- September 17
- Birth of Baron Frederick von Steuben Germany, made Continental Army winners. [1]
- November 10
- Birth of Oliver Goldsmith Ireland, novelist/dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer). [1]
- December 8
- Birth of John Ingen Housz Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia. [1]
- December 25
- Birth of Filippo Mazzei in Poggio a Caiano, Tuscany; freedom fighter, militia member in Virginia 1776, co-founded Constitution Society 1784, published four-volume history of US and North America. [966.116]
1731
- March 11
- Birth of Robert Treat Paine judge, signer of Declaration of Independence. [1]
- March 28
- Birth of Rámon de la Cruz Spanish playwright/interpreter. [1]
- April 8
- Birth of William Williams Lebanon Connecticut, US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]
- July 3
- Birth of Samuel Huntington (Governor-Connecticut), Continental Congress president. [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Henry Cavendish England, physicist/chemist (discovered hydrogen). [1]
- November 9
- Birth of Benjamin Banneker Ellicott Maryland, black mathematician/surveyor (Washington DC). [1]
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- November 26
- Birth of William Cowper England, preromantic poet (His Task). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Abraham-Hyacinthe Anquetil du Perron French interpreter. [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Anthony Ziesenis architect/sculptor (Town Hall of Westzaan). [1]
- December 28
- Birth of Christian Cannabich German composer/royal chaplain master. [1]
1732
- January 6
- Birth of Matija A Reljkovic Croatia, writer (Satir iliti divji covic). [1]
- January 17
- Birth of Stanislaw II August Poniatowski last king of Poland (1764-95). [1]
- January 20
- Birth of Richard H Lee US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]
- January 24
- Birth of Pierre de Beaumarchais France, playwright (Barber of Seville). [1]
- February 22
- Birth of George Washington in Virginia; first American President (1789-97). [1] [5] [66.54] [479.28]
- March 31
- Birth of Franz Joseph Haydn Austria, composer, helped develop classical style. [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Frederick Lord North (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1770-82). [1]
- April 18
- Birth of George Colman "the Elder", playwright (baptised). [1]
- June 21
- Birth of Martha Washington first, first lady. [1]
- December 6
- Birth of Warren Hastings England, first Governorernor-General of India (1773-84). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Richard Arkwright inventor (spinning frame). [1]
1733
- March 5
- Birth of Vincenzo Galeotti [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer. [1]
- March 13
- Birth of Joseph Priestly England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen). [1]
- September 18
- Birth of George Read lawyer/signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
1734
- January 1
- Birth of John F E Acton cruel premier of Naples. [1]
- January 17
- Birth of François-Joseph Gossec Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza). [1]
- January 31
- Birth of Robert Morris merchant (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]
- February 23
- Birth of Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt; founder (House of Rothschild). [1]
- March 19
- Birth of Thomas McKean; US attorney (signed Declaration of Independence) (dies 1817). [1] [5]
- May 23
- Birth of Friedrich Anton Mesmer Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism). [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Daniel Boone; frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915). [1] [5]
- December 17
- Birth of William Floyd US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Filinto Elísio [Francisco M do Nascimento] Portuguese poet. [1]
1735
- January 1
- Birth of Paul Revere in Boston, Massachusetts; silversmith, engraver, patriot ("the British are coming"). [1] [5] [450.175]
- February 9
- Birth of Adriaan Kluit Dutch historian. [1]
- May 1
- Birth of John H van Kinsbergen Dutch Lieutenant-Admiral/founder of Dutch Marines Corps. [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Charles Joseph prince the Ligne, Belgian fieldmarshal/author. [1]
- June 10
- Birth of John Morgan American physician-in-chief of Continental Army. [1]
- September 5
- Birth of Johann Christian Bach composer, son of JS Bach (English Bach). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of John Adams in Braintree, Massachusettes, USA; second US president (1797-1801) (dies 1826). [1] [5]
- December 15
- Birth of Cesare Beccaria-Bonesana Italian lawyer. [1]
1736
- January 19
- Birth of James Watt Scotland, inventor (steam engine). [1]
- Birth of Laurens P van de Spiegel Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Joseph-Louis comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician. [1]
- February 29
- Birth of Anna Lee Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America). [1]
- March 23
- Birth of Iman Willem Falck Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83). [1]
- May 29
- Birth of Patrick Henry; American patriot "Give me liberty or give me death". [1] [5]
- June 14
- Birth of Charles-Augustin de Coulomb physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law). [1]
- September 4
- Birth of Robert Raikes England, Sunday school pioneer. [1]
- September 10
- Birth of Carter Braxton signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
1737
- January 3
- Birth of Heinrich Wilhelm von Gerstenberg in Tondern, Denmark; musician, theorist of the "Sturm und Drang" movement in German literature. [37]
- January 12
- Birth of John Hancock; American patriot (first to sign Declaration of Independence). [1]
- January 13
- Birth of Joseph Hilarius Eckhel in Enzersfeld, Austria; developed a system of classification of coins for numismatics. [37]
- January 19
- Birth of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre French writer (Paul et Virgin). [1]
- January 29
- Birth of Thomas Paine; political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason) (dies 1809). [1] [5]
- April 19
- Birth of Geert Reinders Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation propagandist. [1]
- May 8
- Birth of Edward Gibbon England, historian (Decline and Fall of Roman Empire). [1]
- September 19
- Birth of Charles Carroll signed Declaration of Independence. [1]
- September 21
- Birth of Francis Hopkinson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; representative of New Jersey in Second Continental Congress, signor of the Declaration of Independence, judge of the Admiralty Court of Pennsylvania (1779-87), United States District Court judge (1789-91). [626.201]
1738
- January 10
- Birth of Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys). [1]
- April 14
- Birth of Duck of Portland (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1783, 1807-09). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of Dr Joseph Ignace Guillotin France, physician/inventor (guillotine). [1]
- June 4
- Birth of George III; English king during American Revolution (1760-1820). [1] [241.9]
- July 3
- Birth of John Singleton Copley Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist. [1]
- October 10
- Birth of Benjamin West painter (Death of General Wolfe). [1]
- November 15
- Birth of William Herschel; astronomer (discovered Uranus). [1]
- December 26
- Birth of Thomas Nelson merchant, signer of the Declaration of Independence. [1]
- December 31
- Birth of Charles Lord Cornwallis; solider/statesman "fire when ready Gridley". [1]
1739
- January 4
- Birth of Henrik C Cras Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of George Clymer US merchant (signed Declaration of Independence, Constitution). [1]
- July 26
- Birth of George Clinton New York, (Democrat-R) fourth Vice President (1805-12). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Grigory Potemkin army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS. [1]
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