of the 18th century Methodist revival (d. 1791) February 17 – Adam Friedrich Oeser, German etcher (d. 1799) February 19 – David Garrick, English actor (d. 1779) February 27 – Johann David Michaelis, German biblical scholar and teacher (d. 1791) April 6 – Luis de Unzaga, American-Spanish governor (d. 1793) April – Pieter Barbiers, Dutch artist (d. 1780) April 9 – Georg Matthias Monn, Austrian composer (d. 1750) April 10 – Isaac de Pinto, Dutch Jew of Portuguese origin, investor and scholar (d. 1787) May 8 – Charles Guillaume Le Normant d'Étiolles, French official, husband of Madame de Pompadour (d. 1799) May 13 – Maria Theresa of Austria, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, consort of the Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1780) June 5 – Emanuel Mendes da Costa, English botanist (d. 1791) June 8 – John Collins, Continental Congressman, third Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1795) June 19 – Johann Stamitz, Czech-born composer (d. 1757) June 20 – Jacques Saly, French sculptor (d. 1776) June 27 – Louis Guillaume Lemonnier, French botanist (d. 1799) June 28 – Matthew Stewart, Scottish mathematician (d. 1785) July 5 – Peter III of Portugal, consort of Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1786) August – Sophie de Lafont, Russian educator (d. 1797) August 13 – Louis François, Prince of Conti, French nobleman, military leader (d. 1776) August 15 Louis Carrogis Carmontelle, French dramatist (d. 1806) John Metcalf, "Blind Jack of Knaresborough", English roadbuilder (d. 1810) September 4 – Job Orton, English dissenting minister (d. 1783) September 7 Agui, Chinese nobleman, general for the Ch'ing dynasty (d. 1797) Martin Dobrizhoffer, Austrian Jesuit missionary (d. 1791) September 22 – Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783) September 24 – Horace Walpole, English art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and politician (d. 1797) September 28 – William Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford, British diplomat and statesman (d. 1781) October – James Paine, English architect (d. 1789) October 5 – Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux, French mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1744) October 13 – John Armstrong, American civil engineer, major general in the Revolutionary War (d. 1795) October 30 – Jonathan Hornblower, English pioneer of steam power (d. 1780) November 13 – Prince George William of Great Britain, member of the British Royal Family (d. 1718) November 16 – Jean le Rond d'Alembert, French mathematician and encyclopædist