Paterson, American politician and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1806) date unknown Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, Peruvian indigenous rebel leader (d. 1781) Gim Hongdo (Danwon), Korean painter (d. 1806) Robert H. Harrison, American jurist and lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army (d. 1790) Olaudah Equiano (Gustavus Vassa), slave, abolitionist, author (d. 1797) Deaths January 16 – Josiah Franklin, English-born American businessman, father of Benjamin Franklin (b. 1657) January 20 – Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1697) February 23 – Joseph Effner, German architect (b. 1687) February 26 – Henry Scudamore, 3rd Duke of Beaufort, English nobleman (b. 1707) March 27 – Tommaso Crudeli, Florentine free thinker imprisoned by the Roman Inquisition (b. 1702) March 18 – Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain (b. 1676) May 9 – Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1663) May 22 – François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French military leader (b. 1671) September 30 – Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet, British politician (b. 1686) October 19 – Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer (b. 1667) October 22 – Isaac Greenwood, American mathematician (b. 1702) November 16 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, exiled Irish statesman and soldier (b. 1665) December 8 – Étienne Fourmont, French orientalist (b. 1683) December 19 – Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French painter (b. 1684) December 23 – Jan Dismas Zelenka, Bohemian composer (b. 1679) date unknown – Hedvig Catharina De la Gardie, Swedish-born salonnière (b. 1695) References