Events in History
Event of Interest
Jan 24 Tsar Peter the Great begins civil system
Peter the Great
- Jan 24 Edward Wigglesworth appointed 1st north American divinity professor (Harvard)
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Apr 5 Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen is the first European to discover Easter Island / Rapa Nui in the southeastern Pacific
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Jun 30 Hungarian Parliament condemns Emperor Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanctions
Charles VI
- Jul 25 The Three Years War begins along the Maine and Massachusetts border
- Sep 12 Russian troops occupy Baku & Derbent in Persia
- Oct 19 French C. Hopffer patents the automatic fire extinguisher in England
- Nov 2 Willem KH Friso (11) appointed viceroy of Gelderland
- Nov 7 Richard Steele's "Conscious Lovers" premieres in London
Birthdays in History
- Jan 3 Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d. 1752)
- Jan 26 Alexander Carlyle, Cummertrees, Dumfriesshire, Scottish church leader (Moderator of the General Assembly 1770)
- Feb 19 Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (d. 1774)
- Apr 11 Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols), born in Shipbourne, England (d. 1771)
- May 11 Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist and anthropologist who studied comparative anatomy, paleontology and the facial angle, born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1789)
- May 29 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician, born in Drogheda, Louth, Ireland (d. 1773)
- Jul 16 Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey), born in London (d. 1803)
- Jul 22 Jean-Noel/Joannes Natalis Paquot, Belgian priest/historian
- Aug 9 Augustus William, Prince of Prussia, born in Stadtschloss, Berlin, Prussia (d. 1758)
- Aug 11 Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
- Sep 5 Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony, born in Dresden Castle, Dresden, Germany (d. 1763)
- Sep 16 Gabriel Christie, British general, born in Stirling, Scotland (d. 1799)
- Sep 22 John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
Samuel Adams
Sep 27 Samuel Adams, American revolutionary (Boston Massacre-Tea Party) and politician (Lt Gov-Mass, 1789-94), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1803)
Samuel Adams
- Oct 2 Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier, born in Horn, Austria (d. 1776)
- Nov 5 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English nobleman and politician, born in Clayton, Lancashire, England (d. 1798)
- Nov 19 Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (invented percussion as a diagnostic technique), born in Graz, Duchy of Styria (d. 1809)
- Nov 19 Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania, born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland (d. 1810)
- Nov 30 Théodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler, born in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1761)
- Dec 1 Anna Louisa Karsch "Die Karschin", German poet, born in Hammer, Silesia (d. 1791)
- Dec 3 Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet and philosopher, born in Chernukhi, Lubny Regiment, Cossack Hetmanate (d. 1794)
- Dec 23 Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Swedish Chemist who discovered nickel and tungsten, born in Turinge, Sweden (d. 1765)
- Dec 30 Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 1770)
Deaths in History
- Jan 7 Antoine Coypel, French painter and poet, dies at 60
- Jan 21 Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of William III of England (b. 1661)
- Feb 10 Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (raided ships off the Americas and West Africa between 1719-1722), dies at 39
- Mar 11 John Toland, Irish rationalist philosopher, dies at 51
- Mar 31 Campegius Vitringa, Dutch theologist/exegete, dies at 62
- Apr 13 Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican priest, dies at 71
- Apr 14 Pieter Erberveld, German-Thai merchant on Java, Indonesia. He was accused of plotting a rebellion with the Javanese, tortured and executed at around 62
- Apr 21 Robert Beverley, Jr., historian of Colonial Virginia (b. 1673)
- May 20 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, dies at 52
John Churchill
Jun 16 John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, English general strategist, dies at 72
John Churchill
- Sep 3 Ivan Skoropadsky, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1646)
- Sep 18 André Dacier, French classical scholar (b. 1651)
- Nov 12 Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63
- Dec 8 Elisabeth Charlotte "Liselotte", German-French duchess of Orleans, dies at 70
- Dec 20 Kangxi Emperor of China, 4th Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, dies at 68
- Dec 23 Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b. 1654)