathematician (d.
1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
) * January 26William Robinson, deputy governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (d.
1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...
) * January 28 ** Robert Sawyer Herbert, British Member of Parliament (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) ** Empress Anna of Russia, Empress of Russia (d.
1740 Events January–March * January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its secon ...
) **
Gregor Werner Gregor Joseph Werner (28 January 1693 – 3 March 1766) was an Austrian composer of the Baroque period, best known as the predecessor of Joseph Haydn as the ''Kapellmeister'' of the Hungarian Esterházy family. Few of Werner's works survive to th ...
, Austrian composer (d.
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
) * January 29Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke, English peer and architect (d.
1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
) *
January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...
Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Neuburg Maria Anna of Neuburg (Marie Anna Karoline; 30 January 1693 – 12 September 1751) was a daughter of Anna Maria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany's first marriage to Philip William August of Neuburg. She married Duke Ferdinand Maria of Bavaria on 5 ...
, Countess Palatine of Neuburg by birth, Duchess of Bavaria (d.
1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...
) * February 12Avdotya Chernysheva, Russian lady-in-waiting (d.
1747 Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...
) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
José del Campillo José del Campillo y Cossío (February 13, 1693 in Alles, Peñamellera Alta, Asturias – April 11, 1743 in Madrid), was a Spanish statesman. His writings were influential in shaping the Spanish monarchy's reorganization of its empire, kno ...
, Spanish politician (d.
1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
) *
February 15 Events Pre-1600 * 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus * 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia. * 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
Peter Schenk the Younger Peter Schenk the Younger (born 15 February 1693 in Amsterdam; died: 14 January 1775) was a Dutch engraver and map publisher active in Leipzig. He was the son of the engraver and map publisher Peter Schenk the Elder who owned a shop in Leipzig and ...
, German engraver and map publisher (d.
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
**
James Quin James Quin (24 February 1693 – 21 January 1766) was an English actor of Irish descent. Life Quin was born in King Street, Covent Garden, London, an illegitimate son of James Quin, an Irish-born barrister, and his partner (whom he apparently n ...
, English actor (d.
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
) **
Johann Jacob Rambach Johann, typically a male given name, is the German form of ''Iohannes'', which is the Latin form of the Greek name ''Iōánnēs'' (), itself derived from Hebrew name ''Yochanan'' () in turn from its extended form (), meaning "Yahweh is Gracious" ...
, German theologian (d.
1735 Events January–March * January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem ''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London. * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent G ...
) * March 2
Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Wheate, 2nd Baronet (2 March 1693 – 1 May 1746) was an England, English politician who was the Member of Parliament for Woodstock from 1722 to 1727. He was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Wheate, 1st Baronet, whom he succeeded in 172 ...
, English politician (d.
1746 Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 ...
) *
March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...
Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) * March 6Edward Willes, English Anglican bishop and cryptanalyst (d.
1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...
) *
March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...
Pope Clement XIII, pope of the Catholic Church (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) * March 15Sir William Heathcote, 1st Baronet, British politician (d.
1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...
) * March 16Malhar Rao Holkar, Indian nobleman (d.
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
) * March 17Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Grandmother of Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d.
1728 Events January–March * January 5 – The '' Real y Pontificia Universidad de San Gerónimo de la Habana'', the oldest university in Cuba, is founded in Havana. * January 9 – The coronation of Peter II as the Tsar of t ...
)


April–June

* April 1
Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham Petronilla Melusina von der Schulenburg, Countess of Walsingham, Countess of Chesterfield (1 April 1693 – 16 September 1778) was the natural daughter of King George I of Great Britain and his longtime mistress, Melusine von der Schulenbur ...
, British Countess (d.
1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he na ...
) * April 3 ** George Edwards, English naturalist (d.
1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...
) ** John Harrison, English clockmaker, horologist and inventor of the marine chronometer (d.
1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * January 1 ...
) *
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
John West, 1st Earl De La Warr Lieutenant-General John West, 1st Earl De La Warr (4 April 169316 March 1766), styled The Honourable John West until 1723 and known as The Lord De La Warr between 1723 and 1761, was a British soldier, courtier and politician who sat in the Hous ...
, British general (d.
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
) *
April 13 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Henry V is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. * 1204 – Constantinople falls to the Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade, temporarily ending the Byzantine Empire. 1601–1900 *1612 – In one of the epic samurai ...
Johann Georg Keyßler Johann Georg Keyßler (or Keyssler when the letter ß is avoided; 1693–1743) was a German polymath, known for his travel writings and his archaeology. He is regarded as the father of German protohistory. Born in Thurnau, Keyßler first studied ...
, German polymath (d.
1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
) * April 16 ** Mary Alexander, British American merchant (d.
1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...
) **
Anne Sophie Reventlow Anne Sophie von Reventlow ( da, Anna Sophie; 16 April 1693 – 7 January 1743) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1721 to 1730 as the second wife of Frederick IV of Denmark and Norway. Early life Countess Anna Sophie von Reventlow was born in ...
, Danish royal consort, Queen of Denmark-Norway (d.
1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
) * April 20Daniel Brodhead II, American justice of the peace (d.
1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
) * April 25Sir Charles Hotham, 5th Baronet, British diplomat (d.
1738 Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...
) * April 26William Wollaston, British politician (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) * April 29
Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow (29 April 1693 in Senzke (Landkreis Westhavelland)–15 February 1756 in Halberstadt) was a Prussian Lieutenant General and Governor of the fortress at Kolberg. He served in the War of Austrian Succession in Frederi ...
(d.
1756 Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 & ...
) * April 30
Giuseppe Maria Feroni Giuseppe Maria Feroni (born 1693, died 1767) was a Cardinal in the Roman Catholic church, and camerlengo from 1760–1761. A famous bust of him by Andre-Jean Lebrun is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Biography Feroni cam ...
, Italian cardinal (d.
1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
) * May 4
Thomas Gent Thomas Gent (1693–1778) was a printer and writer, born in Ireland, who spent most of his working life in York. He authored several works, mostly histories, but was financially unsuccessful. His poetry and the woodcut illustrations in his pub ...
, Irish printer and writer (d.
1778 Events January–March * January 18 – Third voyage of James Cook: Captain James Cook, with ships HMS ''Resolution'' and HMS ''Discovery'', first views Oahu then Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, which he na ...
) * May 9Charles Howard, 7th Earl of Suffolk, English Earl (d.
1722 Events January–March * January 27 – Daniel Defoe's novel ''Moll Flanders'' is published anonymously in London. * February 10 – The Battle of Cape Lopez begins off of the coast of West Africa (and present-day Gabon), as ...
) *
May 10 Events Pre-1600 * 28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edw ...
** John Fox, English biographer (d.
1763 Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
) ** Henry Hare, 3rd Baron Coleraine, Irish peer and politician (d.
1749 Events January–March * January 3 ** Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. ** The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, ...
) * May 15Henry Winder, English chronologist (d.
1752 In the British Empire, it was the only leap year with 355 days, as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which h ...
) *
May 24 Events Pre-1600 * 919 – The nobles of Franconia and Saxony elect Henry the Fowler at the Imperial Diet in Fritzlar as king of the East Frankish Kingdom. * 1218 – The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. * 1276 – Magnus La ...
Georg Rafael Donner Georg Rafael Donner (24 May 1693 – 15 February 1741) was one of the most prolific Austrian sculptors of the 18th century. His style was baroque with some pseudo-ancient additions. He educated many German sculptors of his era, including hi ...
, Austrian sculptor (d.
1741 Events January–March * January 13 – Lanesborough, Massachusetts is created as a township. * February 13 – Sir Robert Walpole, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, popularizes the term "the balance of power" in a spe ...
) * May 31
Bartolomeo Nazari Bartolomeo Nazari (May 31, 1693 – August 24, 1758) was an Italian painter of the late- Baroque, mainly active in Venice as a portraitist. Biography Born in Clusone, near Bergamo. By 1716, he had become an apprentice under Angelo Trevisani, bu ...
, Italian painter (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * June 1 ** Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin, Russian diplomat, chancellor of the Russian Empire (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) **
Johann Dietrich von Hülsen Johann Dietrich von Hülsen (1 June 1693–29 May 1767) was a Prussian lieutenant general of the infantry. After a lifelong officer's career in various infantry regiments, he acquired the special respect of Frederick II in the Seven Years' W ...
, German canon (d.
1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
) * June 17 ** Prince Charles William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Prince of Hesse-Darmstadt and Obrist (d.
1707 In the Swedish calendar it was a common year starting on Tuesday, one day ahead of the Julian and ten days behind the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – John V is crowned King of Portugal and the Algarv ...
) **
Diego de Torres Villarroel Diego de Torres Villarroel (169319 June 1770) was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca. His most famous work is his autobiography, ''Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y ...
, Spanish writer (d.
1770 Events January– March * January 1 – The foundation of Fort George, Bombay is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former Dongri Fort. * February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virgi ...
) ** Johann Georg Walch, German theologian (d.
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
) * June 19
Christian August Hausen Christian August Hausen (1693–1743) was a German mathematician who is known for his research on electricity. Biography Hausen studied mathematics at the University of Wittenberg and received his master's degree in 1712. He became an extraordin ...
, German mathematician and physicist (d.
1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
) *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
Wilhelmina Maria Frederica of Rochlitz Wilhelmina Maria ''Frederica'', Countess of Rochlitz ( pl, Wilhelmina Maria Fryderyka; 20 June 1693 – after 1729) was a Polish noblewoman of German descent. She was the illegitimate daughter of John George IV, Elector of Saxony, and Magdale ...
, Polish noble (d.
1729 Events January–March * January 8 – Frederick, the eldest son of King George II of Great Britain is made Prince of Wales at the age of 21, a few months after he comes to Britain for the first time after growing up in Hanover ...
) * June 29Juan Bautista de Anza I, Spanish militar and explorer (d.
1740 Events January–March * January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship ''Rooswijk'' are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of Goodwin Sands, off of the coast of England, as it is beginning its secon ...
)


July–September

* July 7
Gilles-François de Beauvais Gilles-François de Beauvais (7 July 1693 – ''c''. 1773) was a French Jesuit writer and preacher. Born at Le Mans, France, de Beauvais entered the Society of Jesus in 1709, and taught belles-lettres, rhetoric, and philosophy. After ordinatio ...
, French Jesuit (d.
1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...
) * July 12
Jean-Baptiste de Brancas Jean-Baptiste de Brancas (1693, Pernes-les-Fontaines—1770, Aix-en-Provence) was a French clergyman. He was Bishop of La Rochelle La Rochelle (, , ; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''La Rochéle''; oc, La Rochèla ) is a city on the west coast of ...
, Roman Catholic archbishop (d.
1770 Events January– March * January 1 – The foundation of Fort George, Bombay is laid by Colonel Keating, principal engineer, on the site of the former Dongri Fort. * February 1 – Thomas Jefferson's home at Shadwell, Virgi ...
) * July 16Cecilia Rosa de Jesús Talangpaz, Servant of God (d.
1731 Events January–March * January 8 – An avalanche from the Skafjell mountain causes a massive wave in the Storfjorden fjord in Norway that sinks all boats that happen to be in the water at the time and kills people on both sho ...
) * July 17
Gerard Melder Gerard Melder (1693 – 1754), was an 18th-century miniature and watercolor painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography He was born in Amsterdam. According to Johan van Gool who devoted six pages to his biography in his ''Nieuwe Schoubu ...
, miniature and watercolor painter from the Northern Netherlands (d.
1754 Events January–March * January 28 – Horace Walpole, in a letter to Horace Mann, coins the word ''serendipity''. * February 22 – Expecting an attack by Portuguese-speaking militias in the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Pla ...
) * July 21Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * July 26Alexandre Le Riche de La Poupelinière, Patron of music and literature (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) * August 1Hugh Hughes, Welsh poet (d.
1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * January 1 ...
) * August 7 **
Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet Sir Edmund Bacon, 5th Baronet (7 August 1693 – 4 October 1738), of Gillingham, Norfolk, was a British Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1738. Early life Bacon was the eldest son of Sir Edmund Bacon, 4th Baronet of Mil ...
, British politician (d.
1738 Events January–March * January 1 – At least 664 African slaves drown, when the Dutch West Indies Company slave ship ''Leusden'' capsizes and sinks in the Maroni River, during its arrival in Surinam. The Dutch crew escape ...
) **
Charles, Prince of Rochefort Charles de Rohan (7 August 1693 – 25 February 1766) was a Prince of the House of Rohan. He was the founder of the Rochefort line of the Rohans which still continue to live today. He was styled the Prince of Rochefort as well as the Prince o ...
, French noble (d.
1763 Events January–March * January 27 – The seat of colonial administration in the Viceroyalty of Brazil is moved from Salvador to Rio de Janeiro. * February 1 – The Royal Colony of North Carolina officially creates Meck ...
) * August 8
Laurent Belissen Laurent Belissen (also ''Bellissen''; 8 August 1693 – 12 February 1762) was a French Baroque composer. He was born in Aix-en-Provence and may have been among the last students of Guillaume Poitevin, then ''maître de musique'' at the choir school ...
, French composer (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) * August 9 **
Anne Cecil, Countess of Salisbury Anne Cecil, Countess of Salisbury (9 August 1693 – 22 March 1757), formerly Lady Anne Tufton, was the wife of James Cecil, 5th Earl of Salisbury. She was the daughter of Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, and his wife, the former Lady Ca ...
, British noble (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) **
Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Princess Sophia Wilhelmina of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (9 August 1693, in Saalfeld – 4 December 1727, in Rudolstadt) was a Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth, and Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt by marriage. Life Sophia Wilhelmina wa ...
, Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld by birth and by marriage Princess of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (d.
1727 Events January–March * January 1 – (December 21, 1726 O.S.) Spain's ambassador to Great Britain demands that the British return Gibraltar after accusing Britain of violating the terms of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht. Britain ...
) *
August 11 Events Pre-1600 * 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. * 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founde ...
Francisco de Merlo Francisco de Merlo (1693-1758) was a Spanish notary and politician, who served during the Viceroyalty of Peru as Notary Mayor of the Government of Buenos Aires. He was the founder of the city of Merlo (Buenos Aires Province), and also took part ...
, Spanish noblemen, military and notary (d.
1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...
) * August 13
Gustavus Handcock Gustavus Handcock (13 August 1693 – 4 September 1751) was an Irish politician. He was the son of Stephen Handcock, fourth son of William Handcock. Handcock entered the Irish House of Commons in 1723, holding his seat for Athlone until 1727. ...
, Irish politician (d.
1751 In Britain and its colonies (except Scotland), 1751 only had 282 days due to the British Calendar Act of 1751, which ended the year on 31 December (rather than nearly three months later according to its previous rule). Events January&nd ...
) * September 3Charles Radclyffe, Titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater (d.
1746 Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 ...
) * September 7Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (d.
1772 Events January–March * January 10 – Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor of India, makes a triumphant return to Delhi 15 years after having been forced to flee. * January 17 – Johann Friedrich Struensee and Queen Carolin ...
) * September 9Quinault-Dufresne, French actor (d.
1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
) * September 10
James MacSparran James MacSparran (10 September 1693 – 5 December 1757) was an Irish-born Anglican clergyman, writer, diarist, and slaveowner. Biography Early life James MacSparran was born at Dungiven, co. Deny, and received his education at the Univers ...
, Church of England clergyman in America (d.
1757 Events January–March * January 2 – Seven Years' War: The British Army, under the command of Robert Clive, captures Calcutta, India. * January 5 – Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt ...
) * September 13Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (d.
1742 Events January–March * January 9 – Robert Walpole is made Earl of Orford, and resigns as First Lord of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, effectively ending his period as Prime Minister of Great Britain. On his for ...
) * September 19
Louis Charles Armand Fouquet Louis Charles Armand Fouquet, known as Chevalier de Belle-Isle, (19 September 1693 in Agde – 19 July 1747 at the Battle of Assietta) was a French general and diplomat. He was the younger brother to Marshal Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de B ...
, French general and diplomat (d.
1747 Events January–March * January 31 – The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital. * February 11 – King George's War: A combined French and Indian force, commanded by Captain Nicolas Antoine II Coul ...
) * September 21Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.
1768 Events January–March * January 9 – Philip Astley stages the first modern circus, with acrobats on galloping horses, in London. * February 11 – Samuel Adams's circular letter is issued by the Massachusetts House of Rep ...
) * September 22 – Simon Nikolaus Euseb von Montjoye-Hirsingen, Prince Bishop of Basel (d.
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
)


October–December

* October 3 – Conway Blennerhassett, Irish politician (d. 1724) * October 5 – Johann Christian Buxbaum, German physician, botanist and traveller (d. 1730) * October 6 – Marie-Madeleine de Parabère, French aristocrat (d.
1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
) * October 9 – Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German church historian (d.
1755 Events January–March * January 23 (O. S. January 12, Tatiana Day, nowadays celebrated on January 25) – Moscow University is established. * February 13 – The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the ...
) * October 11 ** Frederick Charles, Prince of Stolberg-Gedern (d.
1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
) ** John Hobart, 1st Earl of Buckinghamshire, British politician (d.
1756 Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 & ...
) * October 14 – Daniel Maichel, German philosopher (d.
1752 In the British Empire, it was the only leap year with 355 days, as September 3–13 were skipped when the Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 1 – The British Empire (except Scotland, which h ...
) * October 15 – Sir Edward Wilmot, 1st Baronet, Royal surgeon (d. 1786) * October 18 ** John Chandler (sheriff), John Chandler, American judge and sheriff (d.
1762 Events January–March * January 4 – Britain enters the Seven Years' War against Spain and Naples. * January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies, and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an admirer of Frederick t ...
) ** John Gilbert (archbishop of York), John Gilbert, Archbishop of York (d.
1761 Events January–March * January 14 – Third Battle of Panipat: Ahmad Shah Durrani and his coalition decisively defeat the Maratha Confederacy, and restore the Mughal Empire to Shah Alam II. * January 16 – Siege of Pondi ...
) ** Jeremiah Markland, British classical scholar (d.
1776 Events January–February * January 1 – American Revolutionary War – Burning of Norfolk: The town of Norfolk, Virginia is destroyed, by the combined actions of the British Royal Navy and occupying Patriot forces. * January 1 ...
) * October 20 – Gideon Wanton, Rhode Island colonial governor (d.
1767 Events January–March * January 1 – The first annual volume of ''The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris'', produced by British Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, gives navigators the ...
) * October 21 ** Adriaan van der Burg, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1733) ** Frederik Nannestad, Norwegian bishop (d. 1774) * October 22 – Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, American planter (d. 1781) * October 25 – Antoine Ferrein, French anatomist (d.
1769 Events January–March * February 2 – Pope Clement XIII dies, the night before preparing an order to dissolve the Jesuits.Denis De Lucca, ''Jesuits and Fortifications: The Contribution of the Jesuits to Military Architecture in ...
) * October 28 – Šimon Brixi, Czech composer (d.
1735 Events January–March * January 2 – Alexander Pope's poem ''Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot'' is published in London. * January 8 – George Frideric Handel's opera ''Ariodante'' is premièred at the Royal Opera House in Covent G ...
) * October 30 – Samuel Chew (justice), Samuel Chew, American judge (d.
1743 Events January–March * January 1 – The Verendrye brothers, probably Louis-Joseph and François de La Vérendrye, become the first white people to see the Rocky Mountains from the eastern side (the Spanish conquistadors ...
) * November 5 – Ivan Neplyuyev, Russian noble (d.
1773 Events January–March * January 1 – The hymn that becomes known as ''Amazing Grace'', at this time titled "1 Chronicles 17:16–17", is first used to accompany a sermon led by curate John Newton in the town of Olney, Bucking ...
) * November 9 – Countess Henriette Charlotte of Nassau-Idstein, German princess (d. 1734) * November 10 – Roland-Michel Barrin de La Galissonière, French admiral (d.
1756 Events January–March * January 16 – The Treaty of Westminster is signed between Great Britain and Prussia, guaranteeing the neutrality of the Kingdom of Hanover, controlled by King George II of Great Britain. *February 7 & ...
) * November 13 – Thomas Watson-Wentworth, 1st Marquess of Rockingham, British politician (d.
1750 Various sources, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, use the year 1750 as a baseline year for the end of the pre-industrial era. Events January–March * January 13 – The Treaty of Madrid between Spain ...
) * November 22 ** Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, daughter of Louis (d.
1775 Events Summary The American Revolutionary War began this year, with the first military engagement being the April 19 Battles of Lexington and Concord on the day after Paul Revere's now-legendary ride. The Second Continental Congress t ...
) ** Zheng Xie, Chinese painter (d.
1766 Events January–March * January 1 – Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") becomes the new Stuart claimant to the throne of Great Britain, as King Charles III, and figurehead for Jacobitism. * January 14 – Chr ...
) * November 28 – Anthonie van der Heim, Dutch politician, urban magistrate and judge in Rotterdam, Grand Pensionary of Holland (d.
1746 Events January–March * January 8 – The Young Pretender Charles Edward Stuart occupies Stirling, Scotland. * January 17 – Battle of Falkirk Muir: British Government forces are defeated by Jacobite forces. * February 1 ...
) * November 30 – Christoph Förster, German composer (d. 1745) * December 9 – Nathaniel Appleton, Congregational minister (d. 1784) * December 29 – Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville, French explorer (d. 1759) * ''date unknown'' – Heyat Mahmud, Bengali poet (d.
1760 Events January–March * January 9 – Battle of Barari Ghat: Afghan forces defeat the Marathas. * January 22 – Seven Years' War – Battle of Wandiwash, India: British general Sir Eyre Coote is victorious over the Fr ...
)


Deaths


January–March

* January 1 – Theodor Undereyck, German theologian (b. 1635) * January 4 – Thomas Hanford, first minister in Norwalk, Connecticut (b. 1621) * January 6 ** Mehmed IV, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 1687 (b. 1642) ** Marguerite de la Sablière, French salonist and polymath (b. 1640) * January 7 ** Marco Antonio Tomati (bishop of Asti), Marco Antonio Tomati, roman-catholic bishop (b. 1583) ** Federico Visconti, Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (b. 1617) * January 8 – Jan Andrzej Morsztyn, Polish poet (b. 1621) * January 21 – Honda Toshinaga, daimyo (b. 1635) * January 27 – Anthony Lowther (died 1693), Anthony Lowther, English politician (b. 1641) * January 31 ** Ahasuerus Fromanteel, English clockmaker (b. 1607) ** Baptist Levinz, English bishop (b. 1644) * February 4 – John de Britto, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr (b. 1647) * February 7 – Paul Pellisson, French writer (b. 1624) * February 9 – William Turner (London MP), William Turner, English Sheriff, Lord Mayor and M.P. of London (b. 1615) * February 11 – John de Brito, Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr (b. 1647) *
February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...
– Johann Caspar Kerll, German composer and organist (b. 1627) * February 18 – Elias Tillandz, Swedish physician, botanist, professor of medicine and university rector (Royal Academy of Turku) (b. 1640) * February 21 – Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot, French missionary (b. 1611) * February 22 – Henrik Horn, Swedish military leader and noble (b. 1618) *
February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...
– Filippo Alferio Ossorio, Catholic Bishop of Fondi (b. 1634) * March 3 – William Stockdale, Member of Parliament (b. 1634) * March 6 – Antonio Caraffa, Austrian Military commander (b. 1646) * March 8 – Countess Palatine Leopoldine Eleonora of Neuburg (b. 1679) * March 10 – Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Italian art historian (b. 1616) * March 13 – John Rashleigh (1619–1693) of Coombe, John Rashleigh, English politician (b. 1619) * March 17 – Richard Whithed (Stockbridge MP), Richard Whithed, English politician (b. 1660) * March 21 – Walter Chetwynd, English antiquary, politician (b. 1633) * March 24 – Constantin Cantemir, Ruler of Moldavia (b. 1612) * March 27 – Sylvanus Morgan, English painter (b. 1620) * March 31 – Adriaantje Hollaer, Dutch painter (b. 1610)


April–June

*
April 4 Events Pre-1600 * 503 BC – Roman consul Agrippa Menenius Lanatus celebrates a triumph for a military victory over the Sabines. * 190 – Dong Zhuo has his troops evacuate the capital Luoyang and burn it to the ground. * 611 – ...
** Isaac Aboab da Fonseca, Portuguese Sephardic rabbi (b. 1605) ** Anne Palles, Danish witch (b. 1619) *
April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The second Fatimid invasion of Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah, sets out from Raqqada at the head of his a ...
** Philip William August, Count Palatine of Neuburg, Eighth son of Elector Palatine Philip William (b. 1668) ** Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b. 1627) ** George Louis I, Count of Erbach-Erbach (b. 1643) ** Christian Scriver, German hymnwriter (b. 1629) * April 9 – Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy, French writer (b. 1618) * April 15 ** Pierre Cureau de La Chambre, French priest (b. 1640) ** Sir John Cutler, 1st Baronet, English merchant and financier (b. 1608) * April 17 – Rutger von Ascheberg, Courland-born soldier in Swedish service (b. 1621) * April 20 – Claudio Coello, Spanish Baroque painter (b. 1642) * May 2 – Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels and later of Hessen-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (b. 1623) * May 3 – Claude de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, French courtier (b. 1607) * May 6 ** François Tallemant the Elder, French translator (b. 1620) ** William Yardley, Quaker minister (b. 1632) * May 8 – Jan Verkolje, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1650) * May 13 – Thomas Jervoise (died 1693), Thomas Jervoise, English politician (b. 1616) * May 15 ** Jacques Du Frische, theologian (b. 1640) ** John Hamilton, 2nd Lord Bargany, Scottish peer accused of treason and cleared of charges (b. 1640) * May 16 – Philippe Couplet, Flemish Jesuit missionary (b. 1623) * May 18 – Giacomo Altoviti, Italian religious (b. 1604) * May 21 – Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross, Scottish nobleman and covenanter (b. 1650) * May 25 ** Al-Hurr al-Amili, Muslim cleric and scholar (b. 1624) ** Madame de La Fayette, French writer (b. 1634) * May 27 ** Asano Mitsuakira (b. 1617) ** John Spencer (priest), John Spencer, English clergyman, scholar, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge (b. 1630) * June 3 – Camille de Neufville de Villeroy, Archbishop of Lyon (b. 1606) * June 4 – John Wildman, English soldier and politician (b. 1621) * June 6 – Dirck Ferreris, Dutch painter (b. 1634) * June 7 – Miklós Erdődy, Ban of Croatia (b. 1630) * June 12 ** John Ashby (Royal Navy officer), John Ashby, Royal Navy admiral (b. 1646) ** Christen Jensen Lodberg, Danish bishop (b. 1625) * June 17 – Francisco Marcos de Velasco, Spanish military governor, commander of Antwerp Citadel (b. 1633) * June 18 – Johann Heinrich von Anethan, German vicar general and canon (b. 1628) *
June 20 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starting ...
– Juliana of Hesse-Eschwege, German noblewoman (b. 1652) * June 22 – Wolfgang Leinberer, German astronomer, philosopher, mathematician, professor, priest in the Society of Jesus (b. 1635) * June 23 – Sir John Wittewrong, 1st Baronet, English parliamentarian (b. 1618) * June 24 ** Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1624) ** Pavel Josef Vejvanovský, Czech composer (b. 1633) ** Isaac Willaerts, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. c. 1620) * June 26 – John Philip II, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Dhaun (b. 1645) * June 30 – Christina zu Mecklenburg, princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1639)


July–September

* July 4 – Ermanno Stroiffi, Italian painter (b. 1616) * July 8 – François Duchesne, French historian (b. 1616) * July 12 ** John Ashby (Royal Navy officer), John Ashby, English admiral (b. c. 1640) ** Johan Hadorph, Swedish director-general of the Central Board of National Antiquities (b. 1630) * July 13 ** Cataldo Amodei, Sicilian composer (b. 1649) ** Michiel Nouts, Dutch painter (b. 1628) ** Johann Konrad von Roggenbach, Prince-Bishop of Basle (b. 1618) * July 19 – Hendrik Trajectinus, Count of Solms, Dutch lieutenant-general (b. 1638) * July 22 – John Davies (translator), John Davies, Welsh translator and writer (b. 1625) * July 26 – Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Queen consort of Sweden (b. 1656) * July 31 – Willem Kalf, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1619) * August 7 – John George II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (b. 1627) * August 12 – Mark Sension, Connecticut settler (b. 1630) * August 15 – Gregorio María de Silva y Mendoza, 9th Duke of the Infantado (b. 1649) *
August 21 Events Pre-1600 * 959 – Eraclus becomes the 25th bishop of Liège. * 1140 – Song dynasty general Yue Fei defeats an army led by Jin dynasty general Wuzhu at the Battle of Yancheng during the Jin–Song Wars. *1169 – Battle o ...
– Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan, Irish Jacobite peer (b. 1655) * August 23 – Johann Daniel Major, German professor of theoretical medicine (b. 1634) * August 27 – Edward Rawson (politician), Edward Rawson, American settler (b. 1615) * August 28 ** Johann Christoph Bach (musician at Arnstadt), Johann Christoph Bach, German composer (b. 1645) ** Jane Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, British noble (b. 1640) * August 30 – Laurent Cassegrain, French priest, astronomer and physicist (b. 1629) * September 1 – Nicolas Potier de Novion, French politician (b. 1618) * September 5 – Otto Grote zu Schauen, German politician (b. 1636) * September 6 – Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma (b. 1666) * September 9 – Ihara Saikaku, Japanese writer (b. 1642) * September 12 ** Elisabeth Baulacre, Genevan industrialist (b. 1613) ** Lionel Copley, List of colonial governors of Maryland, Colonial governor of Maryland (d. 1648) ** Gabrielle de Rochechouart de Mortemart, French noble (b. 1633) * September 13 ** Lazar Baranovych, Ukrainian bishop (b. 1616) ** Flavio Chigi (1631–1693), Flavio Chigi, Italian cardinal and librarian (b. 1631) * September 14 – Aert Jansse van Nes, Dutch admiral (b. 1626) * September 16 – Giovanni Battista de Belli, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Telese o Cerreto Sannita (b. 1630) * September 19 – Johann Weikhard von Valvasor, Slovenian nobleman and polymath (b. 1641) * September 24 – Henri Justel, French scholar, royal administrator, bibliophile and librarian (b. 1620) * September 25 – William Bassett (died 1693), William Bassett, English landowner and politician (b. 1628) * September 27 – John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace, English politician (b. 1640) * September 28 ** Pietro Antonio d'Alessandro, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1628) ** Thomas Knyvett, 7th Baron Berners, English politician (b. 1656) * September 30 – Bankei Yōtaku, Japanese Zen buddhist monk (b. 1622)


October–December

* October 1 – Pedro Abarca, Spanish theologian (b. 1619) * October 4 – Thomas Clayton (physician), Thomas Clayton, English politician (b. 1612) * October 5 – George Lawton (settler), George Lawton, American settler (b. 1607) * October 8 – Thomas Bampfield, English politician (b. 1623) * October 9 ** Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg, Prince-Bishop of Bamberg (b. 1644) ** Unshō, Japanese Buddhist scriptural commentator (b. 1604) * October 10 – Charles Patin, French physician (b. 1633) * October 12 – Sir Christopher Conyers, 2nd Baronet, Conyers baronets and Lord Lieutenant of Durham (b. 1621) * October 14 – Philipp Kilian, German engraver (b. 1628) * October 17 – Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg, English general (b. 1645) * October 25 – Theodor von Strattman, Austrian diplomat (b. 1637) * October 26 ** Coenraad van Beuningen, Dutch diplomat (b. 1622) ** Kyprian Zochovskyj, Metropolitan of Kyiv (b. 1635) * November 2 – Theodor Kerckring, Dutch anatomist (b. 1638) * November 9 – Samuel Hale (settler), Samuel Hale, Connecticut settler and politician (b. 1615) * November 12 – Maria van Oosterwijck, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1623) * November 13 – Francesco Fortezza, Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1621) * November 16 – Francis Marsh, Irish bishop (b. 1626) * November 23 – Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde, Dutch painter (b. 1630) * November 24 – William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1617) * November 30 – Francesco Lorenzo Brancati di Lauria, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1612) * December 5 – Levinus Bennet, English politician (b. 1631) * December 12 – Countess Palatine Anna Magdalena of Birkenfeld-Bischweiler, Countess of Hanau-Lichtenberg (b. 1640) * December 13 ** Dosoftei, Moldavian Metropolitan (b. 1624) ** Willem van de Velde the Elder, Dutch painter (b. c. 1611) * December 14 – Giuseppe Felice Tosi, Italian composer (b. 1619) * December 16 – Jacques Rousseau (painter), Jacques Rousseau, painter from France (b. 1630) * December 21 – Hendrick Mommers, Dutch painter (b. 1623) * December 22 – Elisabeth Hevelius, Danzig astronomer (b. 1647) * December 24 – Nicolaes Maes, Dutch painter (b. 1634) * December 27 – Henri de Villars (died 1693), Henri de Villars, French prelate (b. 1621) * December 29 – Vere Fane, 4th Earl of Westmorland, English Earl (b. 1644) * ''date unknown'' – Lars Nilsson (shaman), Lars Nilsson, Sami shaman in Sweden


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