France. Date unknown HMNB Devonport, currently one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy and the largest naval base in Western Europe, opens. Michel Rolle invents Rolle's theorem, which states that any real-valued differentiable function that attains equal values at two distinct points must have at least one stationary point somewhere between them. The Khalkha submit to the Manchu invaders, bringing most of modern-day Mongolia under the rule of the Qing Dynasty. Nimavar school in Isfahan, Iran is built and opens in this era of Suleiman I. The textile factory Barnängens manufaktur is founded in Stockholm, Sweden. The Society for the Reformation of Manners is founded in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with the aim of suppressing profanity, immorality, and other lewd activities in general, and of brothels and prostitution in particular. Births January–March January 8 – George Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Prince of Hesse-Kassel and Prussian general (d. 1755) January 16 – Peter Scheemakers, Flemish sculptor (d. 1781) January 18 – William Finch, British diplomat (d. 1766) January 19 – Reinier Boitet, Delft publisher and writer (d. 1750) January 25 – John Folliot, officer of the British Army (d. 1762) January 27 – Christian Ulrich II, Duke of Württemberg-Wilhelminenort (d. 1734) February 3 – George Lillo, British writer (d. 1739) February 4 – Louis-Basile de Bernage, French jurist (d. 1767) February 6 – Francisco Cajigal de la Vega, Spanish general and Viceroy (d. 1777) February 8 – John Adams Sr., British colonial farmer, minister, father of the U.S. president, John Adams (d. 1761) February 10 – Samuel Wesley, English poet and cleric (d. 1739) February 17 – Julius Valentyn Stein van Gollenesse, Governor of Zeylan (d. 1755) February 27 – Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (d. 1754) March 1 – Conrad Beissel, German-American religious leader (d. 1768) March 4 – Pierre-Herman Dosquet, Catholic bishop (d. 1777) March 7 – Francesco Alborea, Italian composer and cellist (d. 1739) March 12 – Dionisia de Santa María Mitas Talangpaz, Filipino saint (d. 1732) March 16 – Michel Baudouin, Canadian missionary (d. 1768) March 20 – Princess Dorothea Wilhelmine of Saxe-Zeitz, Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (d. 1743) March 22 – Philipp von Stosch, Prussian antiquarian (d. 1757) March 28 – Charles Emil Lewenhaupt, Swedish general (d. 1743) March 30 – Charles Hamilton, Count of Arran, English collector of manuscripts (d. 1754) March 31 – Franz Hunolt, German preacher