German composer, organist and music theorist (d. 1817) William Adams, British politician (d. 1811) October October 2 Samuel Story, Dutch admiral (d. 1811) Joseph Ritson, English antiquary (d. 1803) October 6 – Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, French educator, lady in waiting (d. 1822) October 13 – William Grant, British lawyer, politician and judge (d. 1832) October 16 Adolph Freiherr Knigge, German writer, Freemason (d. 1796) Joseph Papineau, Canadian politician (d. 1841) October 17 – Jacob Broom, American businessman, politician (d. 1810) October 20 – Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken, Baltic-German field marshal (d. 1837) October 22 – Ambrogio Minoja, Italian composer, professor of music (d. 1825) October 23 – Maria Anna Adamberger, Austrian stage actress (d. 1804) October 28 – Jean Henri Simon, Belgian engraver, soldier (d. 1834) November November 1 – Józef Zajączek, Polish general, politician (d. 1826) November 2 Andrey Razumovsky, Russian diplomat (d. 1836) Thomas Carpenter, American glassmaker (d. 1847) November 4 George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea, English cricketer (d. 1826) Jean-Gérard Lacuée, count of Cessac (d. 1841) November 5 Jens Holmboe, Norwegian bailiff (d. 1804) Richard Richards (judge), British politician (d. 1823) November 8 – Claude-Augustin Tercier, French general (d. 1823) November 11 – John McMillan, Presbyterian minister, missionary in Pennsylvania (d. 1833) November 17 – Caspar Voght, German businessman (d. 1839) November 18 – P. H. Frimann, Norwegian-Danish poet (d. 1839) November 19 – George Rogers Clark, American soldier, officer and explorer (d. 1818) November 20 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (d. 1770) November 21 – George Pozer, German-born British merchant (d. 1848) November 23 – Maksimilijan Vrhovac, Croatian Catholic bishop (d. 1827) November 25 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer (d. 1814) November 29 – Philippe-André Grandidier, French priest, historian (d. 1787) November 29 – Jemima Wilkinson, American preacher (d. 1819) December December 3 – Leonard Gyllenhaal, Swedish military officer, entomologist (d. 1840) December 6 Robert de Lamanon, French botanist (d. 1787) December 8 Sir John Barrington, 9th Baronet of Great Britain (d. 1818) Placidus a Spescha, Swiss mountain climber (d. 1833) Vicesimus Knox, English essayist, minister (d. 1821) December 9 – Antoine Étienne de Tousard, French general, military engineer (d. 1813) December 12 Thomas Bulkeley, 7th Viscount Bulkeley, English aristocrat and politician (d. 1822) Pedro Andrés del Alcázar, Spanish and later Chilean Army officer and war hero (d. 1820) December 14 – Christoph August Tiedge, German poet (d. 1841) December 17 – John Kilby Smith, American