Olaylar Doğumlar 24 Ocak – Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer (d. 1799) 22 Şubat – George Washington, ABD'nin ilk başkanı (ö. 1799) 31 Mart – Franz Joseph Haydn, Avusturyalı besteci (ö. 1809) 5 Nisan – Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (d. 1806) 8 Nisan – David Rittenhouse, American astronomer, inventor, mathematician, surveyor, scientific instrument craftsman, and public official. (d. 1796) 13 Nisan – Frederick North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792) 21 Haziran – Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1795) 30 Eylül – Jacques Necker, French politician (d. 1804) 6 Ekim – Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (d. 1811) 13 Kasım – John Dickinson, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808) 6 Aralık – Warren Hastings, British administrator (d. 1818) 23 Aralık – Richard Arkwright, English inventor (d. 1792) tarihi bilinmeyenler III. Abbas, İran şahı (d. 1740) William Crawford, American soldier and surveyor (d. 1782) Ölümler 12 Ocak – John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. c.1685) 13 Şubat – Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (b. 1640) 17 Şubat – Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (b. 1669) 22 Şubat – Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) 20 Mart – Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (b. 1681) 20 Mayıs – Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (b. 1676) 15 Temmuz – Woodes Rogers, English privateer and first Royal Governor of the Bahamas (b. c. 1679) 24 Eylül – Reigen, Japon imparatoru (b. 1654) 31 Ekim – II. Victor Amadeus, Sardinya kralı (b. 1666) 4 Aralık – John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685) tarihi bilinmeyenler Jiang Tingxi, Chinese painter, calligrapher, encyclopedist, foreign diplomat to Japan (b. 1669) Levni, Osmanlı Devleti Lale Devri'nde yaşamış minyatür sanatçısı (d. ? ) Paşmakçızade Abdullah Efendi, Osmanlı Devleti şeyhülislamı (d. 1680)