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Events
Astronomical aberration
discovered by the
astronomer
James Bradley
Swedish academy of sciences founded at
Uppsala
Births
January 9
-
Thomas Warton
, English poet (d.
1790
)
February 21
- Emperor
Peter III of Russia
, husband of
Catherine the Great
(d.
1762
)
August 28
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John Stark
,
American Revolutionary War
general (d.
1822
)
September 14
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Mercy Otis Warren
, American playwright (d.
1814
)
October 27
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James Cook
,
British
naval captain and explorer. (d.
1779
)
Deaths
February 13
-
Cotton Mather
, New England Puritan minister (b.
1663
)
Marin Marais
, French bass viol player and composer (born
1656
)
Franois Duval
, French violinist and composer (born c
1673
)
Pre Gabriel Daniel
, French writer and Jesuit theologian (born
1649
)
Agostino Steffani
, Italian diplomat and composer (born
1654
)
Giovanni Maria Crescimbeni
, Italian poet and critic (born
1663
)
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