1677), in an unused part of the copper mine. Raine's Foundation School, Bethnal Green (founded by Henry Raine), opens in Wapping, England. James Figg opens one of the first indoor venues for combat sports, adjoining the City of Oxford tavern in Oxford Road, London. Births January January 1 – Pierre-François Hugues d'Hancarville, art historian and historian of ideas (d. 1805) January 2 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder and merchant (d. 1797) Friedrich Christoph von Saldern, German general (d. 1785) January 3 Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal, Catholic archbishop (d. 1802) Basil Feilding, 6th Earl of Denbigh, Earl in the Peerage of England (d. 1800) Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian and philologist (d. 1773) January 6 Ivan Ivanovich Belsky, Russian painter (d. 1799) Guillaume de Barrême de Châteaufort, French painter (d. 1775) William Hammond, British hymnist (d. 1783) Ignazio Marabitti, Italian artist (d. 1797) January 10 – Maria Dorothea Wagner, German painter (d. 1792) January 14 – Daniel Nettelbladt, German jurist and philosopher (d. 1791) January 15 – William Fitzwilliam, 3rd Earl Fitzwilliam, British peer (d. 1756) January 17 Maria van Antwerpen, soldier (d. 1781) Samuel Enderby, English whale oil merchant who sponsored Arctic exploration (d. 1797) Rajmundo Kunić, Croatian writer (d. 1794) Johann Elias Schlegel, German critic and poet (d. 1749) William Vernon, American merchant (d. 1806) January 22 Benjamin Hinman, surveyor, soldier, legislator (d. 1810) Henry Paget, 2nd Earl of Uxbridge, British Earl (d. 1769) January 23 – John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790) January 25 – Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia (d. 1765) January 30 – Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer, German writer (d. 1783) February February 2 – Edward Coke, Viscount Coke, British politician (d. 1753) February 4 – Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf, German politician (d. 1769) February 6 – Alberto Pullicino, Maltese painter (d. 1765) February 10 – Clemente Sibiliato, Italian cleric (d. 1795) February 11 – Vasilije Božičković, Eparch of Križevci (d. 1785) February 13 Samuel Finney, English miniature-painter (d. 1798) Joseph Liesganig, Austrian astronomer and Jesuit (d. 1799) February 14 – David Doig, writer (d. 1800) February 15 Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling, German general (d. 1779) Jean Jacques Flipart, Engraver from France (d. 1782) Crown Prince Hyojang, crown prince of Joseon, son of king Yeongjo of Joseon (d. 1728) February 18 – Ferdinand Christoph Oetinger, German physician (d. 1772) February 19 – Arthur Blennerhassett, Anglo-Irish politician (d. 1799) February 20 Joseph Bellamy, American pastor, author