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| align="center" colspan=2 | ''' 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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Events
Ongoing events
Births
- January 2 - Jacques-Alexandre Laffon De Ladebat , French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797 )
- January 3 - Francisco José Freire , Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773 )
- January 17 - William Vernon , American merchant (d. 1806 )
- January 23 - John Landen , English mathematician (d. 1790 )
- January 28 - Johann Elias Schlegel , German critic and poet (d. 1749 )
- March 4 - George Pigot, Baron Pigot , British governor of Madras (d. 1777 )
- March 13 - John Griffin Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard De Walden , British field marshal (d. 1797 )
- April 2 - Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim , German poet (d. 1803 )
- May 30 - Roger Newdigate , English politician (d. 1806 )
- June 28 - Étienne François, Duc De Choiseul , French statesman (d. 1785 )
- July 4 - Michel-Jean Sedaine , French dramatist (d. 1797 )
- August 4 - Johann Gottlob Lehmann , German minerologist and geologist (d. 1767 )
- August 20 - Christian Mayer , Czech astronomer (d. 1783 )
- August 20 - Charles-François De Broglie, Marquis De Ruffec , French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791 )
- August 25 - Charles-Amédée-Philippe Van Loo , French painter (d. 1795 )
- September 27 - Abraham Gotthelf Kästner , German mathematician (d. 1800 )
- October 17 - Jacques Cazotte , French writer (d. 1792 )
- October 20 - Gottfried Achenwall , German statistician (d. 1772 )
- November 14 - Leopold Mozart , Austrian composer (d. 1787 )
- November 23 - Spranger Barry , Irish actor (d. 1777 )
- November 30 - Augusta Of Saxe-Gotha , Princess of Wales (d. 1772 )
- December 15 - Ludwig IX, Landgrave Of Hesse-Darmstadt (d. 1742 )
Deaths
- April 7 - Jean-Baptiste De La Salle , French educational reformer (b. 1651 )
- April 15 - Françoise D'Aubigné, Marquise De Maintenon , second wife of Louis XIV Of France (b. 1635 )
- April 21 - Philippe De La Hire , French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640 )
- June 17 - Joseph Addison , English politician and writer (b. 1672 )
- July 5 - Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke Of Schomberg , Irish general (b. 1641 )
- September 7 - John Harris , English writer
- September 21 - Johann Heinrich Acker , German writer (b. 1647 )
- September 27 - George Smalridge , English Bishop of Bristol (b. 1662 )
- November 8 - Michel Rolle , French mathematician (b. 1652 )
- December 2 - Pasquier Quesnel , French Jansenist theologian (b. 1634 )
- November 26 - John Hudson , English classical scholar (b. 1662 )
- December 31 - John Flamsteed , English astronomer (b. 1646 )
- Christoph Ludwig Agricola , German painter (b. 1667 )
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