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June 11
- George, Prince of Wales becomes King
George II of Great Britain
.
November 18
–
Earthquake
in Tazriz ,
Persia
- about 77.000 dead
Last execution for
witchcraft
in
Scotland
First
Amish
move to America
The
Royal Bank of Scotland
is founded by
royal charter
in
Edinburgh
.
Births
May 10
-
Anne Robert Turgot
, statesman (+
1781
)
May 14
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Thomas Gainsborough
, artist (+
1788
)
Charlotte Ramsey Lennox
,
English
author
and
poet
(d.
1804
)
Deaths
March 20
- Sir
Isaac Newton
, British scientist.
May 17
- Empress
Catherine I of Russia
.
June 11
- King
George I of Great Britain
.
Jakob Abbadie
- Swiss protestant preacher
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