- May 2
- Birth of John André; British spy. [491.48]
- May 20
- Birth of Stephen Girard bailed out US bonds during War of 1812. [1]
- August 18
- Birth of Antonio Salieri Italy, composer (Tatare). [1]
- December 23
- Birth of Frederik Augustus I the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27). [1]
1751
- January 12
- Birth of Ferdinand I king of Sicily and Naples. [1]
- Birth of Jacob M R Lenz writer (Das Leidende Weib). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of James Madison in Port Conway, Virginia; co-author of The Federalist Papers, Representative in Congress for Virginia (1789-), Secretary of State (1801-), 4th US President (1809-17). [1] [1061.328]
- May 24
- Birth of Charles Emanuel II King of Sardina (1796-1802). [1]
- October 30
- Birth of Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright (School for Scandal). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Jurrian F de Frederici Governorernor-General (Suriname). [1]
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1752
- January 1
- Birth of Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross; seamstress, flag maker (dies 1836). [1] [5]
- January 2
- Birth of Philip Freneau poet of American Revolution (The American Village). [1]
- January 3
- Birth of Johannes von Muller in Schaffhausen, Switzerland; historian, "the Swiss Tacitus." [37]
- February 17
- Birth of Friedrich M Klinger German playwright (Wirrwarr). [1]
- April 4
- Birth of Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli composer (Andromeda). [1]
- April 5
- Birth of Sébastien Erard piano/harp manufacturer. [1]
- June 13
- Birth of Fanny Burney England, author (Camille, Evelina). [1]
- July 7
- Birth of Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented programmable loom. [1]
- September 18
- Birth of Adrien-Marie Legendre mathematician, worked on elliptic integrals. [1]
- October 23
- Birth of Nicolas Appert inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet). [1]
- November 19
- Birth of George Rogers Clark frontier military leader in Revolutionary War. [1]
- November 20
- Birth of Thomas Chatterton English poet (Christabel). [1]
1753
- February 5
- Birth of Coert L van Beyma thoe Kingma Frisian regent/patriot. [1]
- February 7
- Birth of Rhijnvis Feith Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle/Thirsa). [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Jean-Baptiste Kléber French General/architect (Mainz, Fleurus). [1]
- March 26
- Birth of Benjamin Thompson physicist (Royal Institute of Great Britain, Woburn Massachusetts). [1]
- April 28
- Birth of Franz K Achard German physicist. [1]
- May 6
- Birth of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla; fought for Mexican independence from Spain. [446.50] (May 8 [1])
- May 24
- Birth of Oliver Cromwell Burlington New Jersey, black who served with Washington. [1]
- July 4
- Birth of Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard first balloon flights in England, US. [1]
- August 12
- Birth of Thomas Bewick England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables). [1]
- September 10
- Birth of John Soane England, architect (Soane Museum). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Samuel Crompton English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine). [1]
- December 19
- Birth of John Taylor Virginia, philosopher (Jeffersonian Democracy). [1]
- December 22
- Birth of Dugald Stewart Edinburgh Scotland, philosopher (Scottish common sense). [1]
1754
- February 2
- Birth of Charles-Maurice duke of Talleyrand-Périgord French bishop/premier (1815). [1]
- February 19
- Birth of Vincenzo Monti Italian poet/translator (Al Signor di Montgolfier). [1]
- March 4
- Birth of Benjamin Waterhouse physician (smallpox vaccine pioneer). [1]
- April 9
- Birth of Pieter Paulus Dutch lawyer/CEO (National Convention). [1]
- May 23
- Birth of Andrea Appiana Italian royal painter (Napoleon). [1]
- July 11
- Birth of Thomas Bowdler famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare. [1]
- August 2
- Birth of Pierre Charles L'Enfant France, architect laid out Washington DC. [1]
- August 23
- Birth of Louis XVI Versailles, king of France (1774-92); guillotined. [1]
- September 9
- Birth of William Bligh nasty ship's captain (HMS Bounty). [1]
- December 7
- Birth of Jack Jouett American patriot. [1]
- December 24
- Birth of George Crabbe Aldeburgh England, poet (Everlasting Mercy). [1]
1755
- February 19
- Birth of Pieter G van Overstraten Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies. [1]
- March 24
- Birth of Rufus King framer of US constitution/(Senator-F). [1]
- April 1
- Birth of Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin French politician/author (Physiologie du Goût). [1]
- April 10
- Birth of Samuel Hahnemann German physician/originator of homeopathy. [1]
- April 11
- Birth of James Parkinson; physician (Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817), namesake of Parkinson's disease). [1544.26]
- May 22
- Birth of Tench Coxe; American political economist and US Commissioner of Revenue. [407.60]
- June 6
- Birth of Nathan Hale hanged patriot, had but one life to give for his country. [1]
- July 5
- Birth of Sarah Kemble Siddons Brecon England, tragic actress (Fatal Marriage). [1]
- August 4
- Birth of Nicolas-Jacque Conte inventor (modern pencil). [1]
- September 13
- Birth of Oliver Evans pioneered high-pressure steam engine. [1]
- September 24
- Birth of John Marshall in Virginia; fourth Supreme Court Chief Justice (1801-35). [1] [5] [550.56]
- September 29
- Birth of Robert Lord Clive, founded British empire in India. [1]
- November 2
- Birth of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (dies 1793). [1] [5]
- November 17
- Birth of Louis XVIII first post-revolutionary king of France (1814-24). [1]
- December 3
- Birth of Gilbert Stuart US, portrait painter (painted Washington). [1]
- December 27
- Birth of Antons Klemens Theodor king of Saksen (1827-36). [1]
1756
- January 27
- Birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Austria; musical prodigy/composer (Figaro). [1] [771.92]
- January 29
- Birth of Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee (Republican/Governor-Virginia)/General/cavalryman. [1]
- February 6
- Birth of Aaron Burr Newark New Jersey, (Democrat-R), third US Vice-President (1801-05), dueler. [1]
- February 13
- Birth of Joannes van der Linden lawyer/judge (Ware Pleiter). [1]
- March 3
- Birth of William Godwin philosopher/political writer (Caleb Williams). [1]
- April 7
- Birth of Charles Felix King of Sardina (1821-31). [1]
- April 13
- Birth of Louis H J Condé French prince. [1]
- May 27
- Birth of Maximilian I Jozef King of Bavaria. [1]
- June 6
- Birth of John Trumbull US painter (Declaration of Independence). [1]
- July 16
- Birth of Joseph Wright; US Mint engraver. [451.38]
- September 21
- Birth of John Loudon McAdam created macadam road surface (asphalt). [1]
1757
- January 11
- Birth of Alexander Hamilton West Indies, first US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face). [1]
- January 16
- Birth of Samuel McIntire woodcarver/architect (architect of Salem). [1]
- February 1
- Birth of John P Kemble England; actor/director (Drury Lane, Covent Garden). [1]
- March 16
- Birth of Bengt Lidner Swedish poet (Medea, Yttersa Domen). [1]
- May 30
- Birth of Henry Addington Viscount Sidmouth (Conservative), British Prime Minister (1801-04). [1]
- June 22
- Birth of George Vancouver surveyed Pacific coast from San Francisco to Vancouver Island. [1]
- September 6
- Birth of Marquis de Lafayette American patriot, French revolutionary. [1]
- October 9
- Birth of Charles X reactionary king of France (1824-30); deposed. [1]
- November 28
- Birth of William Blake English poet/painter (Songs of Innocence and Experience). [1]
1758
- February 4
- Birth of Pierre-Gabriel Gardel French ballet dancer/choreographer. [1]
- February 17
- Birth of John Pinkerton Scottish historian. [1]
- March 9
- Birth of Franz Joseph Gall German/French physician (frenology). [1]
- March 12
- Birth of Leopold earl of Limburg Stirum Dutch General/politician [or March 22]. [1]
- April 28
- Birth of James Monroe in Westmoreland County, Virginia; member of Virginia Assembly, US Senator, US Secretary of State, US Secretary of War, 5th US President (1817-25, Democratic Republican). [1] [782.102]
- May 6
- Birth of Maximilien Robespierre in Arras France; French revolutionary/avocat (1781). [1] [1428.46]
- September 29
- Birth of Horatio Nelson in Burnham Thorpe village, Norfolk, England; naval hero at Trafalgar. [1] [472.84]
- October 16
- Birth of Noah Webster; lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary) (dies 1843). [1] [5]
1759
- January 5
- Birth of Jacques Cathelineau French royalist/army leader. [1]
- January 25
- Birth of Robert Burns in Alloway, Scotland; poet (Auld Lang Syne). [1] [5]
- February 15
- Birth of Friedrich A Wolfius [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena). [1]
- April 27
- Birth of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin England, writer/feminist (Female Reader). [1]
- May 20
- Birth of William Thornton architect (Capitol building, Washington DC). [1]
- May 28
- Birth of William Pitt the Younger (Conservative), English Prime Minister (1783-1801, 1804-06). [1]
- August 24
- Birth of Wilbur Wilberforce England, crusaded against slavery. [1]
- October 25
- Birth of Baron Grenville (Whig) British Prime Minister (1806-07). [1]
- October 26
- Birth of Georges-Jacques Danton in Arcis-sur-Aube, France, revolutionary leader. [1] [1321.10]
- November 10
- Birth of Frederich von Schiller Germany, poet/lyricist (Ode to Joy). [1]
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