1723

events

• Clemens August I. by Bavaria archbishop of Cologne [

culture

• 30. March: Premiere of the opera Erminia of Giovanni Bononcini to King's Theatre in London
• at the end of of May takes Johann Sebastian brook its service as Thomaskantor in Leipzig on
• 1. October: Premiere of the opera La contesa de'numi of Antonio Caldara in Prague
• 27. November: Premiere of the opera Farnace of Giovanni Bononcini at the King's Theatre born in

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• 2. January: David Ruhnken, Netherlands scholar († 1798)
• 25. January: Claire Clairon, French actress († 1803)
• 30. January: Christian God-dear scratching stone,German professor and natural scientist († 1795)
• 17. February: Tobias Mayer, German Kartograf, geo count, mathematician and astronomer († 1762)
• 22. February: Peter Anich, Pionier of high mountain cartography († 1776)
• 24. March: Johann Friedrich Adolfof the Marwitz, Prussian general of the friderizianischen epoch († 1781)
• 31. March: Friedrich V. (Denmark), king of Denmark and Norway († 1766)
• 2. April: Johann George you, Stukkateur and sculptor Rococo († 1779)
• 12. April: Franz Anton Bustelli, sculptor and Modellierer († 1763)
• 15. April: Franz Balthasar beautiful mountain of Brenkenhoff, Prussian state landlord († 1780)
• 30. April: Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and nature philosopher († 1806)
• 5. June: Adam Smith, British philosopher and economist († 1790)
• 13. June: Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, physician and natural scientist († 1788)
• 20. June: Adam Ferguson, Scottish historian and Sozialethiker of the clearing-up(† 1816)
• 30. June: Christian Ernst count, German composer († 1804)
• 3. July: Heinrich God-dear count von Lindenau, secret advice, chamber gentleman and Colonel all master († 1789)
• 11. July: Karoline Luise, princess of Hessen, Princess of Hessen († 1783)
• 16. July: Joshua Reynolds, British painter († 1792)
• 17. July: Johann George von Lori, Bavarian civil servant († 1787)
• 3. August: Nicolas de Pigage, French building master(† 1796)
• 5. August: Maria of Hanover, land countess of Hessen Kassel († 1772)
• 11. September: Johann Bernhard Basedow, German paedagogue and writer
• 1. October: George Rudolf Böhmer, physician and Botaniker († 1803)
• 8. November: John Byron, English South Seas researcher († 1786)
• 9. November: Amalie of Prussia, German Komponistin († 1787)
• 14. November: Johann Ludwig Aberli, Swiss painter († 1786)
• 14. November: Johann ChristianKrüger, German writer, actor and dramatist († 1750)
• 8. December: Paul Heinrich Dietrich von Holbach, in of Paris of living ethnic Germans baron († 1789)
• 22. December: Carl Friedrich Abel, German composer († 1787)
• 26. December: Friedrich Melchior Grimm, German writer and diplomat († 1807)

• Adam Smith, Scottish economist († 1790)
• Pierre Michel d'Ixnard, French building master of the classicism († 1795)
• Francesco Antonio Uttini, Italian composer († 1795)
• Marcus Elieser Bloch, German Ichthyologe († 1799)

died

• 25. February: Christopher Wren, British mathematician and astronomer (* 1632)
• 15. March: Johann Christian Günther, German poet (* 1695)
• 5. April: Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Austrian architect (* 1656)
• 24. April: Jean Daniel Abraham Davel, Waadtländer revolutionary (* 1670)
• 10. May: My wheel Guggenbichler, important baroque sculptor (* 1649)
• 27. August: Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Netherlands natural scientist and microscope farmer (* 1632)
• 26. October: Godfrey Kneller, British painter of German origin (* 1646)
• 30. October: Johann Werner de Veyder, Weihbischof and Generalvikar in Cologne (* 1657)
• 12. November: Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Erzbischof of Cologne (* 1671)
• 2. December: Philipp II. of Daun, regent of France (* 1674)
• 7. December: January Blažej Santini Aichel, architect 18. Centuryin Böhmen (* 1677)
• 20. December: August Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and Botaniker (* 1652)