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Births:
- February 23 - Richard Price, philosopher
- February 24 - John Burgoyne, soldier and dramatist
- June 20 - Adam Ferguson, philosopher and historian
- July 11 - Jean-François Marmontel, French novelist and dramatist (17236-1799)
- September 30 - William Hutton, local historian
- November 8 - John Byron, English vice-admiral, grandfather of the poet Lord Byron (1723-1786)
- November 30 - William Livingston, American politician and journalist (1723-1790)
Deaths:
- March 15 - Johann Christian Gunther. German writer and poet (1695-1723)
Events:
- The Conscious Lovers - Richard Steele
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