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Events
Adam Smith
is appointed professor of logic at the
University of Glasgow
March 31
- The future King
George III of the United Kingdom
succeeds his father as
Prince of Wales
. His mother
Augusta of Saxe-Gotha
becomes Dowager
Princess of Wales
.
First publication of
Encyclopédie
Births
February 20
-
Johann Heinrich Voß
, German poet (d.
1826
)
March 16
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James Madison
, later 4th
President of the United States
(d.
1836
)
May 24
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Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy
, King of Sardinia 1796-1802 (d.
1819
)
July 11
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Caroline Matilda of Wales
(d.
1775
)
John André
, English soldier (d.
1780
)
October 30
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
, Irish dramatist and politician (d.
1816
)
Thomas Sheraton
, English furniture designer (d.
1806
)
Deaths
January 17
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Tomaso Albinoni
, Italian composer (b.
1671
)
March 25
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Frederick I of Sweden
(b.
1676
)
March 31
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Frederick, Prince of Wales
August 30
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Christopher Polhem
, Swedish scientist (b.
1661
)
October 22
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William IV of Orange
(b.
1711
)
Thomas Coram
, English philanthropist (b.
1668
)
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