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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(Musician)
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1
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 8th March
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: December 14, 1788
2
Christoph Willibald Gluck
(Composer of Italian and French Opera in the Early Classical Period)
15
2
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 2nd July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Erasbach, Germany
Died: November 15, 1787
3
Matthew Thornton
(One of the 56 Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence in 1776)
16
1
4
Alaungpaya
(King)
7
2
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 24th August
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Shwebo, Myanmar (Burma)
Died: May 11, 1760
5
Percivall Pott
(Surgeon)
5
2
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: 6th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 22, 1788
6
George Whitefield
(Evangelist, Theologian)
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11
Listed In: Theologians
Birthdate: 16th December
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gloucester, England
Died: September 30, 1770
7
Kristijonas Donelaitis
(Best Known as the Author of the Poem 'The Seasons', a Classic Work of Lithuanian Literature)
2
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1st January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gumbinnen, Russia
Died: February 18, 1780
8
Joseph I of Portugal
(King)
1
1
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 6th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Ribeira Palace, Lisbon, Portugal
Died: February 24, 1777
9
Emmerich de Vattel
(International Lawyer)
1
0
Listed In: Lawyers
Birthdate: 25th April
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Couvet, Val-de-Travers, Switzerland
Died: December 28, 1767
10
Francois V de Beauharnais
(Governor general of the French Antilles 1757 – 1761)
3
0
Listed In: Political Leaders
Birthdate: 16th January
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: La Rochelle, France
Died: June 18, 1800
11
Marc René, marquis de Montalembert
(Military engineer)
3
0
Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: 16th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Angoulême, France
Died: March 29, 1800
12
William Shenstone
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 18th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leasowes, Halesowen, England
Died: February 11, 1763
13
Claude Joseph Vernet
(Painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists
Birthdate: 14th August
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Avignon, France
Died: December 3, 1789
14
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten
(Philosopher)
0
0
Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 17th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: May 27, 1762
15
Ranieri de' Calzabigi
(Poet)
1
0
Listed In: Poets
Birthdate: 23rd December
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Livorno, Italy
Died: July 1, 1795
16
Étienne Bonnot de Condillac
(Philosopher)
0
0
Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: 30th September
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Grenoble, France
Died: August 2, 1780
17
Noble Consort Yu
(Qianlong Emperor's wife)
1
0
Birthdate: 15th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mongolia
Died: July 9, 1792
18
Marie-Cessette Dumas
(Enslaved woman)
0
3
19
Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden
(Lawyer)
0
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 21st March
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Kensington, London, England
Died: April 18, 1794
20
César-François Cassini de Thury
(French Astronomer Who Produced the First Reliable Maps of France)
0
0
Listed In: Astronomers
Birthdate: 17th June
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Thury-sous-Clermont, France
Died: September 4, 1784
21
Niccolò Jommelli
(Composer)
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0
Listed In: Composers
Birthdate: 10th September
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Aversa, Italy
Died: August 25, 1774
22
Alexander Wilson
(Astronomer)
0
0
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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
(Scottish Judge, Scholar of Linguistic Evolution, Philosopher and Deist)
0
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 25th October
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Monboddo, Scotland
Died: May 26, 1799
24
Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst
(Lawyer)
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0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: 20th May
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: August 6, 1794
25
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou
(Lawyer)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 25th February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Montpellier, France
Died: July 29, 1792
26
Jean-Baptiste Pigalle
(Sculptor)
0
1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: 26th January
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rueil-Malmaison, France
Died: August 20, 1785
27
John Hill
(Author and botanist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 17th November
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Peterborough, England
Died: November 21, 1775
28
Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov
(Statesman)
0
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 12th July
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Minsk, Belarus
Died: February 15, 1767
29
Anton Raaff
(Tenor)
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0
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Louis-Georges de Bréquigny
(Scholar)
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0
Listed In: Educators
Birthdate: 22nd February
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Granville, France
Died: July 3, 1794
31
Giovanni Arduino
(Geologist)
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2
Listed In: Geologists
Birthdate: 16th October
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Caprino Veronese, Italy
Died: March 21, 1795
