(d. 1790) Jean Georges Lefranc de Pompignan, Roman Catholic archbishop (d. 1790) February 26 – Claude Adrien Helvétius, French philosopher (d. 1771) February 27 – Mateo Aimerich, Spanish philologist (d. 1799) March 4 – James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave of Great Britain (d. 1763) March 7 Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and officer (d. 1759) Ephraim Williams, English benefactor of Williams College, soldier in the French and Indian War (d. 1755) March 14 – Johan Martin Preisler, German artist (d. 1794) March 18 – John Bushell, first (Massachusetts-born) Canadian printer (d. 1761) March 24 – William Strahan, British politician (d. 1785) March 25 – Mary Frances of the Five Wounds, Italian Franciscan saint (d. 1791) March 28 – Margrave Frederick William of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prussian major general and titular Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (d. 1744) March 31 – Johan Samuel Augustin, German-Danish astronomical writer, civil servant (d. 1785) April 3 – William Watson, English scientist (d. 1787) April 9 – Giovanni Carlo Boschi, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1788) April 11 John Alcock, English composer and organist (d. 1806) Jacob Rodrigues Pereira, academic, first teacher of deaf-mutes in France (d. 1780) April 13 – John Martin Mack, American missionary (d. 1784) April 19 – James Nares, English composer of mostly sacred vocal works (d. 1783) April 20 James Brudenell, 5th Earl of Cardigan, English noble and politician (d. 1811) Saliha Sultan, daughter of Ottoman Sultan (d. 1778) April 23 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer (d. 1797) John Hicks, Canadian politician (d. 1790) Auguste de Keralio, French nobleman (d. 1805) Carl Tersmeden, Swedish admiral (d. 1797) April 28 Carl Fredrik Scheffer, Swedish politician (d. 1786) Franz Sparry, Austrian composer (d. 1767) May 4 Richard Graves, English minister (d. 1804) Hieronim Florian Radziwiłł, Polish-Lithuanian noble (d. 1760) May 7 – Charles Roe, English businessman (d. 1781) May 11 Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, fourth child of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach to reach adulthood (d. 1739) Ignazio Fiorillo, Italian composer (d. 1787) May 12 – Otto William Schwartz, Canadian politician (d. 1785) May 20 – William Whitfield II, American Army officer (d. 1795) May 22 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (d. 1794) June 7 – Lodewijk Caspar Valckenaer, Dutch classical scholar (d. 1785) June 12 Nicolas Thyrel de Boismont, French abbot (d. 1786) Charles-René Dejordy de Villebon, French-Canadian explorer (d. 1761) June 13 – Anna Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Dessau,