2965 events
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782)
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (died 1758)
William Pepperrell, American merchant and soldier (died 1759)
Henri Pitot, French physicist and engineer, invented the Pitot tube (died 1771)
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1768)
John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1763)
Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (died 1769)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1769)
James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (died 1736)
Andrey Osterman, German-Russian politician, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 1747)
Edward Young, English poet, dramatist and literary critic (Night-Thoughts) (died 1765)
Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (died 1754)
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, French general (died 1747)
Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire (died 1726)
James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745)
Samuel Penhallow, English-American soldier and historian (died 1726)
Matthew Prior, English poet and diplomat, British Ambassador to France (died 1721)
Issachar Berend Lehmann, German-Jewish banker, merchant and diplomat (died 1730)