return for amnesty. December 21 – Victor Amadeus, Duke of Savoy is crowned King of Sicily at Palermo, and his wife Anne Marie is crowned as Queen consort. The coronation follows Spain's recognition of Sicilian independence, effective September 22, as part of the Treaty of Utrecht. Date unknown Ars Conjectandi, a seminal work on probability by Jacob Bernoulli, is published eight years after his death, by his nephew, Niklaus Bernoulli. Basil Matthew II becomes Syriac Orthodox Maphrian of the East. San Basilio de Palenque officially becomes the first free town in America, being the first independent place in America from Europeans. Births January January 1 – Carl Gustaf Warmholtz, Swedish writer (d. 1785) January 2 – Marie Dumesnil, French actress (d. 1803) January 5 – Jorge Juan y Santacilia, Spanish mathematician and naval officer (d. 1773) January 7 – Giovanni Battista Locatelli, Italian impresario and librettist (d. 1785) January 13 – Charlotte Charke, British actor and writer (d. 1760) January 17 – Jean Chrétien Fischer, French general (d. 1762) January 18 – Grigory Spiridov, Russian admiral (d. 1790) January 22 – Marc-Antoine Laugier, French Jesuit priest and architectural theorist (d. 1769) January 25 – Gang Se-hwang, Joseon Dynasty painter (d. 1791) January 29 – Edmé-François Mallet, French writer (d. 1755) January 31 Anthony Benezet, French-born American abolitionist and educator (d. 1784) Adam Drummond, Scottish merchant banker and politician (d. 1786) February February 2 – Maria Margarida de Lorena, 2nd Duchess of Abrantes, Portuguese noblewoman and courtier (d. 1780) February 5 – Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood, British Baron (d. 1795) February 7 – Sir Henry Moore, 1st Baronet, Governor of Jamaica and New York (d. 1769) February 11 – Diane Adélaïde de Mailly-Nesle, Mistress of Louis XV (d. 1769) February 12 – Kenrick Clayton, British politician (d. 1769) February 13 – Domènec Terradellas, Spanish opera composer (d. 1751) February 14 Jan ten Compe, painter from the Northern Netherlands (d. 1761) Vittoria Ligari, Italian painter (d. 1783) February 20 – Anna Maria Elvia, Swedish feminist writer (d. 1784) February 26 – Pyotr Sheremetev, Russian noble (d. 1788) February 28 – Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry, French diplomat (d. 1793) March March 2 – Giammaria Ortes, Italian composer and academic (d. 1790) March 5 Edward Cornwallis, British military officer, first Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1776) Frederick Cornwallis, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1783) March 8 – Gian Carlo Passeroni, Italian writer (d. 1803) March 9