Events

January–March

* January 8 – Carolean Death March begins: A catastrophic retreat by a largely-Finnish

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- Carolean army under the command of

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across the Tydal mountains in a

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kills around 3,700 men and cripples a further 600 for life. *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1264 &n ...

– The

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is created, within the

Holy Roman Empire The Holy Roman Empire was a political entity in Western, Central, and Southern Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. From the accession of Otto I in 962 ...

. *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 *1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, uniting the fortunes of those two states. * 1451 – Sultan Mehmed II inherits the throne of the Ottoman Empire. *1488 – ...

(January 23

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) – The

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recognizes Ulrika Eleonora's claim to the Swedish throne, after she has agreed to sign a new Swedish constitution. Thus, she is recognized as queen regnant of Sweden. * February 20 – The first Treaty of Stockholm is signed. *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 * 202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. * 1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is execut ...

–

Farrukhsiyar Farrukhsiyar or Farrukh Siyar () (20 August 16839 April 1719) was the tenth emperor of the Mughal Empire from 1713 to 1719. He rose to the throne after assassinating his uncle, Emperor Jahandar Shah. Reportedly a handsome man who was easily s ...

, the

Mughal Emperor The Mughal emperors ( fa, , Pādishāhān) were the supreme heads of state of the Mughal Empire on the Indian subcontinent, mainly corresponding to the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The Mughal rulers styled ...

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

since 1713, is deposed by the

Sayyid brothers The term Sayyid brothers refers to Abdullah Khan and Syed Husain Ali Khan, who were powerful in the Mughal Empire during the early 18th century. They were Indian Muslims who claimed to belong to the family of Sayyids or the descendants of t ...

, who install Rafi ud-Darajat in his place. In prison, Farrukhsiyar is strangled by assassins on April 19. *

March 6 Events Pre-1600 *12 BCE – The Roman emperor Augustus is named Pontifex Maximus, incorporating the position into that of the emperor. * 632 – The Farewell Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada') of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. * 845 ...

– A serious earthquake (estimated magnitude >7) in El Salvador results in large fractures, liquefaction zones, and a sulphuric gas leak. It destroys houses, churches and monasteries. *

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 o ...

– The coronation of Ulrika Eleonora as Queen of Sweden takes place in Stockholm.

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 – ...

– The French army under James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick invades the Basque provinces of Spain, with 20,000 troops crossing into Navarre. * April 19 – In

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Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (; ; February 23, 1680 – March 7, 1767), also known as Sieur de Bienville, was a French colonial administrator in New France. Born in Montreal, he was an early governor of French Louisiana, appointed fou ...

's brother Serigny arrives on a French man-of-war, bringing news that war had been declared between France and Spain (since December

1718 Events January – March * January 7 – In India, Sufi rebel leader Shah Inayat Shaheed from Sindh who had led attacks against the Mughal Empire, is beheaded days after being tricked into meeting with the Mughals to discuss ...

). * April 25 – Daniel Defoe publishes ''

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''. * April 26 – 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 ...

departs Madrid and leads 15,000 men of the Spanish Army into Navare to fight the French under Berwick. *

May 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1027 – Robert II of France names his son Henry I as junior King of the Franks. * 1097 – The Siege of Nicaea begins during the First Crusade. *1264 – Battle of Lewes: Henry III of England is captured and fo ...

– In

, Bienville, from

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, captures

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, but Pensacola is later recaptured by the Spanish, and again re-taken by Bienville."Le Moyne de Bienville, Jean-Baptiste", University of Toronto, 2000, webpag
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*

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 ...

– An earthquake in Turkey damages İzmit and Istanbul, damaging some city walls and ruining mosques and palaces. *

June 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. *1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathe ...

– Battle of Ösel Island: A Russian naval force defeats the Swedish fleet. *

June 18 Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of abo ...

– Captain John Perry fixes Dagenham Breach. *

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 ...

– Battle of Glen Shiel: British forces defeat the Jacobites and their Spanish allies. *

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 ...

– Battle of Francavilla: The Austrians are defeated by the Spanish. * June 30 – French forces under the Duke of Berwick open the Siege of San Sebastian

July–September

July 11 Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, ...

–

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fleet is first spotted from the Swedish coast, starting the Russian Pillage of 1719–21 as part of 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 ...

. * July 16 – The Carlsten fortress in Sweden surrenders to a Danish and Norwegian force after a siege of seven days. Colonel Henrich Danckwardt, who surrendered the fortress to

Peter Tordenskjold Peter Jansen Wessel Tordenskiold (28 October 1690 – 12 November 1720), commonly referred to as Tordenskjold (), was a Norwegian nobleman and flag officer who spent his career in the service of the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy. He rose to the rank ...

after being away from it while it was still defensible, is beheaded on September 16. * August 13 – In the Battle of Stäket, Crown Prince

Frederick I of Sweden Frederick I ( sv, Fredrik I; 28 April 1676 – 5 April 1751) was prince consort of Sweden from 1718 to 1720, and King of Sweden from 1720 until his death and (as ''Frederick I'') also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1730. He ascended the thron ...

leads the successful defense of Stockholm from Russian Admiral Fyodor Apraksin's

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during the Russian Pillage. *

August 19 Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. *43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later kn ...

– Siege of San Sebastian. The Spanish garrison surrenders to the Duke of Berwick. *

August 20 Events Pre-1600 *AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. * 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control ...

– Princess Maria Josepha of Austria, at one time the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria's Habsburg Empire, marries Frederick Augustus,

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ten days after renouncing any claim to the Austrian throne. *

September 3 Events Pre-1600 * 36 BC – In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompey, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. * 301 __NOTOC__ Year 301 (Ro ...

– The three-story tall '' Opernhaus am Zwinger'', one of the largest opera houses in the world at the time, opens in

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by staging

Antonio Lotti Antonio Lotti (5 January 1667 – 5 January 1740) was an Italian composer of the Baroque era. Biography Lotti was born in Venice, although his father Matteo was ''Kapellmeister'' at Hanover at the time. Oral tradition says that in 1682, Lotti b ...

's ''Giovi in Argo''. * September 29 –

Muhammad Shah Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the 13th Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1719 to 1748. He was son of Khujista Akhtar, the fourth son of Bahadur Shah I. After being chosen by the ...

is crowned as the 12th

of India at

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(now

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), 12 days after the death of Shah Jahan II from tuberculosis.

October–December

* October 11 – Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda, the Spanish

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, is assassinated in a bloody coup d'etat by supporters of the

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, whom Bustamante had imprisoned. * October 14 – The British Army, under the command of Major General George Wade, invades and captures the forts of

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on the Atlantic coast of Spain. *

October 21 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – A Seljuk Turkish army successfully fights off the People's Crusade. * 1097 – First Crusade: Crusaders led by Godfrey of Bouillon, Bohemund of Taranto, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, begin the Siege o ...

– The

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is opened in the Russian capital,

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, after seven years of construction, at a ceremony in the presence of the Tsar

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. * October 28 – Sweden and

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sign an armistice, halting combat in the

between them, with final terms agreed to in the Treaty of Frederiksborg on July 3, 1720. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– In a treaty between Sweden and Hanover at the close of the

, Sweden cedes the Duchies of Bremen and Verden (in northern Germany) to Hanover. * December 22 – Andrew Bradford publishes the ''American Weekly Mercury'', Pennsylvania's first newspaper.

Date unknown

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conducts Europe's first systematic census. * Miners in

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, Sweden find the apparently petrified body of Fet-Mats Israelsson (d. 1677), in an unused part of the copper mine. * Raine's Foundation School,

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(founded by Henry Raine), opens in

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, England. * James Figg opens one of the first indoor venues for combat sports, adjoining the City of Oxford tavern in Oxford Road, London.

Births

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Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger (1719-1772)

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Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, Princess of Wales by Charles Philips

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 year. ...

– Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville, art historian and historian of ideas (d.

1805 After thirteen years the First French Empire abolished the French Republican Calendar in favour of the Gregorian calendar. Events January–March * January 11 – The Michigan Territory is created. * February 7 – King Anouvong become ...

) * January 2 ** Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (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 R ...

) ** Friedrich Christoph von Saldern, German general (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 tr ...

) * January 3 ** Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Catholic archbishop (d.

1802 Events January–March * January 5 – Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, begins removal of the Elgin Marbles from the Parthenon in Athens, claiming they were at risk of destruction during the Ot ...

) ** Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh, Earl in the Peerage of England (d.

1800 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 18), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 12 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 16), ...

) **

Francisco José Freire Francisco José Freire () (3 January 1719 – 5 July 1773), Portuguese historian and philologist, was born in Lisbon. He belonged to the monastic society of St Philip Neri, and was a zealous member of the literary association known as the Academy ...

, Portuguese historian and philologist (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 ...

) *

January 6 Events Pre-1600 * 1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ...

** Ivan Ivanovich Belsky, Russian painter (d. 1799) **

Guillaume de Barrême de Châteaufort Guillaume de Barrême de Châteaufort (6 January 1719, in Arles – 6 November 1775, in Arles), chevalier, was a French painter. He was descended from a converted Jewish family from Navarre which had moved to Arles under the doctor Salomon de la ...

, French painter (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 ...

) ** William Hammond, British hymnist (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, ...

) ** Ignazio Marabitti, Italian artist (d.

) *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 * 49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and the ...

– Maria Dorothea Wagner, German painter (d. 1792) *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1639 – The " Fundamental Orders", the first written ...

–

Daniel Nettelbladt Daniel Nettelbladt (14 January 1719 in Rostock – 4 September 1791 in Halle) was a German jurist and philosopher. Nettelbladt studied theology and law at the universities of Rostock, Marburg and Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle ...

, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1791) * January 15 – William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, British peer (d. 1756) *

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 o ...

** Maria van Antwerpen, soldier (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 ...

) ** Samuel Enderby, English

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merchant who sponsored Arctic exploration (d.

) **

Rajmundo Kunić Rajmund Kunić or Raimondo Cunich (January 17, 1719 – November 22, 1794) was a Latin and Greek humanist from Dubrovnik, Republic of Ragusa (modern-day Croatia). Biography Cunich was born in the Republic of Ragusa, in the small town of ...

, Croatian writer (d.

1794 Events January–March * January 1 – The Stibo Group is founded by Niels Lund as a printing company in Aarhus (Denmark). * January 13 – The U.S. Congress enacts a law providing for, effective May 1, 1795, a United Sta ...

) ** Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) **

William Vernon William Vernon (January 17, 1719 – December 22, 1806), of Newport, Rhode Island, was a merchant in the Atlantic slave trade who played a leading role in the Continental Congress' maritime activities during the American Revolution. In 1774, Ve ...

, American merchant (d. 1806) *

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 ...

Benjamin Hinman Benjamin Hinman (22 January 1719 – 22 March 1810) was a surveyor, soldier and legislator. He participated in the Colonial and Revolutionary Wars and took part in the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Notably, he was present at Bernetz Brook ...

, surveyor, soldier, legislator (d.

1810 Events January–March * January 1 – Major-General Lachlan Macquarie officially becomes Governor of New South Wales. * January 4 – Australian seal hunter Frederick Hasselborough discovers Campbell Island, in the Subantarctic. * Ja ...

) ** Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, British Earl (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 ...

) *

–

John Landen John Landen (23 January 1719 – 15 January 1790) was an English mathematician. Life He was born at Peakirk, near Peterborough in Northamptonshire, on 28 January 1719. He was brought up to the business of a surveyor, and acted as land agen ...

, English mathematician (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 p ...

) * January 25 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (d.

1765 Events January–March * January 23 – Prince Joseph of Austria marries Princess Maria Josepha of Bavaria in Vienna. * January 29 – One week before his death, Mir Jafar, who had been enthroned as the Nawab of Bengal and ru ...

) *

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 ...

–

Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (30 January 1719, in Wurzen – 7 July 1783, in Halberstadt) was a German fabulist. Biography His father of the same name was a jurist. The younger Lichtwer studied law at Leipzig and Wittenberg. His chief work is to ...

, German writer (d.

)

February

* February 2 – Edward Coke, Viscount Coke, British politician (d. 1753) *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrelling ...

–

Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf (4 February 1719 at Schloss Gröben bei Ludwigsfelde, Landkreis Teltow, Brandenburg–14 December 1769 in Breslau, Silesia) was a Prussian state minister for Silesia and president of the Silesian chamber. He wa ...

, German politician (d.

) * February 6 – Alberto Pullicino, Maltese painter (d.

) *

February 10 Events Pre-1600 * 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end. *1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparki ...

– Clemente Sibiliato, Italian cleric (d.

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

) *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

– Vasilije Božičković, Eparch of Križevci (d.

) *

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 – T ...

** Samuel Finney, English miniature-painter (d.

1798 Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of ...

) ** Joseph Liesganig, Austrian astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1799) *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Lo ...

– David Doig, writer (d.

) *

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 Ti ...

** Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling, German general (d.

1779 Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...

) **

Jean Jacques Flipart Jean Jacques Flipart (1719 – 10 July 1782) was a French Engraving, engraver. Biography Flipart was born in Paris. His father was the engraver Jean Charles Flipart, under whom he received his initial training in the engraver's art. His bro ...

, Engraver from France (d. 1782) ** Crown Prince Hyojang, crown prince of Joseon, son of king Yeongjo of Joseon (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 ...

) *

February 18 Events Pre-1600 * 1229 – The Sixth Crusade: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, signs a ten-year truce with al-Kamil, regaining Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem with neither military engagements nor support from the papacy. *1268 &nd ...

– Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger, German physician (d. 1772) *

February 19 Events Pre-1600 * 197 – Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum, the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. * 356 – The anti-paganism policy of Constantius II forbids the worship of ...

– Arthur Blennerhassett, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1799) * February 20 ** Joseph Bellamy, American pastor, author and educator (d.

) **

Charles Clarke Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006. Early life ...

, English numismatist (d. 1780) *

February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. *1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdi ...

–

Joshua Thomas Joshua Thomas (1719–1797) was a Welsh writer and Particular Baptist minister, known for his history of Welsh Baptists. Life He was the eldest son of Morgan Thomas of Tyhên in the parish of Caio, Carmarthenshire, where he was born on 22 Febr ...

, Historian of Welsh Baptists (d.

) *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

– Moses Mather, American clergyman (d. 1806) * February 27 –

Alejandro González Velázquez Alejandro González Velázquez (27 February 1719 – 1772), was a Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter. Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists; his father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Luis González Velázquez, Lu ...

, Spanish architect and painter (d. 1772)

March

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 and ...

–

Daniel Thurston Daniel Thurston (March 1, 1719, Bradford, Massachusetts - July 14, 1805, Bradford, Massachusetts), was an Officer during the American Revolution, a member of the Committee of Safety and a member of the committee drafting the Massachusetts State C ...

, American army officer (d.

) *

March 4 Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title ''princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez (title), Knez Trpimir I of Cr ...

–

George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot (4 March 1719 – 11 May 1777) was twice the British President of the British East India Company. Life Pigot was the eldest son of Richard Pigot of Westminster, by his wife Frances, daughter of Peter Goode, a Hug ...

, British governor of Madras (d.

1777 Events January–March * January 2 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of the Assunpink Creek: American general George Washington's army repulses a British attack by Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis, in a seco ...

) *

João Carlos de Bragança, 2nd Duke of Lafões Dom João Carlos de Bragança e Ligne de Sousa Tavares Mascarenhas da Silva, 2nd Duke of Lafões, 4th Marquis of Arronches and 8th Count of Miranda do Corvo (Lisbon, 6 March 1719 – Lisbon, 10 November 1806) was a politician and a Portuguese nob ...

, Portuguese politician (d. 1806) * March 10 – Pierre-Paul Lemercier de La Rivière de Saint-Médard, French economist (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 ...

) *

March 13 Events Pre-1600 *624 – The Battle of Badr, the first major battle between the Muslims and Quraysh. * 1567 – The Battle of Oosterweel, traditionally regarded as the start of the Eighty Years' War. * 1591 – At the Battle of ...

–

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden Field Marshal John Griffin Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, 1st Baron Braybrooke (13 March 1719 – 25 May 1797), (born Whitwell), KB, of Audley End in Essex, was a British nobleman and soldier. He served as a junior officer with the ...

, British nobleman and soldier (d.

) *

March 16 Events Pre-1600 * 934 – Meng Zhixiang declares himself emperor and establishes Later Shu as a new state independent of Later Tang. *1190 – Massacre of Jews at Clifford's Tower, York. *1244 – Over 200 Cathars who refuse ...

– Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Prussian lieutenant-general, Imperial Russian field marshal (d. 1763) *

– Gabriel Podoski, Catholic archbishop (d.

) *

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 ...

– Anna Catharina Bischoff, Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church (d. 1787) *

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, is ...

– Lubbert Jan van Eck, Dutch noble (d.

) *

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 Hawkins, English author and music historian (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 ...

) * March 30 – John Wentworth, American jurist, soldier, leader of the American Revolution in New Hampshire (d.

)

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 ...

** Vincenzo Legrenzo Ciampi, Italian composer (d. 1762) **

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (2 April 1719 – 18 February 1803) was a German poet, commonly associated with the Enlightenment movement. Life Gleim was born at the small town of Ermsleben in the Principality of Halberstadt, then part of Prussia. ...

, German poet (d. 1803) *

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. ...

** Daniel Dupuy, American silversmith (d. 1807) ** Thomas Grenville, Royal Navy officer killed in action in the War of the Austrian Succession (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 ...

) *

– Mary Draper, American revolutionary character (d.

) * April 5 ** Reza Qoli Mirza Afshar, prince of Persia (d.

) ** Axel von Fersen the Elder, lantmarskalk or marshal of the diet (d.

) * April 8 – Edmund Pery, 1st Viscount Pery, Irish politician, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons (d. 1806) *

April 9 Events Pre-1600 * 193 – The distinguished soldier Septimius Severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in Illyricum. * 475 – Byzantine Emperor Basiliscus issues a circular letter (''Enkyklikon'') to the bishops of his empire, su ...

–

Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet Sir Edward Blackett, 4th Baronet (9 April 17193 February 1804) was a baronet and member of the British House of Commons for Northumberland. Blackett was the son of John Blackett of Newby Park (the second son of Sir Edward Blackett, 2nd Baronet) ...

, British politician and barrister (d.

1804 Events January–March * January 1 – Haiti gains independence from France, and becomes the first black republic, having the only successful slave revolt ever. * February 4 – The Sokoto Caliphate is founded in West Africa. * Februar ...

) *

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-Fer ...

– Jakob Friedrich Heusinger, German classical philologist (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 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 ...

– John Breynton, Welsh missionary and minister (d. 1799) * April 16 **

Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud Mathieu-Antoine Bouchaud (16 April 1719 – 1 February 1804) was an 18th-century French economist and lawyer who contributed to the '' Encyclopédie'' by Diderot and d'Alembert. Werke (Auswahl) *1773: ''Théorie des traités de commerce entr ...

, French economist and professor (d.

) ** Tsugaru Nobuaki, Japanese Daimyo (d.

1744 Events January–March * January 6 – The Royal Navy ship ''Bacchus'' engages the Spanish Navy privateer ''Begona'', and sinks it; 90 of the 120 Spanish sailors die, but 30 of the crew are rescued. * January 24 – The Dag ...

) *

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 H ...

Friedrich Hensing Friedrich Wilhelm Hensing (17 April 1719 – 9 November 1745), born in Giessen, was a German professor of medicine and anatomy at the University of Giessen. The phrenicocolic ligament is called Hensing's ligament after him. Life Hensing was a s ...

, German physician (d. 1745) **

Pierre-Thomas-Nicolas Hurtaut Pierre-Thomas-Nicolas Hurtaut (17 April 1719 – 5 May 1791) was an 18th-century French historian and writer. Short biographie The son of a horse trader, Pierre-Thomas-Nicolas Hurtaut became Latin teacher at the École Militaire and published ...

, French writer (d. 1791) ** Christian Gottfried Krause, German composer (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, V ...

) * April 19 – William Banks, British politician (d. 1761) * April 22 –

Jacques Rochette de La Morlière Charles-Jacques-Louis-Auguste Rochette de La Morlière, called "Le Chevalier" , (22 April 1719 – 9 February 1785) was an 18th-century French playwright. Biography An unscrupulous schemer, La Morlière first sought the support of the party of ...

, French writer (d.

) *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). *1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

– Giuseppe Marc'Antonio Baretti, Italian-born English literary critic and author (d.

) *

April 28 Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ov ...

– Sir Edward Turner, 2nd Baronet, British politician (d. 1766)

May

* May 5 – Andrew Meikle, Scottish engineer (d.

1811 Events January–March * January 8 – An unsuccessful slave revolt is led by Charles Deslondes, in St. Charles and St. James Parishes, Louisiana. * January 17 – Mexican War of Independence – Battle of Calderón B ...

) * May 6 – Jean Baptiste Christy de La Pallière, French Navy officer (d. 1787) *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 *453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

–

Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Nicholas Dias Abeysinghe Amarasekere Maha Mudaliyar, ( Sinhala: නිකලස් ඩයස් අබේසිංහ අමරසේකර) (8 May 1719 - 10 May 1794) was a Ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator. He was appointed as the Maha Mud ...

, ceylonese Dutch colonial administrator (d.

) *

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 F ...

– Bjarni Pálsson, Icelandic doctor (d.

) *

May 19 Events Pre-1600 * 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace. * 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected. * 1051 – Henry I of France marries the Rus' princess, Anne of Kiev. *1445 &nd ...

** Johann von Fries, counsellor, director of the imperial silk factories, industrialist, banker (d.

) ** Charlotte of Monaco, Monegasque princess and nun (d.

) ** Matthew Patten, American judge (d.

) *

May 20 Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The First Council of Nicaea is formally opened, starting the first ecumenical council of the Christian Church. * 491 – Empress Ariadne (empress), Ariadne marries Anastasius I Dicorus, Anastasius I. The widow ...

– Roger Newdigate, English politician, antiquities collector (d. 1806) *

May 22 Events Pre-1600 * 192 – Dong Zhuo is assassinated by his adopted son Lü Bu. * 760 – Fourteenth recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. * 853 – A Byzantine fleet sacks and destroys undefended Damietta in Egypt. ...

Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth Charles Howard, Viscount Morpeth ( bap. 22 May 1719 – 9 August 1741) was a British Member of Parliament. Howard was the eldest son of Henry Howard, 4th Earl of Carlisle, and his first wife Lady Frances, daughter of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl ...

, British politician (d. 1741) ** Julia von Mengden, Russian noble (d. 1787) ** Matsudaira Nobunao, daimyo of the middle Edo period; 2nd lord of Hamamatsu, later 1st lord of Yoshida (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 Re ...

) *

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 ...

– Eyre Massey, 1st Baron Clarina, Irish Baron (d.

) *

May 27 Events Pre-1600 *1096 – Count Emicho enters Mainz, where his followers massacre Jewish citizens. At least 600 Jews are killed. *1120 – Richard III of Capua is anointed as Prince two weeks before his untimely death. * 1153 &ndash ...

– Henri-Joseph Dulaurens, French writer (d. 1793) *

May 29 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city. *1108 – Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under ...

– Lorenzo De Caro, Italian painter (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 Kie ...

–

Robert Rutherfurd Sir Robert Rutherfurd (31 May 1719 – 13 February 1794) was a Scottish merchant who was made a Baron of the Russian Empire. Early life Rutherfurd was born on 31 May 1719. He was the fourth son of Sir John Rutherfurd of Rutherfurd and Edgerston, a ...

, Scottish merchant, Baron of the Russian Empire (d.

)

June

June 2 Events Pre-1600 * 455 – Sack of Rome: Vandals enter Rome, and plunder the city for two weeks. * 1098 – First Crusade: The first Siege of Antioch ends as Crusader forces take the city; the second siege began five days later. 1601� ...

– Michel-Jean Sedaine, French dramatist and librettist (d.

) * June 3 – Louis Paul Abeille, economist (d. 1807) *

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 of Salerno. *1288 ...

–

Domenico Orsini d'Aragona Domenico Orsini d'Aragona (Naples, 5 June 1719 – Rome, 10 January 1789) was an Italian, Roman Catholic Cardinal. Biography He was born to Ferdinando Bernualdo Filippo Orsini, the 14th Duke of Gravina, and his second wife, Giacinta Marescotti ...

, Italian cardinal (d.

) *

** Michael Gottlieb Agnethler, German botanist and numismatist (d. 1752) **

Francisco Mariano Nipho Francisco Mariano Nipho (1719 in Alcañiz – 1803 in Madrid) was a Spanish writer and journalist. Nicknamed the "freak of nature", he is regarded in Spain as one of the best journalists of all time. During the reign of Charles III Char ...

, Spanish writer (d. 1803) * June 11 – François-Charles de Velbrück, Roman Catholic bishop (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 Brit ...

) * June 17 – Joshua Parry, Welsh nonconformist minister and writer (d. 1776) * June 19 – Sir Thomas Clavering, 7th Baronet, British politician (d.

) * June 28 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general, diplomat, statesman (d.

)

July

July 2 Events Pre-1600 * 437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. * 626 – Li Shimin ...

– Josip Šišković, Hapsburg military officer (d.

) * July 7 ** William de Grey, 1st Baron Walsingham, British lawyer, judge, politician (d.

) ** Johann Karl von Herberstein, Austrian bishop (d. 1787) *

– Giuseppe Toaldo, Italian physicist (d.

) * July 16 **

William Walond Sr. William Walond (born Oxford, baptised 16 July 1719 – died Oxford, buried 21 August 1768) was an English composer and organist. Career After four years as Assistant Organist of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, Walond graduated from Christ Church, ...

, English composer and organist (d.

) ** Gerrit Zegelaar, Dutch painter (d.

) * July 23 –

Frances Boscawen Frances Evelyn "Fanny" Boscawen (née Glanville) (23 July 1719 – 26 February 1805) was an English literary hostess, correspondent and member of the Blue Stockings Society. She was born Frances Evelyn Glanville on 23 July 1719 at St Clere, Kem ...

, English literary hostess; (d.

) *

July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Brid ...

– Chevalier de Johnstone, Jacobite Army officer (d.

) * July 26 – Elizabeth Pakenham, 1st Countess of Longford, English noblewoman (d.

) * July 29 – William Innes, British Member of Parliament (d.

)

August

* August 4 – Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German and Russian mineralogist (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 t ...

) * August 5 –

Robert Glynn Robert Glynn, afterwards Clobery (5 August 17196 February 1800) was an English physician, known as a generous eccentric. Life Glynn was the eldest and only surviving son of Robert Glynn of Brodes in Helland parish, near Bodmin, Cornwall, who ma ...

, British doctor (d.

) *

August 7 Events Pre-1600 * 461 – Roman Emperor Majorian is beheaded near the river Iria in north-west Italy following his arrest and deposition by the ''magister militum'' Ricimer. * 626 – The Avar and Slav armies leave the siege of Co ...

Francisco Fabián y Fuero Francisco Fabián y Fuero (7 August 1719, in Terzaga, Aragon – 3 August 1801, in Torrehermosa) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. Biography He studied in Calatayud and Alcalá, and was at different times rector of the colleges of San Antoni ...

, Roman Catholic archbishop (d.

) ** Jabez Huntington, American businessman 1719–1786 (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 En ...

) *

August 10 Events Pre-1600 * 654 – Pope Eugene I elected to succeed Martinus I. * 955 – Battle of Lechfeld: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor defeats the Magyars, ending 50 years of Magyar invasion of the West. * 991 – Battle of Maldon: T ...

–

Philip Thicknesse Captain Philip Thicknesse (1719 – 23 November 1792) was an English author, eccentric, and friend of the artist Thomas Gainsborough. He wrote several travel guides. Early life Philip Thicknesse was born in Staffordshire, England, son of John ...

, author (d. 1792) * August 11 – George Selwyn, British politician (d. 1791) * August 13 – Itakura Katsuzumi, Japanese samurai (d.

) * August 18 – Bernard Ward, 1st Viscount Bangor, Irish politician and peer (d.

) *

– Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier, diplomat (d.

) *

** James Bonner, American colonel (d. 1782) **

Christian Mayer Christian Mayer may refer to: * Christian Mayer (astronomer) (1719–1783), Czech astronomer and teacher *Christian Mayer (skier) (born 1972), Austrian former alpine skier *Christian Mayer (Wisconsin politician) (1827–1910), Wisconsin manufacture ...

, Czech-German astronomer (d.

) * August 23 – Pierre Poivre, French horticulturalist (d.

) *

August 25 Events Pre-1600 * 19 – The Roman general Germanicus dies near Antioch. He was convinced that the mysterious illness that ended in his death was a result of poisoning by the Syrian governor Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, whom he had ordered to l ...

Louis-Alexandre de Cessart Louis-Alexandre de Cessart (25 August 1719, Paris – 12 April 1806, Rouen) was a French road and bridge engineer. He served in the "gendarmerie de la Maison du Roi", fighting at the battles of Fontenoy and Raucoux in 1745 and 1746. In 1747 h ...

, French engineer (d. 1806) ** Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d.

) * August 26 –

Carlo Sebastiano Berardi Carlo Sebastiano Berardi (b. at Oneglia, Italy, 26 August 1719; d. 3 August 1768) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and canon lawyer. Life Having studied theology at Savona under the Piarists, he was promoted to the priesthood and then began ...

, Italian jurist (d.

)

September

– Ferdinand Zellbell the Younger, Swedish composer (d. 1780) * September 6 – Somerset Hamilton Butler, 1st Earl of Carrick (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 ...

) * September 11 – Tanuma Okitsugu, Japanese government official (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 ...

) *

September 13 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. * 509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hi ...

–

Étienne Ficquet Étienne Ficquet (13 September 1719 – 11 December 1794) was a French engraver. Ficquet was born in Paris in 1719, and was instructed by G. F. Schmidt and Le Bas. He acquired great reputation by a set of small portraits which he engraved of d ...

, engraver (d.

) * September 15 –

Friedrich Christian Meuschen Friedrich Christian Meuschen (15 September 1719 – 20 February 1811) was a German diplomat and conchologist born in Hanau. He was the son of theologian Johann Gerhard Meuschen (1680–1743). Meuschen was a diplomatic representative in The Hague, ...

, German zoologist (d.

) *

September 17 Events Pre-1600 *1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". *1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Em ...

Edward Kimber Edward Kimber (1719–1769) was an English novelist, journalist and compiler of reference works. Life He was son of Isaac Kimber; and in early life apprentice to a bookseller, John Noon of Cheapside. He made a living by compilation and editorial ...

, British writer (d.

) ** James Smith, signatory to the United States Declaration of Independence (d. 1806) * September 21 ** Larcum Kendall, British watchmaker (d.

) ** Johann Friedrich Mayer, agriculturalist (d.

) * September 24 – Florian Baucke, Jesuit missionary (d. 1780) * September 27 – Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician (d.

) * September 30 – François Poulletier de la Salle, chemist and medical doctor (d.

)

October

October 1 Events Pre-1600 * 331 BC – Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. * 366 – Pope Damasus I is consecrated. * 959 – Edgar the Peaceful becomes king of all England, in succession to Eadwig. ...

– John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley, British politician (d.

) * October 3 – Paul Henry Ourry, British Member of Parliament (d.

) * October 7 –

Jacques Cazotte Jacques Cazotte (; 17 October 1719 – 25 September 1792) was a French author. Life Born in Dijon, he was educated by the Jesuits. Cazotte then worked for the French Ministry of the Marine and at the age of 27 he obtained a public office at Ma ...

, French writer (d. 1792) * October 9 –

Georg Mathias Fuchs Georg Mathias Fuchs (9 October 1719, in Regensburg – 5 April 1797, in Copenhagen) was a German-born Danish portrait and history painter. Biography His father was the custodian of the Trinitarian church in Regensburg. He spent six years appr ...

, German painter in Denmark (d.

) * October 10 –

Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick, KT (10 October 1719 – 8 July 1773), known as Lord Brooke from 1727 to 1746 and Earl Brooke from 1746, was a British nobleman. He inherited Warwick Castle and the title of Baron Brooke from his father in ...

, English Earl (d.

) * October 12 –

Ignaz Franz Ignaz Franz (born 12 October 1719 in Protzan near Frankenstein; died 19 August 1790 in Breslau) was a German Catholic priest, theologian and composer of church hymns. Life Franz studied philosophy and theology at the University of Breslau. In ...

, German priest, hymnwriter (d.

) *

October 13 Events Pre-1600 * 54 – Roman emperor Claudius dies from poisoning under mysterious circumstances. He is succeeded by his adoptive son Nero, rather than by Britannicus, his son with Messalina. * 409 – Vandals and Alans cross the ...

– Josef Ignaz Mildorfer, Austrian painter (d.

) * October 14 – John Holker, English Jacobite soldier, industrialist and commercial spy (d.

) *

October 18 Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek phil ...

– Charles Bulkley, British minister (d.

) * October 20 –

Gottfried Achenwall Gottfried Achenwall (20 October 1719 – 1 May 1772) was a German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist and statistician. He is counted among the inventors of statistics. Biography Achenwall was born in Elbing (Elbląg) in the Polish provi ...

, German philosopher, historian, economist, jurist, statistician (d. 1772) * October 23 – Peter Fenger, Danish merchant (d.

1774 Events January–March * January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I. * January 27 ** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...

) *

October 24 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69 – In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. *1260 – Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. *1360 – The Treaty o ...

** Jakob Gadolin, Finnish bishop (d.

) **

Pierre Sigorgne Abbé Pierre Sigorgne (24 October 1719 – 10 November 1809) was a French educator, science popularizer, abbot and theologian. He replaced some of the ideas of Descartes with those of Newton and published a book on Newton's ideas in 1747. Sigorgn ...

, French physicist (d.

1809 Events January–March * January 5 – The Treaty of the Dardanelles, between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Ottoman Empire, is concluded. * January 10 – Peninsular War – French Marshal Jean ...

) * October 25 – Edward Townshend, Anglican dean of Norwich (d.

) * October 26 ** Sir William Codrington, 2nd Baronet, British Member of Parliament (d. 1792) **

Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion (1719–1762) was a French politician and administrator. From 1735 to 1762 he was the Governor of Vannes in Brittany, a hereditary post he inherited from his father Anne de Lannion along with the title Count of Lannion ...

, French politician (d. 1762) * October 30 – Lazzaro Opizio Pallavicino, Italian priest (d.

)

November

* November 6 – Louis-Antoine Caraccioli, French writer, poet and historian (d. 1803) *

–

Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani (9 November 1719 – 15 July 1796) was an Italian law professor, priest, chess player, composer and theoretician. He is best known today for his chess writing. Life Ponziani was born in Modena in 1719. In 1742 he grad ...

, Italian chess player (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 ...

) *

November 14 Events Pre-1600 1601–1900 *1680 – German astronomer Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680, the first comet to be discovered by telescope. * 1770 – James Bruce discovers what he believes to be the source of the Nile ...

Leopold Mozart Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a German composer, violinist and theorist. He is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and for his violin textbook '' Versuch einer gründliche ...

, German/Austrian composer, father of

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...

(d. 1787) ** Franz Ludwig Wind, Swiss sculptor (d.

) *

November 17 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November. * 1183 &n ...

Marie Marguerite Bihéron Marie Marguerite Bihéron (17 November 1719 – 18 June 1795) (also known as Marie Catherine Bihéron) was a French anatomist, known for her medical illustrations and wax figure models. Biography Bihéron was the daughter of a French apothecary ...

, Medical illustrator (d.

) **

Francis Home Francis Home FRSE FRCPE (17 November 1719 in Eccles, Berwickshire – 15 February 1813) was a Scottish physician, and the first Professor of Materia Medica at the University of Edinburgh, known to make the first attempt to vaccinate again ...

, Scottish physician (d.

1813 Events January–March * January 18–January 23 – War of 1812: The Battle of Frenchtown is fought in modern-day Monroe, Michigan between the United States and a British and Native American alliance. * January 24 – ...

) * November 22 – Johann Friedrich Reiffenstein, German artist (d. 1793) * November 23 **

Spranger Barry Spranger Barry (23 November 1719 – 10 January 1777) was an Irish actor. Life He was born in Skinner's Row, Dublin, the son of a silversmith, to whose business he was brought up. He took over the business but was not successful. His fir ...

, British actor (d.

) **

Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf (Leipzig, 23 November 1719 – 28 January 1794, Leipzig) was a German music publisher and typographer. Biography Breitkopf was the son of the publisher Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf, founder of the publishing h ...

, German publisher and typographer (d.

) **

Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman Philip Wenman, 6th Viscount Wenman (23 November 1719 – 16 August 1760), was a British landowner and politician. He was the elder son of Richard Wenman, 5th Viscount Wenman, and Susanna Wenman (née Wroughton, daughter of Seymour Wroughton of ...

, Irish Viscount (d. 1760) * November 30 –

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg ( – 8 February 1772) was Princess of Wales by marriage to Frederick, Prince of Wales, eldest son and heir apparent of King George II. She never became queen consort, as Frederick predeceased his father ...

, Princess of Wales (d. 1772)

December

* December 8 –

Andrés Marcos Burriel Andrés Marcos Burriel y López (1719–1762) was a Spanish Jesuit historian, essayist, notable for editing Miguel Venegas' ''Empresas Apostólicas'' and publishing it using Venegas' name as '' Noticia de la California'' in 1757. Biography Andrés ...

, historian (d. 1762) * December 13 – Thomas Gillespie, North Carolina planter (d.

) *

December 15 Events Pre-1600 * 533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. * 687 – Pope Sergius I is elected as a compromise between antipopes Paschal and Theod ...

–

Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt (german: Ludwig) (15 December 1719 – 6 April 1790) was the reigning Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt from 1768 to 1790. Louis IX and his wife became the most recent common ancestors of all current European monarchs ...

(d.

) * December 18 –

William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington General William Stanhope, 2nd Earl of Harrington (18 December 1719 – 1 April 1779) was a British politician and soldier. The son of William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, he took up a military career and joined the Foot Guards in 1741, and ...

, British Army general (d.

) * December 25 – George Campbell, figure of the Scottish Enlightenment (d.

) * December 26 –

Salvatore Maria di Blasi Salvatore Maria Di Blasi (26 December 1719 – 28 April 1814) was an Italian Benedictine monk, scholar, and librarian. Biography He was born in Palermo to an aristocratic family. His brother was the erudite Giovanni Evangelista di Blasi. Salvato ...

, Italian priest (d.

1814 Events January * January 1 – War of the Sixth Coalition – The Royal Prussian Army led by Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher crosses the Rhine. * January 3 ** War of the Sixth Coalition – Siege of Cattaro: French garriso ...

) * December 27 – John Phillips (educator), John Phillips, American academic (d.

) * December 28 – Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, French diplomat (d. 1787) * ''date unknown'' ** William Bradford (American Revolutionary printer), William Bradford, American revolutionary and printer (d. 1791) ** Dominic Serres, French-born painter (d. 1793) ** Thomas Sheridan (actor), Thomas Sheridan, Irish actor (d.

) ** Thomas Elfe, successful Colonial history of the United States, colonial period furniture craftsman in Charleston, South Carolina (d.

)

Deaths

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Pierre Gobert, Gallery of Beauties, Nymphenburg - Duchesse de Berry

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Portrait of Margaret Hughes by Peter Lely, 1672

January

* January 27 – William Munroe (Scottish soldier), William Munroe, Scottish soldier (b. 1625) * January 3 – Jacob Toorenvliet, Dutch painter (b. 1640) * January 5 ** Carlo Berlingeri, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Santa Severina (b. 1639) ** Thomas Hay, 7th Earl of Kinnoull, Scottish peer and Conservative politician (b. 1660) ** Philibert Vigier, French sculptor (b. 1636) *

– Richard Hoare (banker), Richard Hoare, banker, founder of C. Hoare & Co. (b. 1648) * January 11 – Mizoguchi Shigemoto, Japanese daimyō (b. 1680) * January 16 – Petar Kanavelić, Venetian writer (b. 1637) *

– Sophie Amalie Moth, royal mistress of King Christian V of Denmark (b. 1654) * January 18 – Samuel Garth, British writer (b. 1661) * January 19 – Joachim Tielke, German musical instrument maker (b. 1641) *

** William Paterson (banker), William Paterson, Scottish trader and banker (b. 1658) ** James Winstanley, English Member of Parliament (b. 1667) * January 26 – Tikhon Streshnev, Russian noble (b. 1644) * January 27 – Ferdinando d'Adda, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1650)

February

* February 6 – Köprülüzade Numan Pasha, Ottoman Grand Vizier (b. 1670) * February 12 – Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Swedish general (b. 1659) *

– Carl Philipp, Reichsgraf von Wylich und Lottum, Prussian field Marshal (b. 1650) *

– Bernardino Belluzzi, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Camerino (b. 1642) *

** Georg Heinrich von Görtz, German politician (b. 1668) ** Ryer Jacobse Schermerhorn, merchant (b. 1652) *

– Pakubuwono I of Mataram, Sultan of Mataram (b. 1648) *

– Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg, German Lutheran clergy (b. 1682) * February 25 – Giovanni Maria Casini, Italian composer (b. 1652) * February 27 – Johann Ernst, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (b. 1664) *

– Boris Sheremetev, Russian noble (b. 1652)

March

– Richard Ingoldesby, British Army officer, lieutenant governor of New York and New Jersey (b. 1617) * March 3 – Jacques-Louis de Valon, French poet (b. 1659) * March 7 ** Thomas Butler, 6th Viscount Ikerrin, Irish viscount (b. 1683) ** Heinrich Bernhard Ruppius, German botanist (b. 1688) ** Steven Jacobsz Vennekool, Dutch architect (b. 1660) * March 9 – Peeter van Bredael, Flemish painter (b. 1629) * March 10 – Jean-Baptiste Alexandre Le Blond, French architect (b. 1679) * March 12 – Giuseppe Antonio Torricelli, Italian artist (b. 1659) *

– Johann Friedrich Böttger, Saxon alchemist (b. 1682) * March 14 – Mary Hamilton (lady in waiting), Mary Hamilton, executed Russian lady-in-waiting (b. 1684) *

– Isaac de Larrey, French historian (b. 1638) * March 19 ** Isaac Addington, functionary of the colonial government of Massachusetts (b. 1645) ** Giambattista Spínola Jr., Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1646)

April

– Thomas Powys (judge), Thomas Powys, English politician and judge; (b. 1649) * April 5 – Edward Colston (MP for Wells), Edward Colston, politician (b. 1670) * April 7 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest, education reformer, saint in the Catholic Church (b. 1651) * April 14 – Giovanni Tommaso Rovetta, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Hvar (b. 1632) * April 15 – Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, mistress and later secret wife of King Louis XIV of France (b. 1635) * April 16 – Ketevan of Kakheti (1648–1719), Ketevan of Kakheti, princess (batonishvili) of eastern Georgia (b. 1648) * April 19 ** Gabriel-Philippe de La Hire, French scientist (b. 1677) ** Peter Petrovich (1715–1719), Peter Petrovich, Russian Tsarevich, heir to the Russian throne from February 1718 to his death in 1719 (b. 1715) * April 21 ** Sir Thomas Cave, 3rd Baronet, British politician (b. 1681) ** Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640) *

– Hyacinthe Robillard d'Avrigny, Jesuit (b. 1675) * April 27 – Laurentius Christophori Hornæus, Swedish witch hunter (b. 1645) *

–

, Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor (b. 1685)

May

* May 3 – Pierre Le Gros the Younger, sculptor from France (b. 1666) * May 5 – Prince Yeollyeong, Korean prince (b. 1699) * May 7 – Sebastiano Bombelli, Italian painter (b. 1635) * May 13 ** Richard Dyott (died 1719), Richard Dyott, English politician; (b. 1667) ** John Lenton, English composer, violinist, and singer (b. 1657) * May 21 – Pierre Poiret, French philosopher and mystic (b. 1646) * May 23 ** Gerhard Treschow, Norwegian businessman (b. 1659) ** Lucia Wijbrants, Dutch artist (b. 1638) *

– Thomas Newport, 1st Baron Torrington, British politician and baron (b. 1655) *

** Joseph de Jouvancy, French historian (b. 1643) ** Sir Alexander Seton, 1st Baronet, Scottish baronet (b. 1639) ** Abraham Trommius, Dutch theologian (b. 1633) *

– Edmund Dunch (Whig), Edmund Dunch, English politician (b. 1657)

June

– Charles Le Goux de La Berchère, French prelate (b. 1647) *

– Jean-Baptiste Delaveyne, French monk, priest and religious founder (b. 1653) * June 6 ** Louis Ellies Dupin, French historian and theologian (b. 1657) ** Rafi ud-Darajat, 10th Mughal Emperor (b. 1699) * June 7 – John Addenbrooke (philanthropist), John Addenbrooke, English doctor and benefactor (b. 1680) * June 17 ** Fitzherbert Adams, Academic administrator, clergyman, and benefactor (b. 1651) ** Joseph Addison, English essayist, poet, playwright and politician (b. 1672) * June 19 ** Howell Davis, Welsh pirate (b. 1690) ** Thomas Meredyth, Irish soldier and politician (b. 1660) *

– Willem Kerricx, Flemish sculptor (b. 1652) * June 21 ** Jules Louis Bolé, marquis de Chamlay, French diplomat (b. 1650) ** Domingo de Valencia, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nueva Caceres (b. 1647) * June 23 – Christopher Wandesford, 2nd Viscount Castlecomer, Member of Parliament (b. 1684) * June 26 – Frederick William I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (b. 1682)

July

* July 5 – Samuel Schotten, German rabbi (b. 1644) * July 16 ** James Keill, Scottish physician, philosopher, medical writer and translator (b. 1673) ** Johann Ulrich Kraus, Illustrator, engraver and publisher (b. 1655) ** Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, English general (b. 1641) * July 17 – Elinor James, British pamphleteer (b. 1644) * July 19 – Anna Katharina Block, German Baroque (b. 1642) * July 21 ** Robert Clicquot, French pipeorgan builder (b. 1645) ** Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1695) * July 22 ** Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Aylesford, English lawyer and politician (b. 1649) ** Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter and engraver (b. 1654) * July 27 – Cornelis de Graeff II., Lords of Purmerland and Ilpendam (b. 1671) * July 28 – Arp Schnitger, German organ builder (b. 1648) * July 30 – Giambattista Felice Zappi, poet from Italy (b. 1667)

August

* August 2 – Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł (1669–1719), Karol Stanisław Radziwiłł, Polish prince (b. 1669) * August 3 – Johann Philipp von Greifenclau zu Vollraths, Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg (b. 1652) * August 5 – Date Tsunamura, Japanese daimyō at the center of the Date Sōdō (b. 1659) *

– Richard Farington, English politician (b. 1644) * August 8 – Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667) * August 9 – Charles Middleton, 2nd Earl of Middleton, English and Scottish politician (b. 1649) * August 11 – Leonard Goffiné, German Catholic priest and writer (b. 1648) * August 14 – Alexander Grant (died 1719), Alexander Grant, Scottish army officer (b. 1674) * August 18 – Heinrich von Cocceji, Dutch scholar (b. 1644) *

– Carl Hildebrand von Canstein, German theologian, jurist and writer (b. 1667) * August 30 – Daniel Cronström, Swedish architect (b. 1655)

September

* September 7 – John Harris (writer), John Harris, English writer, scientist, Anglican priest (b. 1666) * September 8 – Carlo Cignani, Italian painter (b. 1628) * September 16 – Henrich Danckwardt, Swedish military personnel (b. 1670) * September 18 ** Shah Jahan II, Mughal emperor (b. 1696) ** Johannes Jacobus Rau, German physician (b. 1668) * September 19 ** Frans Anneessens, leader of a Brussels guild, decapitated for involvement in uprisings (b. 1660) ** Jan Weenix, Dutch painter (b. 1642) * September 21 – Johann Heinrich Acker, German historian (b. 1647) * September 22 ** Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp (b. 1631) ** Hans Schack, 2nd Count of Schackenborg, Danish nobleman (b. 1676) * September 25 – Michel Félibien, French historian and writer (b. 1665) * September 27 – George Smalridge, English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662) * September 29 – Jean Orry, French economist (b. 1652)

October

– Margaret Hughes, British actress (b. 1630) * October 3 – Johann Gregor Thalnitscher, Carniolan lawyer, scholar of ancient inscriptions, chronicler, historian (b. 1655) * October 7 – Pierre Remond de Montmort, French mathematician (b. 1678) * October 9 – Charles Louis Bretagne de La Trémoille, French noble (b. 1683) * October 11 ** Samuel Jones (academy tutor), Samuel Jones, English Dissenter and tutor (b. 1681) ** Fernando Manuel de Bustillo Bustamante y Rueda, Spanish Field Marshal (b. 1663) * October 14 – Arnold Houbraken, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1660) * October 15 – Jan Mortel, painter from the Northern Netherlands (b. 1652) * October 25 – Catharina Wallenstedt, Swedish writer and courtier (b. 1627) * October 26 – Laurens van der Meulen, Flemish sculptor (b. 1643) * October 27 – François Baert, Belgian hagiographer (b. 1651) * October 28 ** Jean Baptiste Bissot, Sieur de Vincennes, French-Canadian explorer and soldier (b. 1668) ** Martinus Nellius, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1621)

November

* November 2 – Georg Johann Mattarnovi, German architect (b. 1677) * November 3 – Jan Claesz Rietschoof, Dutch Golden Age painter (b. 1652) * November 8 – Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652) *

– Oley Douglas, British Member of Parliament (b. 1684) * November 19 – Charles-Claude Genest, French dramatist and playwright (b. 1639) * November 22 – William Talman (architect), William Talman, British architect; (b. 1650) * November 23 – John Mavrocordatos, Phanariote Prince (b. 1684) * November 26 – John Hudson (classicist), John Hudson, English classical scholar (b. 1662) * November 30 – Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Japanese samurai (b. 1659)

December

* December 2 – Pasquier Quesnel, French Jansenist theologian (b. 1634) * December 3 – Adriaen Frans Boudewijns, Flemish painter and engraver (b. 1644) * December 8 – Ulrik Christian Gyldenløve, Count of Samsø, Danish nobleman and admiral (b. 1678) * December 9 – Charles Oliphant, British physician (b. 1666) * December 11 ** Chatan Chōai, sessei of Ryukyu (b. 1650) ** Stefano Cupilli, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Split (b. 1659) *

– Mitford Crowe, English politician (b. 1669) * December 24 – William O'Brien, 3rd Earl of Inchiquin, Irish Earl (b. 1662) * December 28 – Jacob Bobart the Younger, English botanist (b. 1641) * December 29 – Philip of Spain (1712–1719), Philip of Spain, Spanish Royal infante (b. 1712) * December 30 – Lord James Murray, British politician (b. 1663) * December 31 – John Flamsteed, English astronomer and the first Astronomer Royal (b. 1646) * ''date unknown'' ** Robert Clicquot, French organ builder (b. 1645) ** Benjamin Hornigold, English pirate (b. 1680) ** André Raison, French composer and organist (b. 1650) ** Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt, Swedish general (b. 1659)

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