See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
March 17 -
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the
Crown and Thistle Tavern).
May 15 - Seven Years' War: The war begins when England declares war on France.
August 29 -
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony.
Births:
January 27 -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer.
February 6 -
Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (died 1836).
March 3 -
William Godwin, English political and miscellaneous writer (died 1836).
May 9 -
Johanna Dse Bakelaar.
May 27 -
Maximilian I of Bavaria.
June 6 -
John Trumbull, painter.
June 20 -
Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer (died 1792).
August 1 -
Pierre Louis Prieur, French politician (died 1827).
September 7 -
Willem Bilderdijk, author (died 1831).
November 3 -
Pierre Laromiguière, French philosopher (died 1837).
Abdullah bin Sabah, second ruler of Kuwait's royal al-Sabah dynasty (died 1814).
Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Swedish statesman (died 1813).
Baptized:
February 29 -
Teuntje Jacobse Vreeswijk.
October 9 -
Paulus van der Schelde.
Deaths:
April 18 -
Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677).
July 24 -
George Vertue, English engraver and antiquary (born 1684).
Bernard Accama, Dutch painter.
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