Nov 2 Joan Derk, Baron van der Capellen tot den Pol, Leader of democratic Patriots, born in Tiel, Netherlands (d. 1784) Nov 15 Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss writer, philosopher and founder of physiognomics, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1801) Nov 25 Johann Christian Frischmuth, German composer, born in Schwabhausen, Germany (d. 1790) Nov 27 Jean-Pierre Duport, French composer (d. 1818) 1740 Famous Birthdays by Year 1742