Chronology of Notable Births

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.


1750

January 31
  • Birth of Gerrit J Pijman Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06). [1]
February 28
  • Birth of Ignacy Potocki Polish foreign minister. [1]
March 5
  • Birth of Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison French classical (Apollonii Lexicon). [1]
March 20
  • Birth of Martinus van Marum Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus). [1]
March 28
  • Birth of Francisco A G de Miranda Venezuelan freedom fighter. [1]
April 24
  • Birth of Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier Swiss mathematician. [1]
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]

End of 1750-1759. Next: 1760.

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Last updated: 2023 December 20.
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