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| align="center" colspan=2 | ''' 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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Events
Ongoing Events
Births
- January 10 - Johann Philipp Baratier , German scholar (d. 1740 )
- February 3 - Friedrich Wilhelm Von Seydlitz , Prussian general (d. 1773 )
- February 21 - John McKinly , American physician and President of Delaware (d. 1796 )
- March 19 - Tobias Smollett , Scottish physician and author (d. 1771 )
- April 3 - Roger Sherman , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1793 )
- April 11 - David Zeisberger , Moravian missionary (d. 1808 )
- April 15 - Prince William Augustus, Duke Of Cumberland , English military leader (d. 1765 )
- April 19 - Roger Sherman , signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1803 )
- July 9 - Johann Nikolaus Götz , German poet (d. 1781 )
- July 14 - John Douglas , Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807 )
- August 4 - Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess Of Stafford , English politician (d. 1803 )
- August 31 - George Hervey, 2nd Earl Of Bristol , British statesman (d. 1775 )
- September 14 - Eliphalet Dyer , American statesman and judge (d. 1807 )
- October 19 - Joseph De Guignes , French orientalist (d. 1800 )
- November 9 - Mark Akenside , English poet and physician (d. 1770 )
- November 22 - Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres , Swiss-born cartographer and Canadian statesman (d. 1824 )
- December 6 - James Elphinston , Scottish philologist (d. 1809 )
- December 6 - Guillaume-Chrétien De Lamoignon De Malesherbes , French statesman (d. 1794 )
- December 27 - François Hemsterhuis , Dutch philosopher (d. 1790 )
- December 29 - Marquise De Pompadour , mistress of King Louis XV Of France (d. 1764 )
Deaths
- February 16 - James Craggs The Younger , English politician (b. 1686 )
- February 24 - John Sheffield, 1st Duke Of Buckingham And Normanby , English statesman and poet (b. 1648 )
- March 16 - James Craggs The Elder , English politician (b. 1657 )
- March 19 - Pope Clement XI (b. 1649 )
- April 14 - Michel Chamillart , French statesman (b. 1652 )
- July 8 - Elihu Yale , American benefactor of Yale University (b. 1649 )
- July 18 - Antoine Watteau , French painter (b. 1684 )
- August 3 - Grinling Gibbons , Dutch-born woodcarver (b. 1648 )
- August 13 - Jacques Lelong , French bibliographer (b. 1665 )
- September 8 - Michael Brokoff , Czech sculptor (b. 1686 )
- September 11 - Rudolf Jakob Camerarius , German botanist and physician (b. 1665 )
- September 18 - Matthew Prior , British poet and diplomat (b. 1664 )
- September 20 - Thomas Doggett , Irish actor
- October 11 - Edward Colston , English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636 )
- December 13 - Alexander Selkirk , Scottish sailor (b. 1676 )
- December 17 - Richard Lumley, 1st Earl Of Scarbrough , English statesman (b. 1650 )
- Henri Arnaud , French pastor and leader of the Waldenses (b. 1641 )
- Thomas Doggett , Irish actor
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