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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
Births
- February 4 - Dru Drury , English entomologist (d. 1804 )
- February 5 - James Otis , American lawyer and patriot (d. 1783 )
- February 15 - Abraham Clark , American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1794 )
- February 25 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler , German poet (d. 1798 )
- March 11 - Henry Benedict Stuart , pretender to the British throne (d. 1807 )
- March 17 - Lachlan McIntosh , Scottish-born American military and political leader (d. 1806 )
- March 20 - Abd Al-Hamid I , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1789 )
- March 24 - Samuel Ashe , Governor of North Carolina (d. 1813 )
- March 24 - Thomas Cushing , American Continental Congressman (d. 1788 )
- March 28 - Andrew Kippis , English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (d. 1795 )
- April 2 - Giacomo Casanova , Italian adventurer and writer (d. 1798 )
- April 6 - Pasquale Paoli , Corsican patriot and military leader (d. 1807 )
- April 23 - Saint Gerard Majella , Catholic Saint (d. 1755 )
- April 25 - Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel , British admiral (d. 1786 )
- May 12 - Louis Philip I, Duke Of Orléans , French soldier and writer (d. 1785 )
- May 25 - Samuel Ward , American politician (d. 1776 )
- July 1 - Comte De Rochambeau , French soldier (d. 1807 )
- July 24 - John Newton , English cleric and hymnist (d. 1807 )
- August 21 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze , French painter (d. 1805 )
- August 29 - Charles Townshend , English politician (d. 1767 )
- September 5 - Jean-Étienne Montucla , French mathematician (d. 1799 )
- September 12 - Guillaume Le Gentil , French astronomer (d. 1792 )
- September 16 - Nicolas Desmarest , French geologist (d. 1815 )
- September 24 - Arthur Guinness , Irish brewer (d. 1803 )
- September 25 - Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot , French automobile pioneer (d. 1804 )
- September 29 - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive , British general and statesman (d. 1774 )
- October 12 - Etienne Louis Geoffroy , French pharmacist and entomologist (d. 1810 )
- October 21 - Franz Moritz Graf Von Lacy , Austrian field marshal (d. 1801 )
- December 11 - George Mason , American founding father (d. 1792 )
- December 18 - Johann Salomo Semler , German historian and Bible commentator (d. 1791 )
Deaths
- February 8 - Tsar Peter I Of Russia (b. 1672 )
- April 8 - John Wise , English clergyman (b. 1652 )
- May 25 - Jonathan Wild , English criminal (b. 1683 )
- June 29 - Arai Hakuseki , Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b. 1657 )
- October 10 - Philippe De Rigaud Vaudreuil , Governor-General of New France
- October 11 - Hans Herr , Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639 )
- October 24 - Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer (b. 1660 )
- December 7 - Florent Carton Dancourt , French dramatist and actor (b. 1661 )
- Jose Mora , Spanish sculptor (b. 1638 )
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