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Events
March 2
- Small
earthquake
in
London
April 4
- Small earthquake in
Warrington
,
England
August 23
- Small earthquake in
Spalding
,
England
September 30
- Small earthquake in
Northampton
,
England
November 16
–
Westminster Bridge
officially opened
Jonas Hanway
is the first Englishman to use an
umbrella
"
James Gray
" reveals her sex to her
Royal Marines
compatriots
José I
takes over the throne of Portugal from his deceased father, João V. King José Manuel appoints the
Marquis of Pombal
as his Chief Minister, who then strips the
Inquisition
of its power.
John Cleland
publishes
Fanny Hill, or The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
Births
January 1
-
Frederick Muhlenberg
, first speaker of the
United States House of Representatives
(d.
1801
)
May 31
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Karl August von Hardenberg
, Prussian politician (d.
1822
)
August 18
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Antonio Salieri
, Italian composer (d.
1825
)
November 7
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Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg
, German poet (d.
1819
)
December 23
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Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
(d.
1827
)
Tipu Sultan
, Sultan of Mysore (d.
1799
)
Joanna Southcott
, British religious fanatic (d.
1814
)
Deaths
April 20
- Jean Louis Petit , French surgeon
June 15
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Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal
, French writer
July 28
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Johann Sebastian Bach
, German composer (b.
1685
)
July 31
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João V of Portugal
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan
Ludovico Antonio Muratori
, Italian historian and scholar (b.
1672
)
Rachel Ruysch
, Dutch painter (b.
1664
)
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