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Events

George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject.
Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
The city of Montevideo is founded.
The Supreme Privy Council is established in Imperial Russia.
Mary Toft allegedly gives birth to 16 rabbits in England, later revealed to be a hoax.
The Gujin tushu jicheng, an immense Chinese encyclopedia, is printed using movable copper type.

Births

March 8 - Richard Howe, British admiral (d. 1799)
April 5 - Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
April 12 - Charles Burney, English music historian (d. 1814)
May 12 - Alexander Hood, British naval officer (d. 1814)
June 3 - James Hutton, Scottish geologist (d. 1797)
June 14 - Thomas Pennant, Welsh naturalist (d. 1798)
August 7 - James Bowdoin, American Revolutionary leader and politician (d. 1790)
August 9 - Francesco Cetti, Italian Jesuit scientist (d. 1778)
September 1 - François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player (d. 1795)
October 16 - Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (d. 1801)
John Anderson, Scottish scientist (d. 1796)
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray, French supporter of the American Revolution (d. 1803)
Le Quy Don, Vietnamese philosopher, poet, encyclopedist, and government official (d. 1784)

Deaths

January 2 - Domenico Zipoli, Italian composer (b. 1688)
January 25 - Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (b. 1675)
February 26 - Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria (b. 1662)
March 5 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
March 26 - John Vanbrugh, English architect and dramatist (b. 1664)
April 28 - Thomas Pitt, British Governor of Madras (b. 1653)
May 10 - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (b. 1670)
June 18 - Michel Richard Delalande, French organist and composer (b. 1657)
July 8 - John Ker, Scottish spy (b. 1673)
July 31 - Nicolaus II Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician (b. 1695)
November 23 - Sophia, Princess of Zelle, queen of George I of Great Britain (b. 1666)
December 2 - Samuel Penhallow, American colonist and historian (b. 1665)

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