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| align="center" colspan=2 | ''' 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s
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| align="center" | - 18th Century ''' - 19th Century
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Events
Births
- January 21 - Ethan Allen , American patriot (d. 1789 )
- April 12 - Padre Francisco Garcés , Spanish missionary (d. 1781 )
- April 16 - General Sir Henry Clinton (American War Of Independence) , British officer (d. 1795 )
- May 27 - Nathaniel Gorham , American politician (d. 1796 )
- June 4 - King George III Of The United Kingdom (d. 1820 )
- July 3 - John Singleton Copley , American painter (d. 1815 )
- September 25 - Nicholas Van Dyke , American lawyer and President Of Delaware (d. 1789 )
- October 11 - Arthur Phillip , British admiral and Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814 )
- October 18 - Andrei Bolotov , Russian agriculturalist and memoirist (d. 1833 )
- November 15 - William Herschel , German-born astronomer (d. 1822 )
- December 31 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis , British general (d. 1805 )
Deaths
- February 15 - Matthias Braun , Czech sculptor (b. 1684 )
- March 16 - George Bähr , German architect (b. 1666 )
- March 25 - Turlough O'Carolan , Irish harper and composer (b. 1670 )
- May 1 - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl Of Carlisle , English statesman
- June 5 - Isaac De Beausobre , French protestant pastor (b. 1659 )
- June 21 - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend , English politician (b. 1674 )
- September 23 - Herman Boerhaave , Dutch humanist and physician (b. 1668 )
- December 22 - Constantia Jones , English prostitute (executed)
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