(d. 1762) February 28 – Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde French musician and chemist (d. 1796) March 1 – Caroline Thielo, Danish actress (d. 1754) March 29 – Johann Karl August Musäus German author (d. 1787) April 13 – Isaac Low, New York delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1791) May 1 – Lorenzo Hervás y Panduro Spanish Jesuit philologist (d. 1809) May 23 – Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, (d. 1814) June 16 – Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, French painter (d. 1784) June 26 – Joseph Ducreux, French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver (d. 1802) July 4 – Jacoba van den Brande, Dutch culture personality (d. 1794) July 10 – Ulrika Pasch, Swedish painter (d. 1796) September 5 – Johann Christian Bach, German composer (d. 1782) September 20 – James Keir, Scottish geologist, chemist, and industrialist (d. 1820) September 28 – Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1811) October 1 – Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (d. 1811) October 9 – Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (d. 1806) October 21 – Richard Gough, English antiquary (d. 1809) October 30 – John Adams, second President of the United States (d. 1826) November 10 – Granville Sharp, English abolitionist (d. 1813) December 29 – Thomas Banks, English sculptor and artist (d. 1805) December 31 – Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer (d. 1813) date unknown John Julius Angerstein, Russian-born English merchant, insurer and art collector (d. 1823) William Bell, English portrait painter from Newcastle upon Tyne (d. c. 1806) Bety of Betsimisaraka, queen regnant (d. 1805) Mary Evans, Welsh religious leader (d. 1789) Edward Telfair, Scottish-born American politician and Governor of Georgia (d. 1807) Regina-Louise von Freedricksz, Russian industrialist (d. 1821) Deaths January 5 – Carlo Ruzzini, Doge of Venice (b. 1653) January 12 – John Eccles, British composer (b. 1668) January 13 – Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, Queen consort of Sardinia (b. 1706) January 18 – Maria Clementina Sobieska, Polish noble (b. 1702) February 27 – John Arbuthnot, British physician and author (b. 1667) March 25 – Daniel Gottlieb Messerschmidt, German scientist (b. 1685) April 5 – William Derham, English minister and writer (b. 1657) April 8 – Francis II Rákóczi, Hungarian rebel against the Habsburgs (b. 1676) April 23 – Edward Hawarden, English Catholic theologian (b. 1662) April 25 – Samuel Wesley, English poet, religious leader (b. 1662) June 10 – Thomas Hearne,