1 – Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, Polish aristocrat and patron of the arts (d. 1823) December 17 – Queen Maria I of Portugal (d. 1816) December 21 – Paul Revere, American silversmith, engraver, and Patriot in the American Revolution (d. 1818) December 26 – George Romney, English painter (d. 1802) December 31 – Francisco Manoel de Nascimento, Portuguese poet (d. 1819) date unknown Catharina Ahlgren, Swedish poet, editor and early feminist (d.1800) Ulrica Arfvidsson, Swedish fortune teller (d. 1801) Elżbieta Branicka, Polish szlachta and politician (d. 1800) John Dawson, English mathematician and surgeon (d.1820) Pedro Fages, Spanish soldier, explorer, and Governor of Alta California (d. 1794) Rohal Faqir, Pakistani saint-poet and mystic (d.1804) Deaths January 6 – John Dennis, English dramatist, critic (b. 1658) February 1 – John Floyer, English physician, writer (b. 1649) February 2 – Charles Calvert, Maryland official (b. 1688) February 9 – Diego de Astorga y Céspedes, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1663) March 1 – Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653) March 16 – Andreas Silbermann, German organ builder (b. 1678) March 21 – Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679) April 1 – Louis Lully, French composer (b. 1664) April 11 – Thomas Fantet de Lagny, French mathematician (b. 1660) April 25 – Johann Konrad Dippel, German alchemist (b. 1673) May 4 – James Thornhill, English painter (b. 1675 or 1676) May 15 – Sebastiano Ricci, Italian painter (b. 1659) May 21 – Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans, French princess (b. 1714) May 24 – Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) June 12 – James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England and French military commander (b. 1670) June 15 – Giovanni Ceva, Italian mathematician (b. 1647) June 17 – Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653) June 21 – Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slave July 22 – Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1669) September 8 – Michel Sarrazin, Canadian scientist (b. 1659) October 12 – Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold, ruler of the county of Lippe (b. 1694) November 14 – Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649) November 21 – Alexis Simon Belle, French portrait painter (b. 1674) November 23 – Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons, Prince of Savoy (b. 1714) December 5 – Peter Tillemans, Flemish painter December 8 – James