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politics
- 16. February: Austrian succession war: Austria, Great Britain, Russia, Saxonia and the Netherlands close a coalition in Dresdenagainst Prussia.
- 9. March: In OF was Jenkins' Ear besieges the British the port Cartagena in the Spanish colony new Granada.
- 10. April: First Schlesi war: In the battle with Mollwitz Prussia defeats the Austrians and defendsthus the Schlesien occupied briefly before.
- 26. November: Austrian succession war: Karl Albrecht of Bavaria conquers Prague with his troops.
- 9. December: Karl Albrecht of Bavaria lets himself be crowned from the böhmischen land conditions to the king of Böhmen.
- Vitus Bering, Danish discovery travelers, discovers the Bering Strait, the passage between Siberia and Alaska.
- Interregnum: The German Reich is first since the phase from 741 to 743 without a king or an emperor!
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culture
- 29. April: Premiere of the opera Ezio of Niccolò Jommelli in Bologna.
- 26. December: Premiere of the opera Merope of Niccolò Jommelli at the Teatro San Giovanni Crisostomo in Venice.
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born
- 14. January: Benedict Arnold, American general († 1801)
- 31. January: Theodor God-dear from Hippel, Prussian politician and writer († 1796)
- 8. February: André Grétry, composer († 1813)
- 9. February: Ferdinand Franz Maria Bouget, GermanColonel
- 26. February: Johann Nepomuk Holzhey, German organ farmer († 1809)
- 13. March: Emperor Joseph II., Son Maria Theresias († 1790)
- 20. March: Jean Antoine Houdon, sculptor († 1828)
- 25. March: Daniel Schiebeler, German writer († 1771)
- 28. March: Johann André, German musician, composer and music publisher († 1799)
- 14. April: Momozono, 116. Emperor of Japan († 1762)
- 15. April: Charles Willson Peale, American Portrait and landscape painter († 1827)
- 17. April: Johann God-dear Naumann, German composer († 1801)
- 9. May: Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer († 1816)
- 23. May: Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer († 1801)
- 10. June: Joseph Warren, became admits as the first American soldier, who died in the American war of independence. († 1775)
- 13. July: Carl Friedrich Hindenburg, German mathematician, professor of philosophy and physics († 1808)
- 23. August: Jean François de La Pérouse, French sailor and geo count († 1788)
- 28. August: Johann Christian Kestner, German lawyer and archivist, married man of Charlotte Buff († 1800)
- 31. August: Jean Paul Egide Martini, Composer († 1816)
- 3. September: Johann William ark wood, Prussian historian and book publisher († 1812)
- 22. September: Peter Simon Pallas, German natural scientist († 1811)
- 2. October: Johann Christian von Mannlich, GermanPainter
- 11. October: James Barry, British painter († 1806)
- 17. October: Heinrich Carpenter, German travelers and travel writer († 1805)
- 18. October: Pierre Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos, French writer and officer († 1803)
- 30. October: Angelika Kauffmann, Swiss painter († 1807)
- 15. November: Johann Caspar Lavater, Swiss theologian and philosopher († 1801)
- 10. December: Salomon landoils, Swiss politician († 1818)
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died
- 13. February: Johann Joseph Fux, Austrian composer (* 1660)
- 2. April: Christoph Hackner, schlesischer architect (* 1663)
- 3. May: Joseph Munggenast, Austrian master of building of baroque (* 1680)
- 28. July: Antonio Vivaldi,Italian composer (* 1678)
- 24. November: Ulrike Eleonore, was queen of Sweden from 1718 to 1719 (* 1688)
- 19. December: Vitus Bering, Danish-Russian naval officer and discoverer (* 1680)
