Events in History
- Feb 3 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily
Event of Interest
Mar 25 Construction begins on evangelist George Whitefield's Bethesda Orphanage in Georgia
George Whitefield
- Jun 22 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture and guarantees religion & freedom of the press
- Jul 11 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Tsarina Anne
- Jul 17 Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV
- Aug 13 Hunger strike in Rotterdam
- Oct 8 Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia
- Oct 9 Dutch governor general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8,000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia
- Oct 12 English evangelist George Whitefield preaches to 30,000 people in Boston in the US during the 'Great Awakening'
- Oct 17 Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia
- Oct 20 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia
- Oct 28 Ivan VI becomes Tsar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]
Historic Publication
Nov 5 The third volume of philosopher David Hume's seminal work "A Treatise of Human Nature" is published by Thomas Longman
David Hume
- Dec 16 Prussian Libya falls to Silezie
Birthdays in History
- Feb 7 Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
- Feb 16 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)
- Feb 17 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
- Mar 6 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)
- Apr 2 Armand-Gaston Camus, French revolutionist and Chairman of the Council of 500, born in Paris (d. 1804)
Haym Salomon
Apr 7 Haym Salomon, Polish-born American broker who helped finance the American Revolution, born in Leszno, Poland (d. 1785)
Haym Salomon
Marquis de Sade
Jun 2 Marquis de Sade, French philosopher and writer (Justine). The words sadism and sadist are derived from his name., born in Paris, France (d/ 1814)
Marquis de Sade
- Jun 18 Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, born in Diksmuide, West Flanders, Belgium (d. 1809)
- Jun 21 Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch histrorian and archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief), born in The Hague, Netherlands (d. 1831)
- Jul 27 Jeanne Baré, French explorer, born in Loire Valley, France (d. 1803)
- Aug 15 Matthias Claudius, German poet, born in Reinfeld, Duchy of Holstein (d. 1815)
- Aug 23 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia (1740-41), born in Saint Petersburg, Russia (d. 1764)
- Aug 26 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, French aeronaut (ballooning)
- Sep 7 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1814)
- Sep 12 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (Heinrich Stillings Leben), born in Hilchenbach, Germany (d. 1817)
- Sep 23 Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- Oct 14 Joannes Siberg, Dutch Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1801-05), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands (d. 1817)
- Oct 20 Belle van Zuylen, Dutch-Swiss writer (Three Women), born at Castle Zuylen near Utrecht (d. 1805)
- Oct 29 James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson and diarist, born in Edinburgh (d. 1795)
- Oct 31 William Paca, American judge and signer (Declaration of Independence), born in Abingdon, Maryland (d. 1799)
- Nov 14 Johann van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven's father and first teacher (d. 1792)
- Nov 24 John Bacon, English sculptor
- Dec 30 Princess Elizabeth Caroline of Wales (d. 1759)
Deaths in History
- Jan 27 Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France, dies at 47
- Feb 6 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40) who despite ill health and total blindness (1732) unsuccessfully stemmed decline of papal influence, dies at 87
- Feb 29 Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, dies at 72
- Apr 23 Thomas Tickell, English writer and poet, dies at 54
- Apr 25 Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)
- May 15 Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
- May 17 Jean Cavalier, French Huguenot chief of the Camisards, dies at 58
- May 31 Frederik Willem I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
- Jun 1 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- Jun 6 Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
- Jun 17 Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
- Jul 6 Claudius Amyand, French-born British surgeon who performed first appendectomy, dies at about 80
- Jul 19 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), dies at 71
- Oct 5 Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
- Oct 20 Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40), dies at 55
- Oct 28 Anna Ivanova Romanova, Empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
- Dec 20 Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
- Dec 26 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies