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Jan 01 Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82. 
Jan 03 Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
Jan 12 Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
Jan 14 William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer).
Jan 15 John Malchair, composer
Jan 18 Peter II, czar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
Jan 23 Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
Jan 30 Peter II Alekseyevitch, emperor of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14.
Feb 21 Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
Feb 21 Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
Feb 23 Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
Feb 28 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
Mar 16 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
Apr 08 1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC".
Apr 21 Antonin Kammel, composer
Apr 21 Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
Apr 25 Fedele Fenaroli, composer
May 01 Yellow fever in Spain.
May 10 George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
May 13 Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd marquis of Rockingham, Engl PM (1765-76).
May 15 Robert Walpole is recorded as becoming England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
May 15 Robert Walpole is recorded as becoming England inaugural prime minister (was chief minister).
May 29 William Jackson, composer
Jun 07 Georg von Pasterwiz, composer.
Jun 14 Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]
Jun 20 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer.
Jun 21 Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist.
Jun 26 Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects").
Jul 12 Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood).
Jul 12 Josiah Wedgwood, English potter is born
Jul 12 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
Jul 16 Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies.
Jul 19 Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
Jul 21 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
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