1731
- January 27
- Bartolomeo di Francesco Cristofori Italian piano builder, dies at age 75. [1]
- April 24
- Daniel Defoe English novelist (Robinson Crusoe), dies. [1]
- April 26
- Daniel Defoe English author (Robinson Crusoe), dies at about age 70. [1]
- December 29
- J Brook Taylor English mathematician, dies at age 46. [1]
1732
- December 4
- John Gay English poet (Beggar's Opera), dies at age 47. [1]
1733
- January 25
- Reinier V van Hompech Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies. [1]
- February 1
- August II the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at age 62. [1]
- May 1
- Nicolas Coustou French sculptor (Saôn), dies at age 75. [1]
- December 31
- Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at age 44. [1]
1734
- March 12
- Antonius Schultingh [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at age 74. [1]
vvv advertisement vvv
^^^ advertisement ^^^
- April 4
- Johann C van Erckel old Catholic theologist, dies at about age 79. [1]
1735
- January 18
- Death of Clementina Sobieski, wife of King James III of England, in Rome. [858.15]
- March 10
- Dirk T van Cloon Dutch lawyer/Governor-General of E Indies, dies at about age 46. [1]
1736
- January 17
- Death of Daniel Matthäus Pöppelmann in Dresden, Germany; state architect in Dresden, designer of the Zwinger and Elbe Bridge. [37]
- March 16
- Giovanni B Pergolesi Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at age 26. [1]
- April 21
- Frans Eugenius duke/prince of Savoye, dies at age 72. [1]
- May 2
- Albert Seba Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at age 71. [1]
- December 1
- Simon van Slingelandt Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at age 72. [1]
- December 21
- Alessandro Galilei Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at age 45. [1]
1737
- March 7
- Guido Starhemberg Austrian earl/fieldmarshal, dies at age 79. [1]
- May 3
- Abraham Patras Governor-General of East-Indies (1735-37), dies at age 65. [1]
- May 12
- Cornelis van Alkemade historian, dies at age 83. [1]
- December 18
- Antonio Stradivari renowned violin-maker, dies in Cremona Italy at age 93. [1]
1738
- March 16
- Death of George Bähr at age 72; German architect (Baroque Frauenkirche in Dresden). [1] [37]
1739
- April 10
- Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing. [1]
- April 19
- Nicholas Saunderson mathematician, dies. [1]
- May 6
- Bernardus Smijtegelt vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at age 63. [1]
1740
- February 8
- Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at age 87. [1]
- May 31
- Frederick-William I king of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at age 51. [1]
- December 26
- Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau Lieutenant-General (12 children), dies. [1]
1741
- March 31
- Peter Burmannus [Peter Burman], Dutch attorney/classicist, dies at age 72. [1]
- December 19
- Vitus J Bering Dutch navigator/explorer, dies. [1]
1742
- January 14
- Edmund Halley genius eclipsed by Newton, dies at age 86. [1]
- February 28
- Willem J 's-Gravesande Dutch physicist, dies at age 53. [1]
- May 11
- Francesco Stradivari Italian violin maker/son of Antonius, dies at age 70. [1]
- May 14
- Dominique Marie Valet French Roman Catholic/old-catholic bishop, dies at age 64. [1]
1743
- January 29
- André Hercule Fleury French cardinal (1726-43), dies. [1]
- March 22
- Jean-Baptiste Lully Italian/French composer (Forced Marriage), dies at age 77. [1]
- April 16
- Cornelis van Bijnkershoek Dutch lawyer (Roman law), dies at age 69. [1]
1744
- February 15
- John Hadley inventor (sextant), dies. [1]
- April 25
- Anders Celsius Swedish astronomer (Centegrade Thermometer), dies at age 42. [1]
- May 30
- Alexander Pope English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at age 56. [1]
1745
- January 20
- Charles VII Albert German emperor (1742-45), dies at age 47. [1]
- March 18
- Robert Walpole first English premier (1722-42), dies at age 68. [1]
- March 29
- Robert Walpole first British premier (1722-42), dies at age 68. [1]
1746
- February 4
- Robert Blair Scottish poet (Grave), dies at age 46. [1]
- February 20
- Guillaume Coustou Sr French sculptor (Mary Leszczynska), dies at age 68. [1]
- July 28
- John Peter Zenger journalist, involved in US 1st amendment fight, dies. [1]
1747
- January 19
- Johann Bode "discoverer" of Bode's Law, dies. [1]
- April 9
- Simon Fraser (Lord Lovat) 12th baron Lovat Jacobite, last man beheaded in England. [1]
1748
- April 12
- William Kent English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies. [1]
- December 11
- Ewald G von Kleist German lawyer/inventor of condensator, dies at age 55. [1]
1749
- December 10
- Gabrielle Châtelet [La belle Emilie] writer (Voltaire), dies at age 42. [1]
- December 20
- Pakubuwono II susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies. [1]
|