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Phillis Wheatley
(Writer)
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26
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Samuel Johnson
(Writer)
12
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 18, 1709
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lichfield, England
Died: December 13
3
Junípero Serra
(Spanish Roman Catholic Priest and Missionary of the Franciscan Order)
64
12
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 24, 1713
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Petra, Spain
Died: August 28
4
Denis Diderot
(French Philosopher, Co-Founder and Chief Editor of the ‘Encyclopédie’)
14
1
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: October 5, 1713
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Langres, France
Died: July 31
5
Caesar Rodney
(Governor of Delaware (1778-81))
16
7
6
Count of St. Germain
(European Adventurer and Philosopher)
2
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: 1691 AD
Birthplace: Sárospatak, Hungary
Died: February 27
7
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
(Composer)
1
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 22, 1710
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Weimar, Germany
Died: July 1
8
Ann Lee
(American Religious Leader)
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0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: February 29, 1736
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Manchester, England
Died: September 8
9
Torbern Bergman
(Swedish Chemist and Mineralogist Known for His Research on the Chemistry of Metals, Especially 'Bismut'h and 'Nickel')
2
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: March 20, 1735
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Katrineberg, Låstad parish, Sweden
Died: July 8
10
Yosa Buson
(Japanese Poet and Painter of the Edo Period)
0
0
11
Nano Nagle
(Educator)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1718 AD
Birthplace: Ballygriffin, County Cork, Ireland
Died: April 26
12
Paolo Frisi
(Italian Mathematician and Astronomer Best Known for His Work in Hydraulics)
1
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: April 13, 1728
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Melegnano, Italy
Died: November 22
13
Santa Rita Durão
(Brazilian Poet and Priest)
1
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1722 AD
Birthplace: Mariana, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died: January 24
14
Anthony Benezet
(Educator)
0
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 31, 1713
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Saint-Quentin, France
Died: May 3
15
Raja Haji
(Indonesian Warrior and Freedom Fighter)
0
0
16
César-François Cassini de Thury
(French Astronomer Who Produced the First Reliable Maps of France)
0
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 17, 1714
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Thury-sous-Clermont, France
Died: September 4
17
Abraham Trembley
(Naturalist)
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0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 3, 1710
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: May 12
18
Antoine Court de Gébelin
(Pastor)
0
0
19
Jacob Joseph of Polonne
(Rabbi)
0
0
20
Franciszek Bohomolec
(Dramatist)
0
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: January 29, 1720
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: near Vitsyebsk, Belarus
Died: April 24
21
Giovanni Battista Martini
(Musician)
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1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 24, 1706
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Bologna, Italy
Died: August 3
22
Nathaniel Hone the Elder
(Miniature painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768)
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1
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: April 24, 1718
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin
Died: August 14
