Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1680

January 3
  • Birth of Johann Baptist Zimmermann; German stucco worker. [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Baron Emanuele d' Astorga Italian composer (Stabat mater). [1]
May 5
  • Birth of Giuseppe Porsile composer. [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Frederich Karl Erbach composer. [1]

1681

January 20
  • Birth of Francesco Bartolomeo Conti composer. [1]
March 14
  • Birth of Georg Philipp Telemann, in Magdeburg, Germany; composer (Leipzig Opera, concertmaster in Eisenach, Frankfurt, Hamburg). [37]
March 30
  • Birth of Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver. [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Anne Danican Philidor composer. [1]
June 18
  • Birth of Feofan Prokopovich theologian, archbishop of Novgorod, westernizer. [1]

1682

February 13
  • Birth of Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Venice, painter (Fortune Teller). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Johann Valentin Rathgeber German benedictine/composer. [1]
April 11
  • Birth of Jean-Joseph Mouret composer. [1]
April 15
  • Birth of John van Huysum Dutch painter (flowers/fruit). [1]
April 16
  • Birth of John Hadley mathematician/inventor (first reflecting telescope). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Willem I Kerricx the Young Flemish architect/sculptor/painter. [1]
June 27
  • Birth of Charles XII king of Sweden (1697-1718). [1]

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1683

January 14
  • Birth of Gottfried Silbermann in Kleinbobritzsch, Germany; builder of spinets, clavichords, harpsichords and organs in the age of Bach. [37]
February 19
  • Birth of King Philip V France, King of Spain (1700-24, 1724-46). [1]
March 1
  • Birth of Karoline von Brandenburg-Ansbach in Ansbach, Germany; wife of King George II of England. [37]
April 17
  • Birth of Johann David Heinichen composer. [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Jean-Philippe Rameau Dijon France, composer (Traite) (baptized). [1]
November 10
  • Birth of George II in Hannover; son of King George of England, Elector of Hannover (Holy Roman Empire), King of England (1727-1760). [37]
December 19
  • Birth of Philip V Versailles France, King of Spain (1700-24, 24-46). [1]

1684

January 14
  • Birth of Jean-Baptiste Vanloo French painter. [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Bohuslav Matej Czernohorsky Czechoslovakian monk/composer. [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Justus van Effen writer/founder (Holland Spectator). [1]
February 22
  • Birth of William Pulteney London, statesman (Earl of Bath). [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Catherine I Empress of Russia 1725-27, Dorpat, Estonia. [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Catherine I empress of Russia (1725-27). [1]
September 18
  • Birth of Johann Gottfried Walther in Erfurt; Baroque composer (Musicalisches Lexikon, the first encyclopedia of music). [37]
December 3
  • Birth of Ludvig Baron Holberg a founder of Danish and Norwegian literature. [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Johann J Dillenius [Dillen] German botanist (Historia Muscorum). [1]

1685

January 7
  • Birth of Gerard George Clifford Dutch director of East India Company. [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Aaron Hill English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara). [1]
February 23
  • Birth of Georg Friederich Händel in Halle; composer (Messiah (1741), Water Music (1717), Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749), Almira opera (1705) [37]
March 12
  • Birth of George Berkeley Ireland, philosopher/bishop of Cloyne. [1]
March 21
  • Birth of Johann Sebastian Bach in Eisenach; composer (Matthäus-Passion), music director in Leipzig. [1] [5] [37]
August 18
  • Birth of Brook Taylor England, mathematician, discoverer of Taylor's Theorem. [1]
October 1
  • Birth of Charles VI Holy Roman emperor (1711-40). [1]
October 26
  • Birth of Domenico Scarlatti Naples Italy, composer/harpsichordist. [1]
December 12
  • Birth of Lodovico Giustini composer. [1]
December 16
  • Birth of Charles Cressent France, cabinetmaker (Régence). [1]

1686

January 19
  • Birth of Hakuin Ekakuborn Japan, Zen Buddhist. [1]
February 10
  • Birth of Johann F Gronovius Dutch physician/botany. [1]
February 26
  • Birth of Godefroi L Count d'Estrades French diplomat. [1]
May 24
  • Birth of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in Danzig; physicist, invented the alcohol thermometer and the mercury thermometer (1714), created Fahrenheit temperature scale, discovered that water can remain liquid below its freezing point, discovered that the boiling temperature of water can vary depending on air pressure. [37]
August 9
  • Birth of Benedetto Marcello Venice Italy, composer (Lettera Famigliare). [1]

1687

January 30
  • Birth of Balthasar Neumann in Eger, Austrian Empire; architect (palace of Bishop of Würzburg). [37]

1688

January 29
  • Birth of Emanuel Swedenborg Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom). [1]
February 4
  • Birth of Pierre De Marivaux Paris France, writer (Marianne). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Maria Louise van Hessen-Kassel [Marijke Meu], princess of Orange. [1]
May 21
  • Birth of Alexander Pope in England; poet (Rape of the Lock) (dies 1744). [1] [5]
June 10
  • Birth of James to King James II of England and Mary of Modena. [858.10]
August 15
  • Birth of Frederic Wilhelm in Berlin; King of Prussia (1713-1740). [1] [37]

1689

January 18
  • Birth of Charles de Montesquieu France, philosopher/writer (Lettres Persanes). [1]
January 29
  • Birth of Hubert K Poot Dutch poet. [1]
April 15
  • Birth of Ferdinand Zellbell composer. [1]
May 26
  • Birth of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu English essayist, feminist, eccentric. [1]
August 19
  • Birth of Samuel Richardson English novelist (Pamela) (baptized). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Joseph Bodin de Boismortier composer. [1]
December 24
  • Birth of French van Mieris "the Young" Dutch painter/historian. [1]

1690

January 13
  • Birth of Gottfried Heinrich Stolzel composer. [1]
February 1
  • Birth of Francesco Maria Veracini Italian opera composer. [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Christoph Stoltzenberg composer. [1]
March 18
  • Birth of Christian Goldbach in Königsberg; mathematician (theory of curves, infinite series, Goldbach's conjecture). [37]
April 22
  • Birth of John Carteret Earl Granville (Conservative), English chief minister (1722-42). [1]

1691

January 28
  • Birth of Johann Balthasar Konig composer. [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Carolus van der Abeele Flemish jesuit/author (Introduction à l'amour). [1]
May 17
  • Birth of Antoine Court French reformed theologist. [1]

1692

February 29
  • Birth of Edward Cave England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine). [1]
March 14
  • Birth of Peter Musschenbroek Dutch physician/physicist (Leyden jar). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Giuseppe Tartini Italy, violinist/composer (Trillo del Diavolo). [1]
May 3
  • Birth of Jan J Mauricius Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1742-51). [1]
May 18
  • Birth of Joseph Butler Wantage Berkshire, theologian. [1]

1693

January 25
  • Birth of Anna Ivanova Romanova daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40). [1]
January 28
  • Birth of Gregor Joseph Werner composer. [1]
February 4
  • Birth of George Lillo bourgeois English dramatist (The London Merchant). [1]
February 7
  • Birth of Anna Ivanova Romanova empress of Russia (1730-40). [1]
March 7
  • Birth of Clement XIII [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69). [1]

1694

January 30
  • Birth of Joseph Joachim Benedict Munster composer. [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Coelestin Praelisauer composer. [1]
June 4
  • Birth of François Quesnay France, economist, leader of the Physiocrats. [1]
September 22
  • Birth of Lord Chesterfield letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752). [1]
November 21
  • Birth of Voltaire [Francois-Marie Arouet] in France; thinker, author. [1] [560.54]

1695

April 8
  • Birth of Johann C Günther writer. [1]
April 10
  • Birth of Balthazar Huydecoper Dutch translator/historian. [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Caspar Burman historian/mayor (Utrecht Netherlands). [1]

1696

February 10
  • Birth of Johann Melchior Molter composer. [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Baron Ernst Gottlieb composer. [1]
February 29
  • Birth of Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard composer. [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Venetian Rococo painter (Isaac's Sacrifice). [1]
March 13
  • Birth of Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu French marshal. [1]
April 4
  • Birth of Giovanni Battista Tiepoldo painter. [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Johann Caspar Vogler composer. [1]
August 2
  • Birth of Mahmud I Ottoman sultan, fought Austrians and Russians. [1]
December 22
  • Birth of James Oglethorpe England, general/author/colonizer (Georgia). [1]

1697

January 1
  • Birth of Johann Pfeiffer composer. [1]
January 16
  • Birth of Richard Savage poet. [1]
January 30
  • Birth of Johann Joachim Quantz German royal flautist/composer. [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Louis-Maurice de La Pierre composer. [1]
February 24
  • Birth of Bernard S Albinus [Weiss], German surgeon/anatomist. [1]
March 9
  • Birth of Friederike C Neuber German actress/author (Allerkostbarste Schatz). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of John-Baptist Xavery Flemish sculptor. [1]
April 1
  • Birth of Abbé Prévost French novelist/journalist (Manon Lescaut). [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Pierre Prowo composer. [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Johann Gottlieb Gorner composer. [1]
April 23
  • Birth of George Baron Anson British Admiral/explorer. [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Jean Marie I'aine Leclair composer. [1]
August 6
  • Birth of Charles VII Holy Roman emperor (1742-45). [1]
October 18
  • Birth of Canaletto Venetian painter (Venicei A Regatta on Grand Canal). [1]
November 10
  • Birth of William Hogarth England, satiric painter/engraver (Rake's Progress). [1]
December 5
  • Birth of Carlo Arrigoni composer. [1]
  • Birth of Giuseppe de Majo composer. [1]

1698

February 4
  • Birth of Heinrich A Fouqué Prussian General. [1]
February 16
  • Birth of Pierre Bouguer French mathematician (heliometer). [1]
March 6
  • Birth of John Alberti Dutch theologist/philologist. [1]
March 10
  • Birth of Gaetano Maria Schiassi composer. [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Georg Gottfried Wagner composer. [1]
April 28
  • Birth of Karel Jozef ruler of Batthyányi. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of Jacobus Houbraken Dutch engraver/illustrator. [1]

1699

January 2
  • Birth of Osman III sultan (Turkey). [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Robert J Pothier French lawyer. [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Hans Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff German architect (Sanssouci). [1]
March 23
  • Birth of John Bartram naturalist/explorer, father of American botany. [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Johann Adolph Hasse in Bergedorf; composer (Antioco opera, Seso strate opera), music director of the Dresden Opera. [37]
April 17
  • Birth of Robert Blair Scottish poet (Grave). [1]
December 23
  • Birth of Joseph Gibbs composer. [1]

End of 1680-1699. Next: 1700.

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