ever known in this Kingdom; hard Frost began that evening, which has continued ever since with a very stormy Wind at South-East." At least 13% of Ireland's population dies of starvation in the year that follows. Date unknown Ecuador, part of Real Audiencia of Quito, becomes a part of New Granada, instead of Peru. 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki in Japan. A Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano occurs in Japan. The first Bible in Estonian is published. Births January 25 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) February 15 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) March 16 – George Clymer, American politician and Founding Father (d. 1813) March 19 – Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824) August 31 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian, philosopher (d. 1809) September 12 – Mary Bosanquet Fletcher, Methodist preacher and philanthropist (d. 1816) October 11 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great (d. 1791) November 2 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799) November 20 – Jean-François de La Harpe, French critic (d. 1803) December 14 – Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French politician (d. 1817) date unknown Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (d. 1813) Bénédict Chastanier, French surgeon (d. 1816) Margherita Dalmet, Venetian dogaressa (d. 1817) Paul François Ignace de Barlatier de Mas, French naval captain (d. 1807) Samuel Mason, Revolutionary War soldier, early American outlaw (d. 1803) Karoline Kaulla, German banker (d. 1809) Yelizaveta Belogradskaya, Russian singer and musician Deaths January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) March 5 – John Joseph of the Cross, Italian saint (b. 1654) March 7 – Anton Maria Maragliano, Italian artist (b. 1664) April 7 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1705) April 19 – Nicholas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (b. 1682) May 10 – Cosmas Damian Asam, German painter and architect during the late Baroque period (b. 1686) June 18 – Charles Frederick, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish nobleman (b. 1700) June 20 – Edmond Martène, French Benedictine historian and liturgist (b. 1654) July 24 – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686) September 8 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) September 12 – Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1667) September 19 – Anne Marie Louise de La Tour d'Auvergne, French princess (b. 1722) October 6