first time since the union of England and Scotland into Great Britain, the Royal Bank of Scotland, which still retains the right to print currency, issues its first pound note, printing paper currency for twenty shillings. The Scottish pound note continues to be printed until 2001 and the smallest denomination now is a five pound note. December 17 – The London Evening Post, a conservative newspaper, publishes its first issue. It continues in regular publication for 70 years. Date unknown An old woman known as Janet (Jenny) Horne of Loth, Sutherland becomes the last alleged witch in the British Isles to be executed, when she is burned at the stake in Dornoch, Scotland. (Some sources give the date as June 1722.) The first Amish move to North America. 1727–1800 – Lt. Col. Francisco de Mello Palheta smuggles coffee seeds to Brazil in a bouquet, starting a coffee empire. Births January 2 – James Wolfe, British general (d. 1759) January 25 – Aron Gustaf Silfversparre, Swedish baron (d. 1818) May 10 – Anne Robert Turgot, French statesman (d. 1781) May 14 – Thomas Gainsborough, English artist (d. 1788) July 26 – Horatio Gates, retired British soldier who served as an American general during the American Revolutionary War (d. 1806) August 14 Henriette-Anne of France, daughter of King Louis XV of France (d. 1752) Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France, daughter of King Louis XV of France (d. 1759) August 22 – Johann Joseph Gassner, German priest (d. 1779) October 23 – Empress Xiaoyichun of China (d. 1775) November 26 – Artemas Ward, American major general (d. 1800) December 6 – Johann Gottfried Zinn, German anatomist, botanist (d. 1757) December 27 – Arthur Murphy, Irish writer (d. 1805) Deaths January 17 – Johann Christoph Wichmannshausen, German philosopher (b. 1663) January 24 – Magdalena Stenbock, Swedish salon hostess (b. 1649) February 6 – Charles Boit, Swedish enameller, miniature painter (b. 1662) February 10 – Procopio Cutò, French entrepreneur (b. 1651) February 13 – William Wotton, English scholar (b. 1666) February 22 – Francesco Gasparini, Italian composer (b. 1661) February 23 – Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Earl of Dysart, British politician and nobleman (b. 1649) – Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist (b. 1643) April 15 – George Compton, 4th Earl of Northampton (b. 1664) May 17 – Empress Catherine I of Russia (b. 1684) June 8 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (b. 1663) June 11