See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
Pope Clement XII elected.
September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire
from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to
Mahmud I (1730-1754).
Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina.
The
Sextant is invented, probably by John Hadley.
Births:
July 12 -
Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795).
July 26 -
Charles Messier, astronomer (died 1817).
November 23 -
William Moultrie, American General.
William Hamilton, British diplomat and antiquary (died 1803).
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham,
British Whig politician, prime minister 1765-66 and 1782 (died 1782).
Baptized:
April 19 -
Catharina van Ginneken.
November 18 -
Jacob Markussen Vreeswijk.
Deaths:
April 3 -
Alphonsus van den Houte.
October 15 -
Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer.
Pope Benedict XIII.
Peter II of Russia (born 1715).
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