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Events
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Abraham De Moivre states
De Moivres formula De Moivre's theorem connecting
trigonometric functions and
complex numbers
* Publication of the first book of Bach's
Well-Tempered Clavier
* Fall of
Iran Persia's Safavid dynasty during a bloody revolt of the
Pashtun Afghani people.
* The Silence Dogood letters appear, written by
Benjamin Franklin.
* On
Easter, Dutch admiral
Jakob Roggeveen lands on what is now
Easter Island
*
Edenton, North Carolina Edenton is incorporated as the county seat of
Chowan County, North Carolina Chowan County,
North Carolina. The governor and assembly of North Carolina move to Edenton, making it the de facto capital of
North Carolina until
1746, when the government is moved to
New Bern, North Carolina New Bern.
* Thomas Guy helped found Guy's Hospital
* Russia and Persia start a one year war.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
*
July 25 -
Three Years War begins along
Maine and
Massachusetts border.
August
September
October
November
December
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December 20 - After the longest reign by a Chinese Emperor in history, the
Kangxi Emperor dies and is succeeded by his son
Yongzheng Emperor Yinzhen with the
reign name Yongzheng.
Births
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January 3 -
Fredric Hasselquist, Swedish naturalist (d.
1752)
*
January 12 -
Nicolas Luckner, Marshal of France (d.
1794)
*
January 26 -
Alexander Carlyle, Scottish church leader (d.
1805)
*
February 19 -
Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (d.
1774)
*
April 11 -
Christopher Smart, English poet (d.
1771)
*
April 12 -
Pietro Nardini, Italian composer (d.
1793)
*
May 11 -
Petrus Camper, Dutch anatomist (d.
1798)
*
May 29 -
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d.
1773)
*
July 16 -
Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (d.
1803)
*
August 9 -
Augustus William, Prince of Prussia (d.
1758)
*
August 11 -
Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d.
1797)
*
September 5 -
Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (d.
1763)
*
September 16 -
Gabriel Christie (general) Gabriel Christie, British general (d.
1799)
*
September 22 -
John Home, Scottish dramatist (d.
1808)
*
September 27 -
Samuel Adams, American revolutionary leader (d.
1803)
*
October 2 -
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (d.
1776)
*
November 5 -
William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English dueler (d.
1798)
*
November 19 -
Leopold Auenbrugger, Austrian physician (d.
1809)
*November 19 -
Benjamin Chew, Chief Justice of colonial Pennsylvania (d.
1810)
*
November 30 -
Theodore Gardelle, Swiss painter and enameler (d.
1761)
*
December 30 -
Charles Yorke, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (d.
1770)
*
Flora Macdonald, Scottish heroine (d.
1790)
*
Hyder Ali, Indian general and Sultan of Mysore (d.
1782)
*
Joseph Warton, English poet and critic (d.
1800)
Deaths
*
January 21 -
Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton, English supporter of
William III of England (b.
1661)
*
February 10 -
Bartholomew Roberts, English pirate
*
March 11 -
John Toland, Irish philosopher (b.
1670)
*
April 13 -
Charles Leslie, Irish Anglican theologian (b.
1650)
*
May 20 -
Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist (b.
1669)
*
June 16 -
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, English general (b.
1650)
*
September 18 -
André Dacier, French classical scholar (b.
1651)
*
November 20 -
Johann Adam Reinken, German organist (b.
1623)
*
December 20 -
Kangxi Emperor of China (b.
1654)
*
December 23 -
Pierre Varignon, French mathematician (b.
1654)
*
Johann Kuhnau, German composer (b.
1660)
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