Jan 3 Johann Baptist Zimmermann, German painter and stucco worker, born in Gaispoint, Wessobrunn (d. 1758) Feb 14 John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, English privy councillor, born in Penshurst Place, Kent (d. 1737) Apr 9 Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author, born in Tours, France (d. 1754) Jun 22 Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (d. 1754) Sep 22 Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) Oct 19 John Abernethy, Irish Protestant minister (d. 1740) 1679 Birthdays in History by Year 1681