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Events
February 8
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Catherine I
became empress of Russia
February 20
- The first reported case of white men
scalping
Native Americans
takes place in
New Hampshire
colony.
March 2
– In London, night watchman finds a severed head by the
Thames
; it is later recognized to be that of the husband of Catherine Hayes . She and one accomplice are later executed
Black Watch
founded in Scotland
Jonathan Wild
, fraudulent "thief-taker general of Great Britain and Ireland" is hanged for aiding criminals
Births
February 5
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James Otis
, American lawyer and patriot (d.
1783
)
February 6
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Abraham Clark
, American founding father
March 11
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Henry Benedict Stuart
, pretender to the British throne
April 2
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Casanova
, adventurer and writer (d.
1798
)
July 24
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John Newton
cleric, songwriter
December 11
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George Mason
, American founding father
Abd al-Hamid I
,
Ottoman
sultan
Deaths
February 8
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Tsar
Peter I of Russia
June 29
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Arai Hakuseki
, Japanese Confucianist, poet, politician, and writer
October 24
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Alessandro Scarlatti
, Italian composer
December 7
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Florent Carton Dancourt
, French dramatist and actor (born
1661
)
Jose Mora
, Spanish sculptor (born
1638
)
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