– Gaspard Monge, French mathematician and geometer (d. 1818) June 3 – James Hook, English composer (d. 1827) July 3 – Henry Grattan, Irish politician (d. 1820) July 16 – Giuseppe Piazzi, Italian astronomer (d. 1826) July 23 – Bernardo de Gálvez, Spanish military leader, aids the United States in its quest for independence in the American Revolutionary War (d. 1786) July 30 – Louise du Pierry, French astronomer (d. 1807) September 28 – Sir William Jones, English philologist (d. 1794) October 7 – William Billings, American composer (d. 1800) November 27 – Robert R. Livingston, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1813) December 29 – Saverio Cassar, Gozitan priest and rebel leader (d. 1805) date unknown Hong Liangji, Chinese scholar, statesman, political theorist and philosopher Isaac Swainson, English botanist (d. 1812) Victor d'Hupay, French philosopher and writer (d. 1818) Ekaterina Kozitskaya, Russian industrialist (d. 1833) Ebenezer Pemberton, American educator (d. 1835) Deaths February 4 – Robert Blair, Scottish poet and cleric (b. 1699) February 8 – Anton Josef Kirchweger, German writer February 26 – Thomas Watson, 3rd Earl of Rockingham, British politician (b. 1715) February 28 – Hermann von der Hardt, German historian (b. 1660) March 18 – Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna of Russia, regent of Russia (b. 1718) March 20 – Nicolas de Largillière, French painter (b. 1656) April 29 – William Flower, 1st Baron Castle Durrow, Irish politician (b. 1685) May 6 – William Tennent, Scottish-American theologian (b. 1673) May 13 – James Drummond, 3rd Duke of Perth, British noble (b. 1713) May 22 – Thomas Southerne, Irish playwright (b. 1660) June 14 – Colin Maclaurin, Scottish mathematician (b. 1698) July 2 – Thomas Baker, English antiquarian (b. 1656) July 9 – King Philip V of Spain (b. 1683) July 28 – John Peter Zenger, American printer, whose court case advanced freedom of the press in the American colonies (b. 1697) July 30 – Francesco Trevisani, Italian painter (b. 1656) August 6 – Christian VI, King of Denmark and Norway (b. 1699) August 8 – Francis Hutcheson, Irish philosopher (b. 1694) September 25 – St George Gore-St George, Irish politician (b. 1722) October 2 – Josiah Burchett, English Secretary of the Admiralty (b. c. 1666) November 14 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (b. 1709) December 6 – Lady Grizel Baillie, Scottish poet (b. 1665) December 8 – Charles Radclyffe, British politician and rebel, by beheading