1700

January 14

• Birth of Picander [Christian F Henrici], German writer (Der Säuffer). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Daniel Bernoulli Basel Switzerland, mathematician (10 time French award). [1]

February 7

• Birth of Philippe Buache French geographer/cartographer (Contourlijnen). [1]

February 8

• Daniel Bernoulli is born (dies 1782). [5]

February 23

• Birth of Wilhelmus Schortinghuis Dutch theologist (Profound Christianity). [1]

March 13

• Birth of James Kent composer. [1]
• Birth of Michel Blavet composer. [1]

March 22

• Birth of Giuseppe Sellitto composer. [1]

April 19

• Birth of Georg Abraham Schneider composer. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Gerard van Swieten Dutch botanist. [1]

May 12

• Birth of Luigi Vanvitelli Italian architect. [1]

May 26

• Birth of Nikolaus L earl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf German evangelist. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Egbert de Vrij Temminck Amsterdam regent. [1]

1701

January 10

• Birth of Johann Caspar Simon composer. [1]

January 27

• Birth of Johann N von Hontheim German church historian/suffragan (bishop). [1]

April 27

• Birth of Charles Emanuel I King of Sardinia. [1]

May 31

• Birth of Alexander Cruden compiler of a concordance to King James Bible. [1]

July 15

• Birth of Pierre Joubert became oldest known Canadian (113 years 124 days at death). [1]

November 27

• Birth of Anders Celsius Sweden, scientist, inventor (centigrade temp scale). [1]

1702

January 6

• Birth of Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Hermanus Noordkerk Dutch lawyer. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Jean-Pierre Guignon composer. [1]

February 27

• Birth of Johann Valentin Gorner composer. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Christian Gottlieb Ziegler composer. [1]
• Birth of Pieter Teyler Van der Hulst Dutch silk merchant (Teyler's Museum). [1]

March 27

• Birth of Johann Ernst Eberlin composer. [1]

June 26

• Birth of Dr Philip Doddridge England, nonconformist clergyman. [1]

December 22

• Birth of Jean E Liotard [Turk] Swiss painter (Madame d'Epinay). [1]

1703

January 11

• Birth of Columban Praelisauer composer. [1]

January 20

• Birth of Joseph-Hector Fiocco composer. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Carlmann Kolb composer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Dieudonne Raick composer. [1]

March 24

• Birth of José F de Isla [Francisco de Salazar], Spanish Jesuit/writer. [1]

April 16

• Birth of Caffarelli [Gaetano Majorano] Italian castra singer/duke. [1]

May 8

• Birth of Gottlob Harrer composer. [1]

June 17

• Birth of John Wesley cofounded Methodist movement/author. [1]

October 5

• Birth of Jonathan Edwards US, theologian/philosopher (Original Sin). [1]

1704

February 24

• Birth of Hubert Renotte composer. [1]

May 7

• Birth of Carl Heinrich Graun composer. [1]

July 15

• Birth of August Gottlieb Spangenberg founder of Moravian Church in N America. [1]

July 16

• Birth of John Kay England, machinist, invented flying shuttle. [1]

December 8

• Birth of Anton de Haen medical expert (Ratio Medendi). [1]

1705

January 14

• Birth of Jean-Baptiste C Bouvet de Lozier/Lozier-Bouvet Governor (Reunion Is). [1]

January 24

• Birth of Farinelli "Carlo Broschi" Andria Italy, castrato. [1]

February 6

• Birth of Johann Matthias Leffloth composer. [1]

February 15

• Birth of Charles A Vanloo French painter. [1]

February 22

• Birth of Peter Arctedius [Artedi], Swedish biologist. [1]

March 3

• Birth of Michael Schevenstuhl composer. [1]

April 20

• Birth of Balthasar Schmid composer. [1]

May 10

• Birth of Gallus Zeiler composer. [1]

1706

January 17

• Birth of Benjamin Franklin in Boston, Massachusetts; kite flyer/statesman/wit/inventor. [1] [129]

January 28

• Birth of John Baskerville English printer (typeface inventor). [1]

February 12

• Birth of Josef Christian German sculptor. [1]

April 24

• Birth of Giovanni Battista Martini composer. [1]

June 10

• Birth of John Dollond owner of first patent for achromatic lens. [1]

December 17

• Birth of Gabrielle Châtelet [La belle Emilie] French writer (Voltaire). [1]

1707

January 22

• Birth of Carl Hockh composer. [1]

February 7

• Birth of Carl August Thielo composer. [1]

February 14

• Birth of Claude-Prosper J de Crébillon French writer (Le sopha). [1]

February 15

• Birth of Claude Prosper Paris France, novelist. [1]

February 25

• Birth of Carlo Goldoni Italy, lawyer/playwright (Belisario, Love of the 3 Oranges). [1]

March 7

• Birth of Stephen Hopkins (Governor-Rhode Island) signed Declaration of Independence. [1]

April 15

• Birth of Leonhard Euler Bassle Sweden, mathematician (Euler's Constant). [1]

April 22

• Birth of Henry Fielding in England; novelist (Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones). [1] [5]

April 27

• Birth of John Burman Dutch botanist/director botanical gardens. [1]

May 14

• Birth of Antonio Teixeira composer. [1]

May 23

• Birth of Carolus Linnæus Swedish botanist/"Father of Taxonomy" (naming plants and animals). [1]

September 7

• Birth of George-Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon, writer on natural history. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Charles Wesley co-founder (Methodist movement). [1]

1708

January 25

• Birth of Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian painter. [1]

January 26

• Birth of William Hayes composer. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Georg D Ehret German/English cartoonist. [1]

February 8

• Birth of Vaclav Jan Kopriva composer. [1]

February 9

• Birth of Egidio Romoaldo Duni composer (opéra-comique). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Caspar Ruetz composer. [1]

April 6

• Birth of George Reuter composer. [1]

April 8

• Birth of Georg Zarth composer. [1]

April 23

• Birth of Friedrich von Hagedorn German poet (Versuch einiger Poem). [1]

May 3

• Birth of Johann Adolph Scheibe German music theroist/composer. [1]

October 16

• Birth of Albrecht von Haller Switz, experimental physiology (Acad of Science). [1]

November 15

• Birth of William Pitt the Elder (Whig) Great Britain Prime Minister (1756-61, 1766-68) 'Great Commoner'. [1]

December 4

• Birth of Marianus Konigsperger composer. [1]

December 8

• Birth of Francis I Holy Roman emperor (1745-1765). [1]

1709

January 1

• Birth of Johann H H Bütz German/Dutch organ builder. [1]

January 22

• Birth of Joseph Reipel composer. [1]

February 16

• Birth of Charles Avison composer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Josef Antonin Gurecky composer. [1]

September 18

• Birth of Dr Samuel Johnson writer (Boswell's tour guide). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Franz Xaver Richter composer. [1]

December 18

• Birth of Elizabeth empress of Russia (to Peter the Great and Catherine I). [1]

December 23

• Birth of Jean-Noel Hamal composer. [1]

December 27

• Birth of Pieter de Swart Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague). [1]

December 29

• Birth of Elisabeth Petrovna tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great. [1]

1710

January 4

• Birth of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Italian composer (Il Prigioniero Superbo). [1]

January 5

• Birth of Friedrich Wilhelm Reidt composer. [1]

January 7

• Birth of Josef Antonin Sehling composer. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Vigilio Blasio Faitello composer. [1]

February 1

• Birth of Konrad E Ackermann German actor (Die Oberpfalz). [1]

February 7

• Birth of William Boyce English organist/composer of Cathedral music. [1]

February 15

• Birth of Louis XV the Well-Beloved Versailles, King of France (1715-74). [1]

February 21

• Birth of Willem van Haren Frisian nobleman/poet (Human Life). [1]

March 6

• Birth of Giuseppi Antonio Paganelli composer. [1]

March 12

• Birth of Thomas Augustine Arne English composer (Alfred, Rule Britannia). [1]

March 27

• Birth of Joseph Marie Clement dall' Abaco composer. [1]

April 14

• Birth of Marie A C de Camargo Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer. [1]

April 25

• Birth of James Ferguson astronomer. [1]

May 14

• Birth of Adolf Frederik king of Sweden (1751-70). [1]

May 23

• Birth of François-Gaspard Adam French sculptor (garden sculptures). [1]

November 22

• Birth of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of JS Bach (Sinfonias 64). [1]

December 22

• Birth of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach composer, son of J.S. Bach. [1]

1711

January 12

• Birth of Gaetano Latilla composer. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Giuseppe Bonno composer. [1]

February 5

• Birth of Joseph Umstatt composer. [1]

March 1

• Birth of Peregrinus Pogl composer. [1]

April 2

• Birth of Jan Punt Dutch engraver/illustrator/actor (Gideonschool). [1]

April 26

• Birth of David Hume England, empiricist/philosopher (Treatise of Human Nature). [1]

May 18

• Birth of Ruggiero G Boscovich [Rudzer J Boskovic], Italian astronomer. [1]

September 6

• Birth of Heinrich Melchior Muhlenberg founder of US Lutheran church. [1]

October 17

• Birth of Jupiter Hammon first American black to publish poetry (Complete Works). [1]

December 25

• Birth of Jean-Joseph Cassenea de Mondonville composer. [1]

1712

January 17

• Birth of John Stanley composer. [1]

January 24

• Birth of Frederick II (the Great), king of Prussia (1740-86). [1]
• Birth of Georg F Schmidt German engraver/etcher. [1]

February 8

• Birth of L Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Véran French General in America. [1]

February 28

• Birth of Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Véran France, General. [1]

March 13

• Birth of Isfrid Kayser composer. [1]

June 28

• Birth of Jean Jacques Rousseau France, social contractor (Confessions). [1]

October 14

• Birth of George Grenville British Prime Minister (1763-65). [1]

December 1

• Birth of Bernhard Christian Weber composer. [1]

December 11

• Birth of Francesco Algarotti Italian earl/encyclopedic (Viaggio in Russia). [1]

December 12

• Birth of Charles Alexander Duke of Lotharingen. [1]

1713

January 2

• Birth of Mademoiselle Dumesnil Paris, tragic actress (Racine's Phadre, Hermione). [1]

February 13

• Birth of Domingo Miguel Bernaube Terradellas composer. [1]

March 10

• Birth of Christian Friedrich Schale composer. [1]
• Birth of Raphael Weiss composer. [1]

March 15

• Birth of Nicolas Louis de Lacaille astronomer who mapped the So Hemisphere. [1]

March 21

• Birth of Francis Lewis signed Declaration of Independence. [1]

March 25

• Birth of Jean-Baptiste Canavas composer. [1]

April 2

• Birth of Onno Zwier van Haren Frisian poet (Fatherland). [1]

April 13

• Birth of Pierre de Jelyotte composer. [1]

April 21

• Birth of Louis Duke de Noailles marshal of France. [1]

May 25

• Birth of John Stuart third earl of Bute, English premier (1760-63). [1]

September 23

• Birth of Ferdinand VI king of Spain (1746-59). [1]

October 5

• Birth of Denis Diderot France, encyclopedist (Dictionnaire Encyclopédique). [1]

November 24

• Birth of Father Junipero Serra had a mission in California. [1]
• Birth of Laurence Sterne Ireland, novelist/satirist (Tristram Shandy). [1]

1714

January 1

• Birth of Kristijonas Donelaitis Lutheran pastor, Lithuanian poet (The Seas). [1]

January 26

• Birth of Jean B Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Bird Cage). [1]

January 28

• Birth of Jean-Baptiste Pigalle French sculptor (Child with Pigeon). [1]

February 2

• Birth of Gottfried August Homilius composer. [1]

March 8

• Birth of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach German composer, son of JS Bach. [1]

March 24

• Birth of Carlo Giovanni Testori composer. [1]

July 2

• Birth of Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck Erasbach Germany, composer. [1]

December 23

• Birth of Johann Siebenkas composer. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Rainieri De Calzabigi Italian's literary (first European Lottery). [1]

1715

January 12

• Birth of Jacques Duphly composer. [1]

January 15

• Birth of Georg C Wagenzeil Austria (court)composer/pianist. [1]

January 26

• Birth of Claude Helvetius Paris France, philosopher. [1]

January 27

• Birth of Vaclav Kalous composer. [1]

January 29

• Birth of Georg Christoph Wagenseil Austrian (court)composer/pianist. [1]

March 7

• Birth of Ewald Christian von Kleist German lyric poet (Der Frühling). [1]

March 19

• Birth of Charles-Joseph van Helmont composer. [1]

April 3

• Birth of John Hanson Port Tobacco Maryland, first US President under Articles of Confederation. [1]

April 11

• Birth of John Alcock composer. [1]

April 17

• Birth of Johann Wolfgang Kleinknecht composer. [1]

April 19

• Birth of James Nares composer. [1]

April 23

• Birth of Johann Friedrich Doles composer. [1]

April 28

• Birth of Franz Sparry composer. [1]

May 5

• Birth of Daniel Dal Barba composer. [1]

July 4

• Birth of Christian Gellert Saxony, poet, novelist (Fables and Tales). [1]

December 8

• Birth of John Althuysen Frisian vicar/poet (Frisianche rymlery). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Georg Gottfried Petri composer. [1]

December 12

• Birth of Gennaro Manna composer. [1]

1716

January 15

• Birth of Philip Livingston merchant (signed Declaration of Independence). [1]

January 20

• Birth of Carlos III king of Naples/Spain (1759-88) Pompei/Jesuits. [1]
• Birth of Jean-Jacques Barthélemy French historical writer (Greek Antiquity). [1]

January 26

• Birth of George Sackville Germain first Viscount Sackville. [1]

February 18

• Birth of Gaspard Fritz composer. [1]

March 19

• Birth of Guillaume Coustou Jr French sculptor (Mausolée du Dauphin). [1]

March 21

• Birth of Josef Ferdinand Norbert Seger composer. [1]

April 4

• Birth of John Evangelist Schreiber composer. [1]

April 9

• Birth of Johann Georg Zechner composer. [1]

April 12

• Birth of Felice de' Giardini composer. [1]

May 29

• Birth of Louis J M Daubenton French zoologist. [1]

December 23

• Birth of Johann Heinrich Rolle composer. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Patrice F earl De Nény South Netherlands chairman of Secret Council. [1]

December 26

• Birth of Thomas Gray English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard). [1]

1717

January 4

• Birth of Antonio Maria Mazzoni composer. [1]

January 28

• Birth of Mustapha III Sultan of Turkey (1757-74). [1]

January 29

• Birth of Jeffrey Amherst English Governor-General of America/field marshal. [1]

February 10

• Birth of Pierre de La Garde composer. [1]

February 19

• Birth of David Garrick actor/producer/writer (Aboan-Oroonoko). [1]

February 24

• Birth of Bernhard Hupfeld composer. [1]

February 26

• Birth of John Randall composer. [1]

March 26

• Birth of Manuel Jeronimo Romero de Avila composer. [1]

March 31

• Birth of Florian Wrastill composer. [1]

April 9

• Birth of Georg Matthias Monn composer. [1]

April 30

• Birth of Guillaume Gommaire Kennis composer. [1]

May 13

• Birth of Maria Theresa Empress of Austria (Wife of emperor Franz I). [1]

September 24

• Birth of Horace Walpole England, writer (The Castle of Otranto). [1]

November 17

• Birth of Jean d'Alembert Fr, mathematician/philosopher (Traité de Dynamique). [1]

December 9

• Birth of Johann J Winckelmann German archaeologist (History of Ancient Art). [1]

December 25

• Birth of Pius VI [Giovanni A Braschi] Italy, Pope (1775-99). [1]

1718

April 14

• Birth of Emanuele Barbella composer. [1]

April 26

• Birth of Esek Hopkins US, first commander-in-chief (US Navy). [1]

May 16

• Birth of Maria G Agnesi in Italy; mathematician, curves: x²y=a²(a-y). [1]

May 23

• Birth of William Hunter obstetrician/medal writer. [1]

June 5

• Birth of Thomas Chippendale England, furniture maker (baptized). [1]

November 3

• Birth of John Montague fourth Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich). [1]

1719

January 17

• Birth of Johann Schlegel in Meissen, Germany; dramatist and literary critic. [37]
• Birth of Jean-Joseph Vade composer. [1]

January 30

• Birth of Magnus G Lichtwer German writer (Äsopischer Fabeln). [1]

March 4

• Birth of Aert Schouman Dutch bird/portrait painter. [1]

March 30

• Birth of Sir John Hawkins England, wrote first history of music. [1]

April 17

• Birth of Christian Gottfried Krause composer. [1]

December 24

• Birth of Johann Christoph Altnikol composer. [1]