See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
George Friderich Handel becomes a British subject.
Jonathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
The city of Montevideo was established.
Births:
Jacques-Donatien Le Ray - a "Father of the American Revolution".
April 5 -
Benjamin Harrison V - Signer of the American Declaration of Independence.
June 3 -
James Hutton, Scottish geologist.
September 1 -
François-André Danican Philidor, French composer and chess player.
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John HD Anderson, scientist.
Deaths:
Maximilian II Emanuel, elector of Bavaria.
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