Congressman (d. 1783) March 25 – Catharina Mulder, Dutch organist (d. 1798) March 31 – King Frederick V of Denmark (d. 1766) April 5 – Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie, Swedish countess (d. 1763) April 20 – Cornelius Harnett, American Continental Congressman (d. 1781) April 30 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806) June 3 – Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Italian-born physician, naturalist (d. 1788) June 11 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788) June 16 – (baptised) Adam Smith, Scottish economist, philosopher (d. 1790) June 20 Adam Ferguson, Scottish philosopher, historian (d. 1816) Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian (d. 1808) July 1 – Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Spanish statesman, writer (d. 1802) July 10 – William Blackstone, English jurist (d. 1780) July 11 – Jean-François Marmontel, French historian, writer (d. 1799) July 16 – Sir Joshua Reynolds, English painter (d. 1792) September 11 – Johann Bernhard Basedow, German educational reformer (d. 1790) October 4 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (d. 1798) October 11 – Hedvig Strömfelt, Swedish psalm writer (d. 1766) November 8 – John Byron, English admiral (d. 1786) November 30 – William Livingston, American politician, journalist (d. 1790) December 22 – Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer (d. 1787) December 26 – Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm, German writer (d. 1807) Date unknown Carl Albert von Lespilliez, German draftsman, architect and printmaker (d. 1796) Eva Merthen, Finnish political activist (d. 1811) Deaths January 14 – Charles Henri, Prince of Commercy (b. 1649) January 23 – William Phippard, English politician (b. 1649) February 23 – Anne Henriette of Bavaria, Duchess of Guise (b. 1648) February 25 – Sir Christopher Wren, English architect, astronomer and mathematician (b. 1632) February 26 – Thomas d'Urfey, English writer (b. 1653) March 13 – René Auguste Constantin de Renneville, French writer (b. 1650) March 15 – Johann Christian Günther, German poet (b. 1695) March 30 – Filippo Bonanni, Italian Jesuit scholar (b. 1638) March 31 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, British Governor of New York and New Jersey (b. 1661) April 5 – Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (b. 1656) April 11 – John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650) May 2 – Christopher of Baden-Durlach, German prince (b. 1684) May 11 – Jean Galbert de Campistron, French dramatist (b. 1656) May 12 – Johannes Voorhout, Dutch painter (b. 1647) May 29 – Jean de La Chapelle, French