1725
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February 8 -
Catherine I became
empress of
Russia.
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February 20 - The first reported case of white men
scalping Native Americans takes place in
New Hampshire colony.
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March 2 – In
London, night watchman finds a severed head by the
Thames; it is later recognized to be that of the husband of
Catherine Hayes. She and one accomplice are later executed.
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May 21 - The
Order of Alexander Nevsky was instituted in
Russia by an
empress Catherine I.
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May 24 -
Jonathan Wild, fraudulent "
Thief Taker General", is
hanged in
Tyburn,
England for actually aiding criminals.
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Black Watch founded in
Scotland.
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February 4 -
Dru Drury, English entomologist (d.
1804)
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February 5 -
James Otis, American lawyer and patriot (d.
1783)
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February 15 -
Abraham Clark, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d.
1794)
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February 25 -
Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (d.
1798)
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March 11 -
Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the British throne (d.
1807)
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March 17 -
Lachlan McIntosh, Scottish-born American military and political leader (d.
1806)
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March 20 -
Abd-al-Hamid I,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1789)
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March 24 -
Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina (d.
1813)
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March 24 -
Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (d.
1788)
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March 28 -
Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer (d.
1795)
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April 2 -
Giacomo Casanova, Italian adventurer and writer (d.
1798)
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April 6 -
Pasquale Paoli, Corsican patriot and military leader (d.
1807)
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April 23 -
Saint Gerard Majella,
Catholic saint (d.
1755)
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April 25 -
Augustus Keppel, 1st Viscount Keppel, British admiral (d.
1786)
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May 12 -
Louis Philip I, Duke of Orléans, French soldier and writer (d.
1785)
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May 25 -
Samuel Ward, American politician (d.
1776)
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July 1 -
Comte de Rochambeau, French soldier (d.
1807)
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July 24 -
John Newton, English cleric and hymnist (d.
1807)
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August 21 -
Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (d.
1805)
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August 29 -
Charles Townshend, English politician (d.
1767)
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September 5 -
Jean-Étienne Montucla, French mathematician (d.
1799)
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September 12 -
Guillaume Le Gentil, French astronomer (d.
1792)
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September 16 -
Nicolas Desmarest, French geologist (d.
1815)
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September 24 -
Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d.
1803)
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September 25 -
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, French automobile pioneer (d.
1804)
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September 29 -
Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, British general and statesman (d.
1774)
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October 12 -
Etienne Louis Geoffroy, French pharmacist and entomologist (d.
1810)
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October 21 -
Franz Moritz Graf von Lacy, Austrian field marshal (d.
1801)
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December 11 -
George Mason, American founding father (d.
1792)
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December 18 -
Johann Salomo Semler, German historian and Bible commentator (d.
1791)
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February 8 - Tsar
Peter I of Russia (b.
1672)
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April 8 -
John Wise, English clergyman (b.
1652)
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May 25 -
Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b.
1683)
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June 29 -
Arai Hakuseki, Japanese poet, politician, and writer (b.
1657)
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October 10 -
Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil, Governor-General of New France
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October 11 -
Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b.
1639)
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October 24 -
Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b.
1660)
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December 7 -
Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b.
1661)
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Jose Mora, Spanish sculptor (b.
1638)
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José Benito de Churriguera, Spanish architect and scupltor (b.
1665)
