See:
Wikipedia.
Events:
June 11 -
George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is founded by royal charter in Edinburgh.
Births:
January 26 -
Jan van den Houten.
May 10 -
Anne Robert Turgot, statesman (+ 1781).
May 14 -
Thomas Gainsborough, artist (+ 1788).
Baptized:
January 17 -
Maria Catharina van den Houten.
October 30 -
Joanna van Ginneken.
Deaths:
March 20 -
Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist.
May 17 -
Empress Catherine I of Russia.
June 11 -
King George I of Great Britain.
December 1 -
Aart Lammerse van den Houten.
Jakob Abbadie - Swiss protestant preacher.
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