Events

January–March

January 17 Events Pre-1600 *38 BC – Octavian divorces his wife Scribonia and marries Livia Drusilla, ending the fragile peace between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. * 1362 – Saint Marcellus' flood kills at least 25,000 people on ...

–

Tuscarora War The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina from September 10, 1711 until February 11, 1715 between the Tuscarora people and their allies on one side and European American settlers, the Yamassee, and other allies on the other. This was con ...

: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia out of

Albemarle County, North Carolina Albemarle County, North Carolina was a county located in the Province of North Carolina. It contained what is now the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of North Carolina. History Albemarle County was named for George Monck, 1st Duke of Al ...

, in a second offensive against the Tuscarora. Heavy snows force the troops to take refuge in Fort Reading, on the

Pamlico River The Pamlico
, from the North Carolina Collection's website at the

. * February 1 –

Skirmish at Bender The Skirmish at Bender ( sv, Kalabaliken i Bender; fi, Benderin kalabaliikki) was devised to remove Charles XII of Sweden from the Ottoman Empire after his military defeats in Russia. It took place on 1 February 1713 on Ottoman territory, in w ...

, Moldova: Charles XII of Sweden is defeated by the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. * February 4 – Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia under Colonel James Moore leaves Fort Reading, to continue the campaign against the Tuscarora. * February 25 – Frederick William I of Prussia begins his reign. *

March 1 Events Pre-1600 *509 BC – Publius Valerius Publicola celebrates the first triumph of the Roman Republic after his victory over the deposed king Lucius Tarquinius Superbus at the Battle of Silva Arsia. * 293 – Emperor Diocletian ...

– Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia lays siege to the Tuscaroran stronghold of

Fort Neoheroka Fort Neoheroka (or just Neoheroka, Neyuherú·kęʼRudes, B. ''Tuscarora English Dictionary'' Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999 in Tuscarora), or Nooherooka, is the name of a stronghold constructed in what is now Greene County, North Car ...

, located a few miles up

Contentnea Creek Contentnea Creek is a major tributary of the Neuse River in North Carolina, USA. It is part of the Neuse River Basin, and flows for 91 miles between the Buckhorn Reservoir (confluence of Moccasin and Turkey Creeks), where it begins, and Grifton, ...

from Fort Hancock. *

March 20 Events Pre-1600 * 673 – Emperor Tenmu of Japan assumes the Chrysanthemum Throne at the Palace of Kiyomihara in Asuka. * 1206 – Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. * 1600 – The Link ...

– Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore's Carolina militia launches a major offensive against Fort Neoheroka. *

March 23 Events Pre-1600 *1400 – The Trần dynasty of Vietnam is deposed, after one hundred and seventy-five years of rule, by Hồ Quý Ly, a court official. *1540 – Waltham Abbey is surrendered to King Henry VIII of England; the last rel ...

– Tuscarora War: Fort Neoheroka falls to the Carolina militia, effectively ending the Tuscarora nation's military strength. Two Tuscaroran allies, the

Machapunga The Machapunga are a small Algonquian language-speaking Native American tribe from coastal northeastern North Carolina. They were part of the Secotan people. They were a group from the Powhatan Confederacy who migrated from present-day Virgini ...

and

Coree The Coree (also Connamox, Cores, Corennines, Connamocksocks, Coranine Indians, Neuse River Indians) were a very small Native American tribe, who once occupied a coastal area south of the Neuse River in southeastern North Carolina in the area no ...

tribes, continue offensive actions against

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

. *

March 27 Events Pre-1600 *1309 – Pope Clement V imposes excommunication and interdiction on Venice, and a general prohibition of all commercial intercourse with Venice, which had seized on Ferrara, a papal fiefdom. * 1329 – Pope John XXII ...

–

First Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne o ...

between Great Britain and Spain:

Philip V Philip V may refer to: * Philip V of Macedon (221–179 BC) * Philip V of France (1293–1322) * Philip II of Spain, also Philip V, Duke of Burgundy (1526–1598) * Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was ...

is accepted by Britain and Austria as king of Spain; Spain cedes

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and

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to Britain.

April–June

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. *1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrare ...

– The

Second Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne of ...

between Great Britain and France ends the

War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...

. France cedes Newfoundland,

Acadia Acadia (french: link=no, Acadie) was a colony of New France in northeastern North America which included parts of what are now the The Maritimes, Maritime provinces, the Gaspé Peninsula and Maine to the Kennebec River. During much of the 17t ...

, Hudson Bay and

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to Great Britain. *

April 14 Events Pre-1600 * 43 BC – Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum. * 69 – Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho ...

– First performance, in London, of

Joseph Addison Joseph Addison (1 May 1672 – 17 June 1719) was an English essayist, poet, playwright and politician. He was the eldest son of The Reverend Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richar ...

's libertarian play '' Cato, a Tragedy'', which will be influential on both sides of the Atlantic. *

April 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 65 – The freedman Milichus betrays Piso's plot to kill the Emperor Nero and all the conspirators are arrested. * 531 – Battle of Callinicum: A Byzantine army under Belisarius is defeated by the Persi ...

– With no living male heirs, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the

Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 The Pragmatic Sanction ( la, Sanctio Pragmatica, german: Pragmatische Sanktion) was an edict issued by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, on 19 April 1713 to ensure that the Habsburg hereditary possessions, which included the Archduchy of Austria ...

, to ensure one of his daughters will inherit the Habsburg lands. *

May 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. * 1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...

– In the

Great Northern War The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swed ...

, a fleet of the Russian Navy, transporting 12,000 soldiers, sails from

Kronstadt Kronstadt (russian: Кроншта́дт, Kronshtadt ), also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt or Kronštádt (from german: link=no, Krone for " crown" and ''Stadt'' for "city") is a Russian port city in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city ...

to attack the Swedish Army at

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

. *

May 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; many scholars consider this the end of the Renaissance. * 1536 – The Siege of Cuzco commences, in which Incan forces attempt to retake the city of Cuzco from the Sp ...

– The

Parliament of Ireland The Parliament of Ireland ( ga, Parlaimint na hÉireann) was the legislature of the Lordship of Ireland, and later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1297 until 1800. It was modelled on the Parliament of England and from 1537 comprised two cham ...

is dissolved by Queen Anne and new elections are set. *

May 13 Events Pre-1600 *1373 – Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book '' Revelations of Divine Love''. * 1501 – Amerigo Vespu ...

– King

Philip V of Spain Philip V ( es, Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746) was King of Spain from 1 November 1700 to 14 January 1724, and again from 6 September 1724 to his death in 1746. His total reign of 45 years is the longest in the history of the Spanish mon ...

issues an ''auto accordado'' that changes the

order of succession An order of succession or right of succession is the line of individuals necessitated to hold a high office when it becomes vacated such as head of state or an honour such as a title of nobility.Queen Isabella II Isabella II ( es, Isabel II; 10 October 1830 – 9 April 1904), was Queen of Spain from 29 September 1833 until 30 September 1868. Shortly before her birth, the King Ferdinand VII of Spain issued a Pragmatic Sanction to ensure the successio ...

. *

May 17 Events Pre-1600 *1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. *1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explore Flo ...

– '' Ottone in villa'', the first opera by composer Antonio Vivaldi, is given its initial performance, debuting at the Teatro delle Grazie in

Vicenza Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a thr ...

May 21 Events Pre-1600 * 293 – Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian appoint Galerius as ''Caesar'' to Diocletian, beginning the period of four rulers known as the Tetrarchy. * 878 – Syracuse, Sicily, is captured by the Muslim Aghlabi ...

–

: The Russian fleet lands a force of 10,000 men at Pernå on the southern coast of Finland. *

June 1 Events Pre-1600 *1215 – Zhongdu (now Beijing), then under the control of the Jurchen ruler Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, is captured by the Mongols under Genghis Khan, ending the Battle of Zhongdu. * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed k ...

''(approx.)'' – Tuscarora War: Colonel James Moore leads the Carolina militia into the Pamlico Peninsula to defeat the Machapunga and Coree tribes. * June 23 – French residents of

are given one year to declare allegiance to Great Britain, or leave

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

July–September

* July 9 – The Junta de Braços (parliament) of the Principality of Catalonia votes in favour of staying in the

against

Army of Catalonia An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

raised. *

July 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1174 – William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173–74, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Henry II of England. * 1249 – Coronation of Alexander III as King of Scots. *1260 – The Livon ...

– The

Treaty of Portsmouth A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between actors in international law. It is usually made by and between sovereign states, but can include international organizations, individuals, business entities, and other legal pers ...

brings an end to

Queen Anne's War Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In E ...

. *

August 8 Events Pre-1600 * 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as the ...

– The Parliament of Great Britain, third since the Act of Union, is dissolved *

August 22 Events Pre-1600 * 392 – Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor. * 851 – Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland. *1138 – Battle of the Standard between Scotland a ...

– Voting begins in the 1713 British general election in various constituencies and continues to November 12 *

September 1 Events Pre-1600 *1145 – The main altar of Lund Cathedral, at the time seat of the archiepiscopal see of all the Nordic countries, is consecrated. *1173 – The widow Stamira sacrifices herself in order to raise the siege of Ancona b ...

– Tuscarora War: The Carolina militia, led by Colonel James Moore, returns to South Carolina, after mixed success in the campaign against the Machapunga and Coree tribes.

October–December

October 6 Events Pre-1600 * 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio accelerates the Marian reforms of the Roman army of the mid-Republic. * 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. *A ...

– The Treaty of Schwedt is signed between Russia and Brandenburg-Prussia, with the latter accepting the annexation of Baltic territories and paying Russia expenses in return for the southern part of

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

, recently taken from Sweden in the

. *

October 17 Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. *1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. *1346 – The English capture King Davi ...

– The Battle of Pälkäne is fought in what is now Finland between Russia and Sweden, with Russia's Fyodor Arpaskin forcing Finnish troops under Carl Gustaf Armfeldt to withdraw. *

November 6 Events Pre-1600 * 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers. * 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is ...

– The Dublin election riot breaks out during the fiercely contested Irish General Election. *

November 12 Events Pre-1600 * 954 – The 13-year-old Lothair III is crowned at the Abbey of Saint-Remi as king of the West Frankish Kingdom. *1028 – Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanos III Argyros. * 13 ...

– The 1713 British general election concludes with the conservative

Tories A Tory () is a person who holds a political philosophy known as Toryism, based on a British version of traditionalism and conservatism, which upholds the supremacy of social order as it has evolved in the English culture throughout history. The ...

winning 358 of the 558 available seats in the House of Commons, and the liberal Whigs having 200. *

December 9 Events Pre-1600 * 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. * 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, ...

– As part of the agreements made at Utrecht to end the

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It i ...

and

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sign a treaty of commerce and navigation. *

December 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1317 – The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköpi ...

– The rebellion of against the British East India Company by Richard Raworth, Deputy Governor of

Fort St. David Fort St David, now in ruins, was a British fort near the town of Cuddalore, a hundred miles south of Chennai on the Coromandel Coast of India. It is located near silver beach without any maintenance. It was named for the patron saint of Wales b ...

(now abandoned and in the Indian state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...

near

Cuddalore Cuddalore, also spelt as Kadalur (), is the city and headquarters of the Cuddalore District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Situated south of Chennai, Cuddalore was an important port during the British Raj. While the early history of Cudda ...

), comes to an end after two months when forces sent by Bridish Madras Governor Edward Harrison to negotiate a settlement allowing Raworth to surrender in return for amnesty. *

December 21 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – The Roman Senate declares Vespasian emperor of Rome, the last in the Year of the Four Emperors. *1124 – Pope Honorius II is consecrated, having been elected after the controversial dethroning of Pope Celes ...

– Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy is crowned King of Sicily at Palermo, and his wife

Anne Marie Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson (born 7 April 1991) is an English singer. She has attained charting singles on the UK Singles Chart, including Clean Bandit's " Rockabye", which peaked at number one, as well as "Alarm", " Ciao Adios", "Friends", "200 ...

is crowned as Queen consort.Antonio Gallenga, ''History of Piedmont'', Volume 3 (Chapman and Hall, 1855) p. 118 The coronation follows

's recognition of Sicilian independence, effective September 22, as part of the

Treaty of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht was a series of peace treaties signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. The war involved three contenders for the vacant throne ...

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'', a seminal work on

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, is published eight years after his death, by his nephew, Niklaus Bernoulli. * Basil Matthew II becomes Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East. *

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officially becomes the first free town in America, being the first independent place in America from Europeans.

Births

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Elizabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

January

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

– Carl Gustaf Warmholtz, Swedish writer (d.

1785 Events January–March * January 1 – The first issue of the ''Daily Universal Register'', later known as '' The Times'', is published in London. * January 7 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries ...

) * January 2 –

Marie Dumesnil Marie Françoise Dumesnil (2 January 171320 February 1803), original name Marie-Françoise Marchand, was a French actress. She was born in Paris, daughter of a poor nobleman, and began her stage career in the provinces, whence she was summoned i ...

, French actress (d.

1803 Events * January 1 – The first edition of Alexandre Balthazar Laurent Grimod de La Reynière's ''Almanach des gourmands'', the first guide to restaurant cooking, is published in Paris. * January 5 – William Symington demonstrates his ...

) *

January 5 Events Pre-1600 *1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France. 1601–1900 * 1675 – Battle of Colmar: The French a ...

–

Jorge Juan y Santacilia Jorge Juan y Santacilia (Novelda, Alicante, 5 January 1713 – Madrid, 21 June 1773) was a Spanish mathematician, scientist, naval officer, and mariner. He determined that the Earth is not perfectly spherical but is oblate, i.e. flattened at the ...

, Spanish mathematician and naval officer (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, Bucki ...

) * January 7 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian impresario and librettist (d.

) * January 13 – Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (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 ...

) *

– Jean Chrétien Fischer, French general (d. 1762) *

January 18 Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...

– Grigory Spiridov, Russian admiral (d.

1790 Events January–March * January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City. * January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took ...

) * January 22 –

Marc-Antoine Laugier Marc-Antoine Laugier (Manosque, Provence, January 22, 1713 – Paris, April 5, 1769) was a Jesuit priest until 1755 than a Benedictine monk. He was one of the first architectural theorist. Laugier is best known for his ''Essay on Architectur ...

, French Jesuit priest and architectural theorist (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 i ...

) * January 25 –

Gang Se-hwang Kang Sehwang (1713–1791) was a high government official but also a representative painter, calligrapher and art critic of the mid Joseon period. He was born in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, the son of Kang Hyeon. He entered royal service at over s ...

, Joseon Dynasty painter (d.

1791 Events January–March * January 1 – Austrian composer Joseph Haydn arrives in England, to perform a series of concerts. * January 2 – Northwest Indian War: Big Bottom Massacre – The war begins in the Ohio Country ...

) *

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, rul ...

–

Edmé-François Mallet Edmé-François Mallet, also abbé Mallet, (29 January 1713, Melun – 25 February 1755, Châteaurenard) was an 18th-century French theologian and encyclopédiste. Biography Edmé-François Mallet first received his education by the country pri ...

, French writer (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 th ...

) *

January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. *1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the ...

Anthony Benezet Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's fir ...

, French-born American abolitionist and educator (d.

1784 Events January–March * January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea. * January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Bri ...

) ** Adam Drummond, Scottish merchant banker and politician (d.

1786 Events January–March * January 3 – The third Treaty of Hopewell is signed, between the United States and the Choctaw. * January 6 – The outward bound East Indiaman '' Halsewell'' is wrecked on the south coast of Engla ...

)

February

* February 2 –

Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes Maria Margarida de Lorena, Duchess of Abrantes (2 February 1713 – 1780) was the daughter of Dom Rodrigo de Mello (1688–1713), second child of Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval and of Ana Maria Catarina Henriqueta de Lorena, ...

, Portuguese noblewoman and courtier (d.

1780 Events January–March * January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet. * February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...

) * February 5 –

Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood (1713 – 25 January 1795) was a wealthy West Indian plantation owner and enslaver who was of English ancestry. Early life He was born in Barbados, the elder son of Henry Lascelles (1690–1753) and Mary ...

, British Baron (d.

1795 Events January–June * January – Central England records its coldest ever month, in the CET records dating back to 1659. * January 14 – The University of North Carolina opens to students at Chapel Hill, becoming t ...

) *

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 &nd ...

– Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet, Governor of Jamaica and New York (d.

) * February 11 –

Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, duchesse de Lauraguais (11 February 1713 – 3 November 1769, in Paris) was the third of the five famous ''de Nesle'' sisters, four of whom would become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She was his mistres ...

, Mistress of Louis XV (d.

) *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

–

Kenrick Clayton Sir Kenrick Clayton, 2nd Baronet ( – 10 March 1769) of Marden Park, Surrey, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1734 to 1769. Clayton was the eldest surviving son of Sir William Clayton, 1st Baronet ...

, British politician (d.

) * February 13 –

Domènec Terradellas Domènec Terradellas (baptized 13 February 1713, Barcelona – 20 May 1751, Rome) was a Spanish opera composer. The birthdate is sometimes incorrectly given as 1711. Carreras i Bulbena did extensive research in contemporary documents, such as b ...

, Spanish opera composer (d. 1751) * February 14 **

Jan ten Compe Jan ten Compe (1713, Amsterdam – 1761, Amsterdam), was an 18th-century landscape painter from the Northern Netherlands. Biography According to his biographer Jan van Gool, he was a follower of Jan van der Heyden and Gerrit Berckheyde. ...

, painter from the Northern Netherlands (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 Pond ...

) ** Vittoria Ligari, Italian painter (d.

1783 Events January–March * January 20 – At Versailles, Great Britain signs preliminary peace treaties with the Kingdom of France and the Kingdom of Spain. * January 23 – The Confederation Congress ratifies two October 8, ...

) * February 20 – Anna Maria Elvia, Swedish feminist writer (d.

) * February 26 –

Pyotr Sheremetev Pyotr Borisovich Sheremetev (russian: link=no, Пётр Бори́сович Шереме́тев) (1713–1788) was a Russian nobleman and courtier, the richest man in Russia aside from the tsar; he was the son of Boris Sheremetev. When his fa ...

, Russian noble (d.

1788 Events January–March * January 1 – The first edition of ''The Times'', previously ''The Daily Universal Register'', is published in London. * January 2 – Georgia ratifies the United States Constitution, and becomes the fourth U.S ...

) * February 28 – Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, French diplomat (d.

1793 The French Republic introduced the French Revolutionary Calendar starting with the year I. Events January–June * January 7 – The Ebel riot occurs in Sweden. * January 9 – Jean-Pierre Blanchard becomes the first to fl ...

)

March

March 2 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges begins the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his '' bucellarii'' are almost cut o ...

– Giammaria Ortes, Italian composer and academic (d.

) * March 5 **

Edward Cornwallis Edward Cornwallis ( – 14 January 1776) was a British career military officer and was a member of the aristocratic Cornwallis family, who reached the rank of Lieutenant General. After Cornwallis fought in Scotland, putting down the Jacobi ...

, British military officer, first Governor of Nova Scotia (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. * Januar ...

) **

Frederick Cornwallis Frederick Cornwallis (5 March 1713 – 19 March 1783) served as Archbishop of Canterbury, after an illustrious career in the Anglican Church. He was born the seventh son of an aristocratic family. His twin brother Edward Cornwallis had a mili ...

, Archbishop of Canterbury (d.

) *

March 8 Events Pre-1600 * 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem ''Shahnameh''. *1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León. * 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between bou ...

–

Gian Carlo Passeroni Gian Carlo Passeroni (8 March 1713 – 26 December 1803) was an Italian satirical poet, the most important of the 18th-century Nice poets. He was an ordained priest and for much of his career lived an ascetic life in Milan. He is best known for ...

, Italian writer (d.

) *

March 9 Events Pre-1600 * 141 BC – Liu Che, posthumously known as Emperor Wu of Han, assumes the throne over the Han dynasty of China. * 1009 – First known mention of Lithuania, in the annals of the monastery of Quedlinburg. * 1226 &nda ...

–

Daniel Fones Captain Daniel Fones (born 9 March 1713, Conanicut Island, Jamestown, Rhode Island – , North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island) was the leading military commander for Rhode Island in the Siege of Louisbourg (1745). He was the captain of '' ...

, American military commander (d.

) * March 12 – Johann Adolph Hass, German clavichord maker (d.

1771 Events January– March * January 5 – The Great Kalmyk ( Torghut) Migration is led by Ubashi Khan, from the east bank of the Lower Volga River back to the homeland of Dzungaria, at this time under Qing Dynasty rule. * January ...

) *

March 15 Events Pre-1600 *474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. * 44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 – Odo ...

–

Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (; 15 March 171321 March 1762), formerly sometimes spelled de la Caille, was a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 out of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Goo ...

, French astronomer (d. 1762) *

March 17 Events Pre-1600 * 45 BC – In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda. * 180 – Commodus becomes sole emperor of the Roman Empire at the age of ei ...

–

Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet Sir Charles Asgill, 1st Baronet (17 March 1714 – 15 September 1788), merchant banker, was the third son of Henry Asgill, silkman, of St Clement Danes, Middlesex and was educated at Westminster School. Asgill's Bank Apprenticed to the banki ...

, British politician (d.

) *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– Francis Lewis, Signatory of the US Declaration of Independence, from Wales (d.

) *

–

Bowen Southwell Bowen Southwell (23 March 1713 – 1796) was an Irish politician. He was the third son of William Southwell and his wife Lucy Bowen, daughter of William Bowen. His uncles were Thomas Southwell, 1st Baron Southwell and Richard Southwell. Southw ...

, Irish politician (d.

1796 Events January–March * January 16 – The first Dutch (and general) elections are held for the National Assembly of the Batavian Republic. (The next Dutch general elections are held in 1888.) * February 1 – The capital ...

) *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. *1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, ...

– Peter Oliver, Massachusetts loyalist colonial judge (d.

) *

March 28 Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Di ...

–

Juan Nentvig Juan Bautista Nentvig (also spelled Nentuig) was a priest born in Glatz, Germany (now Klodzko, Poland) on March 28, 1713. He was active in the Pimaria Alta (now partially in Sonora, Mexico and the state of Arizona) where he worked with the various ...

, German anthropologist (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 o ...

) *

March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 845 – Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving. * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of ...

– John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d.

1787 Events January–March * January 9 – The North Carolina General Assembly authorizes nine commissioners to purchase of land for the seat of Chatham County. The town is named Pittsborough (later shortened to Pittsboro), for ...

)

April

April 2 Events Pre-1600 * 1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. J ...

–

Pier Francesco Foggini Pier Francesco Foggini or Pietro Francisco Foggini (1713 – 31 May 1783) was an Italian writer. Foggini, an Italian archaeologist, was born in 1713 at Florence, devoted himself to the Church, and was made doctor at Pisa. In 1741 he published ''D ...

, Italian writer (d.

) *

April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. *1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. *1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. * ...

– William Inglis, Scottish surgeon (d.

1792 Events January–March * January 9 – The Treaty of Jassy ends the Russian Empire's war with the Ottoman Empire over Crimea. * February 18 – Thomas Holcroft produces the comedy '' The Road to Ruin'' in London. * February ...

) *

April 7 Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Attila the Hun captures Metz in France, killing most of its inhabitants and burning the town. * 529 – First ''Corpus Juris Civilis'', a fundamental work in jurisprudence, is issued by Eastern Roman Empe ...

–

Nicola Sala Nicola Sala (7 April 1713 – 31 August 1801) was an Italian composer and music theorist. He was born in Tocco Caudio and died in Naples. He was chapel-master and professor at Naples, having devoted himself to the collection of the finest m ...

, Italian opera composer and music theorist (d.

1801 Events January–March * January 1 ** The legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland is completed under the Act of Union 1800, bringing about the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the abolition of the Parliament of I ...

) *

April 10 Events Pre-1600 * 428 – Nestorius becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople. * 837 – Halley's Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles). * 140 ...

–

John Whitehurst John Whitehurst FRS (10 April 1713 – 18 February 1788), born in Cheshire, England, was a clockmaker and scientist, and made significant early contributions to geology. He was an influential member of the Lunar Society. Life and work Whi ...

, English clockmaker (d.

) *

– Luise Gottsched, German poet, playwright, essayist and translator (d. 1762) *

April 12 Events Pre-1600 * 240 – Shapur I becomes co-emperor of the Sasanian Empire with his father Ardashir I. * 467 – Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 627 – King Edwin of Northumbria is converted to ...

Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet (12 April 1713 – 26 March 1745) was an Anglo-Irish politician. Family Crofton was the son of Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet and Mary Nixon. He represented Roscommon County in the Irish House of Commons between ...

, Anglo-Irish politician (d.

1745 Events January–March * January 7 – War of the Austrian Succession: The Austrian Army, under the command of Field Marshal Károly József Batthyány, makes a surprise attack at Amberg and the winter quarters of the Bavari ...

) **

Guillaume Thomas François Raynal Guillaume Thomas Raynal (12 April 1713 – 6 March 1796) was a French writer and man of letters during the Age of Enlightenment. Early life He was born at Lapanouse in Rouergue. He was educated at the Jesuit school of Pézenas, and received p ...

, French writer, man of letters (d.

) * April 13 –

Pierre Jélyotte Pierre Jélyotte (13 April 1713 – 11 September 1797) was a French operatic tenor, particularly associated with works by Rameau, Lully, Campra, Mondonville and Destouches. Life and career Born Pierre Grichon in Lasseube, he studied ...

, French operatic tenor (d.

1797 Events January–March * January 3 – The Treaty of Tripoli, a peace treaty between the United States and Ottoman Tripolitania, is signed at Algiers (''see also'' 1796). * January 7 – The parliament of the Cisalpine ...

) *

April 17 Events Pre-1600 *1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized. *1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan ...

–

Samuel Graves Admiral Samuel Graves (17 April 1713 – 8 March 1787) was a British Royal Navy admiral who is probably best known for his role early in the American Revolutionary War. Ancestry He is thought to have been born in Castledawson, Northern Irelan ...

, British Royal Navy admiral (d.

) * April 21 ** Anna Maria Hilfeling, Swedish artist (d.

) **

Louis de Noailles Louis de Noailles, 4th Duke of Noailles (21 April 1713 in Versailles22 August 1793 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye) was a French peer and Marshal of France. He was the son of Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon, and a nephew ...

, French peer and Marshal of France (d.

) *

April 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1500 – Portuguese navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral lands in Brazil. * 1519 – Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés establishes a settlement at Veracruz, Mexico. *1529 – Treaty of Zaragoza divides the eastern h ...

Brita Sophia De la Gardie Brita Sophia De la Gardie (22 April 1713 – 1797) was a Swedish noble and amateur actress who later converted to Catholicism and became a nun. She was a central member of the cultural life in Stockholm in her time. She played a part in the his ...

, Swedish actress (d.

) ** Peter Du Cane Sr., British businessman (d.

)

May

– Charles Batteux, French philosopher, writer on aesthetics (d.

) *

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I imm ...

–

Charles Townley Charles Townley FRS (1 October 1737 – 3 January 1805) was a wealthy English country gentleman, antiquary and collector, a member of the Towneley family. He travelled on three Grand Tours to Italy, buying antique sculpture, vases, coins, manu ...

, British Officer of Arms (d. 1774) * May 11 – James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, Scottish Jacobite army officer (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 ...

) *

Alexis Clairaut Alexis Claude Clairaut (; 13 May 1713 – 17 May 1765) was a French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist. He was a prominent Newtonian whose work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had ou ...

, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765) ** Louis François de Monteynard, French soldier, statesman (d.

) *

May 15 Events Pre-1600 * 221 – Liu Bei, Chinese warlord, proclaims himself emperor of Shu Han, the successor of the Han dynasty. * 392 – Emperor Valentinian II is assassinated while advancing into Gaul against the Frankish usurper Arbog ...

József Károly Hell József Károly Hell ( Slovak: ''Jozef Karol Hell'', German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** ...

, Hungarian mining engineer (d.

1789 Events January–March * January – Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès publishes the pamphlet '' What Is the Third Estate?'' ('), influential on the French Revolution. * January 7 – The 1788-89 United States presidential electio ...

) ** Edward Wortley Montagu, British politician, traveller and author (d.

) *

–

Élie Bertrand Élie Bertrand (1713–1797) was a Swiss geologist and naturalist. Publications (selection) * ''Mémoires sur la structure intérieure de la terre'' (Heidegguer, Zurich, 1752). * ''Essai sur les usages des montagnes, avec une lettre sur le ...

, Swiss scientist (d.

) *

May 25 Events Pre-1600 * 567 BC – Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans. *240 BC – First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 1085 – Alfonso VI of Castile takes Tol ...

** Andrzej Mokronowski, Polish general (d.

) **

John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, (; 25 May 1713 – 10 March 1792), styled Lord Mount Stuart between 1713 and 1723, was a British nobleman who served as the 7th Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1762 to 1763 under George III. He was arguabl ...

, British nobleman, art collector, Prime Minister of Great Britain (d.

) *

May 31 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. * 1223 – Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River: Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat K ...

–

Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte '' Nobile'' Giuseppe Maria Buonaparte or Giuseppe Maria di Buonaparte (31 May 1713 – 13 December 1763) was a Corsican politician, better known as the paternal grandfather of Napoleon I of France. Early life He was the son of Sebastiano Nico ...

, Corsican politician (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 ...

)

June

June 3 Events Pre-1600 * 350 – The Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman emperor, entering Rome at the head of a group of gladiators. * 713 – The Byzantine emperor Philippicus is blinded, depos ...

–

Robert Petre, 8th Baron Petre Robert James Petre, 8th Baron Petre (3 June 1713 – 2 July 1742) was a renowned horticulturist and a British peer. Petre was responsible in the late 1730s for the layout of the gardens at Worksop Manor in Nottinghamshire. He was also responsib ...

, British peer, renowned horticulturist (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 ...

) *

June 10 Events Pre-1600 * 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock ( clepsydra) called ''Rokoku''. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu. *1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I ...

–

Princess Caroline of Great Britain Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (10 June 1713 – 28 December 1757) was the fourth child and third daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline of Ansbach. Early life Princess Caroline was born at Herrenhausen P ...

, fourth child and third daughter of George II (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 ...

) *

June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle ...

John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen John Allen, 3rd Viscount Allen (11 June 1713 – 25 May 1745), was an Irish peer and politician. He was the son of Joshua Allen, 2nd Viscount Allen. Allen was a member of parliament (MP) for Carysfort from 1733 until 1742, when he succeeded his ...

, Irish politician (d.

) **

Edward Capell Edward Capell (11 June 171324 February 1781) was an English Shakespearian critic. Biography He was born at Troston Hall () in Suffolk. Through the influence of the Duke of Grafton he was appointed to the office of deputy-inspector of plays ...

, English Shakespearean scholar; (d.

1781 Events January–March * January – William Pitt the Younger, later Prime Minister of Great Britain, enters Parliament, aged 21. * January 1 – Industrial Revolution: The Iron Bridge opens across the River Severn in E ...

) *

June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn Battuta ...

Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui (13 June 1713 – 2 June 1760), of the Han Chinese Plain White Banner Su clan, was a consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was two years his junior. Life Family background Imperial Noble Consort Chunhui's persona ...

, Consort of Chinese Emperor (d.

) ** Antonio Eugenio Visconti, Italian cardinal (d.

) *

June 16 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Emperor Julian marches back up the Tigris and burns his fleet of supply ships. During the withdrawal, Roman forces suffer several attacks from the Persians. * 632 – Yazdegerd III ascends the throne as king ...

– Meshech Weare, First Governor of New Hampshire (d.

) * June 17 – Hongjiao, Chinese Qing dynasty imperial prince (d. 1764) * June 20 – Georg Anton Urlaub, German painter (d. 1759) * June 22 – Lord John Sackville, English gentleman and cricketer (d. 1765) * June 25 – Marie-Marguerite Brun, French poet (d. 1794) * June 29 – Johannes de Bosch, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d.

)

July

* July 1 – Benjamin Green (merchant), Benjamin Green, Nova Scotian merchant, judge, and political figure (d. 1772) * July 5 ** Stanhope Aspinwall, British diplomat (d.

) ** Jean Godin des Odonais, French cartographer and naturalist (d.

) * July 9 – John Newbery, English publisher and bookseller (d. 1767) * July 10 – Anna Rosina de Gasc, German portrait painter (d.

) * July 14 – Nicole du Hausset, French memoirist (d.

) * July 16 – Carlo Murena, architect (d. 1764) * July 18 ** Robert Dundas of Arniston, the younger, Scottish judge (d.

) ** Gaetano Matteo Pisoni, Swiss-Italian architect (d. 1782) * July 22 – Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect in neoclassicism (d.

) * July 23 ** Juan de Miralles, Spanish diplomat (d.

) ** Luís António Verney, Portuguese philosopher and pedagogue (d.

) * July 27 – Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, duchess consort of Saxe-Weimar (d.

)

August

* August 1 – Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d.

) * August 3 – Johan Georg Lillienberg, Swedish count and politician (d. 1798) * August 4 ** Bernardo de Miera y Pacheco, Spanish cartographer (d.

) ** Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Duchess consort of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (d.

) * August 6 – Marie Sophie de Courcillon, French noblewoman and Duchess of Rohan-Rohan, Princess of Soubise by marriage (d. 1756) * August 9 – James Murray (loyalist), James Murray, loyalist during the American Revolution (d.

) * August 11 – Lebbeus Harris, Canadian politician (d.

) * August 13 – David Franco Mendes, Dutch poet (d.

) * August 17 – Antoine de Montazet, French archbishop (d.

) * August 18 – Arthur Champagne, Irish Anglican priest (d. 1799) * August 25 – Vijaya Raghunatha Raya Tondaiman I, Raja of Pudukkottai (d.

) * August 27 – Anton August Beck, German engraver (d.

)

September

* September 3 – Jean Baptiste de La Vérendrye, one of the founders of the present province of Manitoba (d. 1736) * September 9 – Robert Bremner, British music publisher (d.

) * September 10 ** Gowin Knight, British physicist (d. 1772) ** John Needham, English biologist and Roman Catholic priest (d.

) * September 13 – Giuseppe Maria Buondelmonti, Italian philosopher (d.

) * September 14 ** Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (d.

) ** Imperial Noble Consort Shujia, consort of the Qianlong Emperor (d.

) * September 16 – Charles Lucas (politician), Charles Lucas, Irish apothecary, physician and politician (d.

) * September 20 – Louis Du Pont Duchambon de Vergor, French military officer (d. 1775) * September 21 – Domingo de Bonechea, Spanish explorer (d. 1775) * September 22 – Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa, Hungarian nobleman, jurist, landowner, vice-ispán of the county of Zala (d. 1770) * September 23 – Ferdinand VI of Spain, king of Spain, lived (d. 1759)

October

* October 2 – Henry Tucker of The Grove, Bermudian merchant, politician and Militia officer (d.

) * October 3 – Antoine Dauvergne, French composer and violinist (d.

) * October 5 – Denis Diderot, French philosopher (d.

) * October 7 – Granville Elliott, Army General, British military expert, working for Britain and Palatine forces (d. 1759) * October 8 – Yechezkel Landau, influential Polish authority on halakha (Jewish law) (d.

) * October 9 – Mikhail Volkonsky, Russian statesman and military figure from the House of Volkonsky (d.

) * October 12 – Khawaja Muhammad Zaman of Luari, Sindhi Sufi poet (d. 1775) * October 13 ** Allan Ramsay (artist), Allan Ramsay, Scottish portrait painter (d.

) ** Jacques de Romas, French physicist (d.

) * October 20 ** Benjamin Andrew, American politician (d.

) ** James Cecil, 6th Earl of Salisbury, English noble (d.

) ** Joseph Redlhamer, Austrian physicist (d.

) * October 23 – Pieter Burman the Younger, Dutch lawyer and philologist (d. 1778) * October 24 – Marie Fel, French opera singer (d. 1794) * October 30 – Giuseppe Antonio Landi, Italian architect and painter (d.

)

November

* November 1 – Antonio Genovesi, Italian economist (d.

) * November 5 – Gorges Lowther (1713–1792), Gorges Lowther, Member of the Irish House of Commons (d.

) *

– Thomas Osborne, 4th Duke of Leeds, British politician (d.

) * November 13 – Nicolas Luton Durival, French historian (d.

) * November 14 – Blasius Columban, Baron von Bender, Luxembourgish politician (d. 1798) * November 17 – August de la Motte, German general (d.

) * November 24 ** Junípero Serra, Spanish Christian missionary (d.

) ** Laurence Sterne, Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (d.

) * November 28 – Georg Friedrich Brander, German precision mechanic and mathematician (d.

) * November 30 – Johann Balthasar Bullinger, Swiss landscape painter (d.

)

December

* December 4 – Gasparo Gozzi, Venetian critic and dramatist (d.

) *

– Abraham Bäck, physician (d.

) *

– Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German composer and musician (d. 1747) * December 13 – John Baptist Caryll, third Jacobite Baron Caryll of Durford (d.

) * December 14 – Martin Knutzen, German philosopher (d. 1751) * December 15 – Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, English politician (d. 1802) * December 17 – Antoine-Noé de Polier de Bottens, Swiss theologian (d.

) * December 19 – Jonathan Toup, British philologist (d.

) * December 23 – Maruyama Gondazaemon, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1749) * December 27 – Giovanni Battista Borra, Italian architect and engineer (d. 1770) * December 29 ** André-Joseph Blavier, Belgian composer (d. 1782) ** Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, French astronomer (d. 1762) ** Herman Petersen, Swedish merchant (d. 1765)

Deaths

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Dorothea Maria of Saxe-Gotha, duchess of Saxe-Meiningen

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January

** Giovanni Francesco Negroni, Italian cardinal (b. 1629) ** Giuseppe Maria Tomasi, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1649) * January 2 – Lady Mary Butler, British noble; (b. 1689) *

– Jean Chardin, French jeweler, traveler and author (b. 1643) * January 8 – Arcangelo Corelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1653) * January 11 – Pierre Jurieu, French Protestant leader (b. 1637) * January 12 – John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Carbery, Governor of Jamaica, President of the British Royal Society (b. 1639) * January 20 – Pavao Ritter Vitezović, Croatian writer, historian, linguist and publisher (b. 1652) * January 26 – Scrope Howe, 1st Viscount Howe, English politician (b. 1648)

February

* February 1 – Michael II Apafi, Prince of Transylvania (b. 1676) * February 2 – Marko Mesić (priest), Marko Mesić, Croatian Roman Catholic priest (b. 1640) * February 3 – William Milman (lawyer), William Milman, English lawyer (b. 1650) * February 4 – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (b. 1671) * February 11 – Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, Nawab of the Carnatic (b. 1657) *

** Florence MacMoyer, last hereditary keeper of the Book of Armagh, (b. 1630) ** Jahandar Shah, Mughal emperor (b. 1661) ** Michele Antonio Vibò, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Turin, Apostolic Internuncio to France (b. 1630) * February 14 ** Louis Crato, Count of Nassau-Saarbrücken (b. 1663) ** William Harrison (poet), William Harrison, English poet and diplomat (b. 1685) * February 15 – Carlo Vigarani, Italian scenic designer (b. 1637) * February 25 – King Frederick I of Prussia (b. 1657) * February 26 – William Paget, 6th Baron Paget, English peer and ambassador (b. 1637) * February 28 – Samuel Whiting Jr., American clergyman 1633–1713 (b. 1633)

March

* March 4 – Ireneo della Croce, Carmelite preacher and chronicler (b. 1625) * March 14 – Mary Cromwell, Countess Fauconberg, daughter of Oliver Cromwell (b. 1637) *

– Wolfgang William Romer, Dutch military engineer (b. 1640) *

– Juraj Jánošík, Slovak outlaw, known as the ''Slovak Robin Hood'' (executed) (b. 1688) *

– Owen Buckingham (died 1713), Owen Buckingham, MP and Lord Mayor of London (b. 1649) *

– Feodor Lopukhin, Russian lawyer, nobleman, colonel, courtier and Boyar (b. 1638) * March 22 – Robert Petre, 7th Baron Petre, British peer (b. 1689) * March 24 – Toussaint de Forbin-Janson, French Catholic cardinal and Bishop of Beauvais (b. 1631) *

** Paul I, Prince Esterházy, Palatine of Hungary and Prince of Holy Roman Empire (b. 1635) ** Charles de Sévigné, French baron (b. 1648) *

– Christian Thomsen Carl, Danish naval officer (b. 1676) * March 30 – Govert Bidloo, Dutch physician, anatomist, poet and playwright (b. 1649)

April

– Henri, Count of Brionne, French noble (b. 1661) * April 8 ** Leonardo Marsili, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1641) ** Lucas Smout the Younger, Flemish painter (b. 1671) *

– Anne Clausdatter, Norwegian businesswoman (b. 1659) * April 15 – Valentin Molitor, Swiss composer (b. 1637) *

– David Hollatz (dogmatician), David Hollatz, German theologian (b. 1648) * April 18 – Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, German princess (b. 1674) * April 20 – John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale, Scottish nobleman (b. 1645) * April 21 – Paolo Naldini (bishop), Paolo Naldini, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Capodistria (b. 1632) * April 24 – Edmund Meyrick, Welsh cleric (b. 1636) * April 27 – Marie Elisabeth zu Mecklenburg, princess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1646)

May

* May 3 – Salathiel Lovell, British judge (b. 1631) *

– Giuseppe Antonio Torri, architect (b. 1655) * May 19 – Samuel Keeler, Connecticut politician (b. 1656) * May 20 – Thomas Sprat, English minister (b. 1635) * May 28 – Georg Otho, German librarian (b. 1634)

June

– Felix Meyer, painter from Switzerland (b. 1653)

July

* July 7 – Henry Compton (bishop), Henry Compton, Bishop of Oxford; Bishop of London (b. 1632) * July 11 – Joseph Stennett, English Baptist minister and hymnwriter (b. 1663) * July 25 – Thomas Northmore (politician), Thomas Northmore, English Member of Parliament (b. 1643) * July 31 – Frederick William, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (b. 1675)

August

* August 2 – Artus de Lionne, French missionary (b. 1655) * August 4 – William Cave, English cleric and scholar (b. 1637) * August 10 – Giovanni Battista Visconti Aicardi, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1644) * August 15 – Kujō Morotaka, Japanese noble (b. 1688) * August 19 – Atanasie Anghel, Romanian Greek-Catholic bishop of Alba Iulia (b. 1660) * August 26 ''(bur.)'' – Denis Papin, French inventor (b. 1647)

September

* September 5 – Ivan Andreyevich Tolstoy, Russian noble (b. 1644) * September 6 – François-Séraphin Régnier-Desmarais, French diplomat and writer (b. 1632) * September 8 – Livio Odescalchi, Italian noble (b. 1652) * September 9 ** Giovanni Antonio Viscardi, Swiss architect (b. 1645) ** Johannes Voet, Dutch legal scholar (b. 1647) * September 14 – Ōkubo Tadamasu, daimyo (b. 1656) * September 15 – Tokugawa Yoshimichi, daimyo (b. 1689) * September 20 – Francisco Martín Fernández de Posadas, Spanish presbyter (b. 1644) * September 21 – Charles Fox (1660–1713), Charles Fox, English politician (b. 1660) * September 22 – Yurij Vynnyckyj, Metropolitan of Kiev (b. 1660) * September 29 – Jacob van Oost the Younger, Flemish Baroque painter (b. 1639)

October

* October 5 – Charles Schomberg, Marquess of Harwich, British Army officer and noble (b. 1683) * October 14 – Johan de la Faille, Dutch art collector (b. 1628) * October 15 – Johann Michael Feuchtmayer the Elder, German artist (b. 1666) *

– Ambrose Crowley, English ironmonger (b. 1658) * October 18 – Tripo Kokolja, Venetian painter (b. 1661) * October 20 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician (b. 1652) * October 22 – Sir John Cropley, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1663) * October 28 – Paolo Lorenzani, Italian composer (b. 1640) * October 31 ** Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Tuscan prince (b. 1663) ** Salomon van Til, Dutch theologian (b. 1643)

November

* November 2 – Narcissus Marsh, English clergyman (b. 1638) *

– Franz Karl of Auersperg, Prince of Auersperg, Duke of Münsterberg (b. 1660) * November 7 – Elizabeth Barry, British actress (b. 1658) * November 8 ** Samuel Angier, English minister (b. 1639) ** Fredrik Bagge, Swedish priest (b. 1646) * November 9 – Armand Charles de La Porte de La Meilleraye, French general (b. 1632) * November 17 – Abraham van Riebeeck, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (b. 1653) * November 18 – Charles Hickman, Anglican Bishop of Derry (b. 1648) * November 20 – Thomas Tompion, British clockmaker (b. 1638) * November 26 – John Belding, Connecticut politician (b. 1650) * November 30 – Nishio Tadanari, daimyo (b. 1653)

December

* December 1 – Richard Lowther, 2nd Viscount Lonsdale, English noble (b. 1692) * December 2 – Gershom Bulkeley, Christian minister, physician, surgeon, magistrate (b. 1636) * December 3 – Noadiah Russell, one of the clergymen who founded Yale (b. 1659) * December 4 – François Pétis de la Croix, French orientalist (b. 1653) * December 5 – Tokugawa Gorōta, daimyo (b. 1711) * December 14 ** Feodosia Alekseyevna of Russia, Tsarevna of Russia (b. 1662) ** Thomas Rymer, English Historiographer royal (b. 1641) * December 15 ** Frederik Johan van Baer, Dutch army commander (b. 1645) ** Carlo Maratta, Italian painter (b. 1625) * December 17 – Nicolò Beregan, Italian noble and singer (b. 1627) * December 18 – Frederick Henry, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz-Pegau-Neustadt, German Duke (b. 1668) * December 31 – Edward Proger, Member of Parliament for Brecknockshire (b. 1621) * ''date unknown'' ** Basil Lazarus III, Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East ** Thomas Ellwood, English religious writer (b. 1639)

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