the next two weeks, and then to depart from Bohemia entirely in 1745. Date unknown The third French and Indian War, known as King George's War, breaks out at Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, sequel to Tommy Thumb's Song Book, containing the oldest version of many well-known and popular rhymes, is published in London. Births February 6 – Pierre-Joseph Desault, French anatomist and surgeon (d. 1795) February 23 – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, German banker, founder of the Rothschild banking dynasty (d. 1812) May 19 – Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, queen of George III of Great Britain (d. 1818) May 21 – Samuel Ireland, British author and engraver (d. 1800) May 31 – Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Anglo-Irish politician, writer and inventor (d. 1817) July 20 – Joshua Clayton, American politician (d. 1798) August 1 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist (d. 1829) August 16 – Pierre Méchain, French astronomer (d. 1804) August 25 – Johann Gottfried Herder, German writer (d. 1803) September 25 – King Frederick William II of Prussia (d. 1797) date unknown – Marie Barch, Danish ballerina (d. 1827) Deaths January 11 – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (b. 1686) January 22 – Pierre Lepature, French artist (b. 1659) January 23 – Giambattista Vico, Italian philosopher and historian (b. 1668) January 26 – Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Austrian field marshal (b. 1683) February 11 – Hedvig Taube, mistress to King Frederick I of Sweden (b. 1714) February 14 – John Hadley, English mathematician (b. 1682) March 3 – Jean Barbeyrac, French jurist (b. 1674) March 4 – John Anstis, English herald (b. 1669) April 25 – Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer (b. 1701) May 25 – Charles Edzard, Prince of East Frisia (b. 1716) May 30 – Alexander Pope, English writer (b. 1688) June 29 André Campra, French composer (b. 1660) John Eames, English academic (b. 1686) June 30 – Januarius Maria Sarnelli, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1702) July – Mihai Racoviță, Prince of Moldavia and Prince of Wallachia August 9 – James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English patron of the arts (b. 1673) August 13 – John Cruger, Dutch-born Mayor of New York (b. 1678) August 26 – William Byrd II, prominent planter from Virginia (b. 1674) September 28 – Princess Thérèse of France, daughter of Louis XV of France (b. 1736) October 10 – Johann Heinrich Schulze, German professor and polymath