physician (d. 1827) July 2 – Rose Bertin, French fashion designer (d. 1813) July 6 – John Paul Jones, American naval captain (d. 1792) September 9 – Thomas Coke, first American Methodist Bishop (d. 1814) October 8 – Jean-François Rewbell, French politician (d. 1807) September 12 – Caleb Brewster, Patriot spy during the American Revolutionary War (d. 1827) December 12 – Anna Seward, English writer (d. 1809) December 31 – Gottfried August Bürger, German poet (d. 1794) date unknown François Tourte, French musical instrument maker (d. 1835) Francis Salvador, American patriot (d. 1776) Anne Pépin, Senegalese Signara (d. 1837) Grigory Shelikhov, Russian merchant (d. 1795) Deaths January 2 – Lord George Graham, Royal Navy officer and MP (b. 1715) January 16 – Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b. 1680) January 26 – Willem van Mieris, Dutch painter (b. 1662) March 2 – Margravine Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, German noble (b. 1713) March 14 – Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, German aristocrat and general (b. 1661) March 16 – Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst, father of Catherine II of Russia (b. 1690) March 23 – Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French soldier (b. 1675) April 2 – Johann Jacob Dillenius, German botanist (b. 1684) April 3 – Francesco Solimena, Italian painter (b. 1657) April 7 – Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Prussian field marshal (b. 1676) April 9 – Simon Fraser, 11th Lord Lovat, Scottish clan chief (b. c. 1667) April 14 – Jean-Frédéric Osterwald, Swiss Protestant pastor (b. 1663) May 9 – John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair, Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) May 28 – Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (b. 1715) May 31 – Andrei Osterman, Russian statesman (b. 1686) June 8 – Alan Brodrick, 2nd Viscount Midleton, English cricketer (b. 1702) June 17 – Avdotya Chernysheva, Russian noble, lady in waiting (b. 1693) June 19 Nader Shah, Persian leader (b. 1688) Alessandro Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1669) July 9 – Giovanni Bononcini, Italian composer (b. 1670) October 7 – Giulia Lama, Italian painter (b. 1681) October 9 – David Brainerd, American missionary (b. 1718) October 10 – John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. c. 1674) October 4 – Amaro Pargo, Spanish corsair (b. 1678) November 17 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (b. 1668) December 2 – Vincent Bourne, English classical scholar (b. 1695) See also List of 1747 Holy Roman Empire incumbents References