Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1720

January 11
  • Birth of Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent. [1]
January 27
  • Birth of Samuel Foote England; actor/dramatist (Mirror). [1]
April 3
  • Birth of Elia van Vilnius [Elijahu ben Salomo Zalman] Latvian rabbi. [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen (Baron Münchhausen) in Bodenwerder; soldier in the Russian army fighting against the Turks, storyteller. [37]
July 18
  • Birth of Gilbert White "father of British naturalists". [1]
September 12
  • Birth of Frederick Philipse III New York City, land owner (Bronx, Westchester and Putnam). [1]
December 31
  • Birth of Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir Sylvester Stuart AKA Bonnie Prince Charlie, in Rome to James Edward Stuart (King James III of England and Ireland, and King James VIII of Scotland) and wife Clementina Sobieska. [1] [858.9]

1721

January 12
  • Birth of Ferdinand in Wolfenbüttel, Germany; dominant military force in Prussia's Seven Years' War against Austria. [37]
April 1
  • Birth of Pieter Hellendaal Dutch violinist/organist/composer (Glees). [1]
April 14
  • Birth of William August [Duke of Cumberland] English army leader. [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Roger Sherman signer (Declaration of Independence, Constitution). [1]
  • Birth of Thomas McKean attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) [or March 19]. [1]
December 25
  • Birth of William Collins Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet. [1]
December 29
  • Birth of Madame De Pompadour mistress of French King Louis the 15th. [1]

1722

April 11
  • Birth of Christopher Smart English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols). [1]
May 11
  • Birth of Peter Camper Leyden Holland, anatomist/professor (Amsterdam). [1]

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September 27
  • Birth of Samuel Adams revolutionary rabble rouser/(Lieutenant Governor-Massachusetts, 1789-94). [1]

1723

January 27
  • Birth of Johann A Cramer prime minister/poet. [1]
February 5
  • Birth of John Witherspoon clergyman/signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
February 17
  • Birth of Tobias Mayer "method of lunars" for longitude determination. [1]
March 25
  • Birth of Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], Dutch demonstrater. [1]
March 31
  • Birth of Frederik V King of Denmark/Norway (1746-66). [1]
June 5
  • Birth of Adam Smith in Kirkcaldy, Scotland; economist (Wealth of Nations) (dies 1790). [1] [5]
June 11
  • Birth of J G Palitzsch first saw Halley's comet on return, Prolitz. [1]
July 10
  • Birth of William Blackstone England, jurist (Blackstone's Commentaries). [1]
July 16
  • Birth of Joshua Reynolds England, portrait painter (Simplicity). [1]
December 19
  • Birth of Susanne K von Klettenberg German friend of Goethes mother. [1]

1724

February 6
  • Birth of Paul-Louis Cyfflé Flemish sculptor (Terre de Lorraine). [1]
April 12
  • Birth of Lyman Hall US physician (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]
April 22
  • Birth of Immanuel Kant in Konigsberg, Germany; philosopher (Critique of Pure Reason) (dies 1804). [1] [5]
May 10
  • Birth of Johan A Zoutman Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral (battle of Doggersbank). [1]
August 25
  • Birth of George Stubbs England, animal painter (House Frightened by Lion). [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Charles Theodoor elector (Palts and Bayern). [1]

1725

February 25
  • Birth of Armand-Louis Couperin Paris France, composer/organist (Notre Dame). [1]
  • Birth of Karl Wilhelm Ramler German poet (Geistliche Kantaten). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Abdül-Hamid I 27th sultan of Turkey (1774-89). [1]
April 5
  • Birth of Giacomo Casanova Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain). [1]
September 25
  • Birth of Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot designed and built first automobile. [1]
December 16
  • Birth of William Douglas, Earl of March and Ruglen, 4th Duke of Queensberry, in Peebles, Scotland; notable gambler. [565.15]

1726

January 4
  • Birth of Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Dutch engraver/art collector. [1]
January 18
  • Birth of Hendrik prince of Prussia/diplomat. [1]
February 15
  • Birth of Abraham Clark farmer/lawyer, signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
March 11
  • Birth of Madame Louise-Florence d'Épinay France, writer (Woman, Man and 2 Kingdoms)/salon hostess. [1]
April 8
  • Birth of Lewis Morris Bronx New York, US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]
April 20
  • Birth of Jozef de Ferraris French/Austrian earl/General/cartographer. [1]
April 26
  • Birth of Pasquale Paoli Corsican freedom fighter. [1]
November 20
  • Birth of Oliver Wolcott (Connecticut-Governor), signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
December 1
  • Birth of Oliver Wolcott US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence). [1]

1727

January 2
  • Birth of James Wolfe commanded British Army (captured Québec). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Maximilian III Jozef Elector of Bayern (1745-77). [1]
March 30
  • Birth of Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace). [1]
April 7
  • Birth of Michel Adanson French biologist (Natural History of Sénégal). [1]
April 29
  • Birth of Jean-Georges Noverre French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action). [1]
May 10
  • Birth of Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot French minister of Finance (17?? -76). [1]
May 14
  • Birth of Thomas Gainsborough England, baptized, artist (The Blue Boy). [1]
December 22
  • Birth of William Ellery signer of the Declaration of Independence. [1]

1728

January 2
  • Birth of Louis Barbiano de Belgioioso Austrian count/diplomat in Belgium. [1]
January 9
  • Birth of Thomas Warton poet laureate of England (Pleasures of Melancholy). [1]
January 16
  • Birth of Niccolò Piccinni Italian composer (Buona Figliuola). [1]
February 21
  • Birth of Peter III Kiel Germany, Russian tsar (1761-62), husband of Catherine. [1]
February 29
  • Birth of Robert Bage English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Franciscus L Kersteman Dutch lawyer/astrologist. [1]
April 16
  • Birth of Joseph Zwart Scottish chemist/physicist. [1]
April 19
  • Birth of Francisco Albergati Capacelli Italian playwright. [1]
April 23
  • Birth of Samuel Wallis explorer (Wallis Island). [1]
August 26
  • Birth of Johann Lambert Switzerland, mathematician, proved pi is irrational. [1]
October 3
  • Birth of Christian d'Oriola in France; foils (Olympic-gold-1952, 1956). [1]
October 7
  • Birth of Caesar Rodney Delaware, patriot, signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
October 27
  • Birth of James Cook captain/explorer, discovered Sandwich Islands. [1]
December 22
  • Birth of Charles Frederick Baden, liberal ruler of Baden. [1]

1729

January 1
  • Birth of Edmund Burke British author/famous Whig (Philosophy and Inquiry, Reflections on the Revolution). [1]
January 2
  • Birth of Johann Daniel Titius in Konitz, Germany (now in Poland); astronomer, professor at the University of Wittenberg, calculations expressing the distance between the planets and the sun became know as the "Titius-Bode law". [37]
January 12
  • Birth of Edmund Burke British author (Philosophy and Inquiry). [1]
  • Birth of Lazzaro Spallanzani Modena Italy, physiologist. [1]
March 16
  • Birth of Georg W "Franz" Panzer German vicar/librarian (Annales typographic). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Pieter Fouquet Dutch art seller (Atlas of Fouquet). [1]
April 13
  • Birth of Thomas Percy English literary/bishop of Dromore. [1]
April 18
  • Birth of Gaetano B Vestris Italian/French ballet dancer. [1]
April 21
  • Birth of Catharina II the Great, writer/emperess of Russia (1762-96). [1]
May 2
  • Birth of Catherine II (the Great); empress of Russia (1762-96). [1] [5]
May 12
  • Birth of Michaël F B Freiherr von Melas Austrian general (7 Year Wars). [1]
May 13
  • Birth of Henry William (Baron) Stiegel early American glassmaker. [1]
May 23
  • Birth of Giuseppe Parini Italian priest/poet (Il Giorno). [1]
May 25
  • Birth of Jean de Neufville Dutch/US merchant (started fourth English war). [1]
December 3
  • Birth of Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango). [1]

End of 1720-1729. Next: 1730.

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