Sep 14   1st lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor).   

Sep 14   inaugural lighthouse in US lit (Boston Harbor).   

Sep 25   Johann Christoph Pez, composer, dies at 52   

Sep 30   Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62.   

Oct 09   England and France sign treaty.   

Oct 13   Hungarian Emperor Karel VI's troops occupy Temesvar.   

Oct 25   Petronio Maria Pio Sgabazzi, composer.   

Nov 03   Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom.   

Nov 14   Gottfried W Leibniz, German philosopher/theologist, dies at 70   

Nov 26   1st lion exhibited in America (Boston).   

Nov 26   The inaugural lion exhibited in America (Boston).   

Dec 23   Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer.   

Dec 24   Patrice F earl De Neney, South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council.   

Dec 26   Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard)   

Dec 26   Thomas Gray, English Poet is born   

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Jan 12   Antonio de ulloa: Spanish general   

Jan 15   Philip livingston: Merchant (signed declaration of independence)   

Jan 20   Carlos iii: King of naples/spain (1759-88) pompei/jesuits   

Jan 20   Jean-jacques barthélemy: French writer and numismatist    

Jan 20   King charles iii of spain: King charles iii of spain (d. 1788)   

Jan 26   George sackville germain: 1st viscount sackville   

Feb 18   Gaspard fritz: Composer   

Mar 06   Pehr kalm: Swedish explorer and naturalist   

Jan 01   William wycherley: Dramatist (the country wife),   

Feb 19   Dorthe engelbrechtsdatter: Norwegian poet (b. 1634)   

Mar 08   Harald vallerius: Composer,   

Mar 10   Wenzel ludwig von radolt: Composer,    

Mar 13   Georg gabriel schutz: Composer,   

Apr 14   Arthur herbert: 1st earl of torrington, british admiral   

Apr 26   John somers: 1st baron somers, lord chancellor of england (b. 1651)   

Apr 28   Louis de montfort: French catholic priest (b. 1673)