Editing 1714 (section)

== Births ==
[[File:Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Christoph Willibald Gluck]]]]
[[File:Pyinoolwin -- DSA Alaungpaya.JPG|thumb|right|110px|[[Alaungpaya]]]]
[[File:Hedwig Taube von Hessenstein c 1740 by Lorens Pasch the Elder.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Hedvig Taube]]]]
* [[January 1]]
** [[Kristijonas Donelaitis]], Prussian-Lithuanian Lutheran pastor, poet, author of ''The Seasons'' (d. [[1780]])
** [[Giovanni Battista Mancini]], Italian soprano castrato, voice teacher and author of books on singing (d. [[1800]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Johann Adam Hiller|title=Treatise on Vocal Performance and Ornamentation by Johann Adam Hiller|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=keomPQV-Q8gC&pg=PA170|date=12 April 2001|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-42898-9|pages=170}}</ref>
* [[January 6]]
** [[John Christopher Hartwick]], Lutheran minister in Colonial America, founder of Hartwick College (d. [[1796]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Town of Hartwick Historical Society|title=Hartwick, the Heart of Otsego County, NY.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DKXyRolJr68C&pg=PA12|year=2002|publisher=Syllables Press|isbn=978-0-9709433-0-9|pages=12}}</ref>
** [[Percivall Pott]], English surgeon (d. [[1788]])
* [[January 9]] – [[Elisabeth Stierncrona]], Swedish noble (d. [[1769]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=20159|title=Elisabeth Stierncrona|website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|language=sv|access-date=March 26, 2021}}</ref>
* [[January 10]] – [[Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun]], German scientist (d. [[1787]])
* [[January 16]]
** [[Francis V de Beauharnais]], French nobleman, soldier, politician, colonial governor and admiral (d. [[1800]])
** [[Carl Jesper Benzelius]], Swedish bishop (d. [[1793]])
* [[January 20]] – [[Hugh Farmer]], British theologian (d. [[1787]])
* [[January 21]] – [[Anna Morandi Manzolini]], internationally known Italian anatomist and anatomical wax modeler (d. [[1774]])
* [[January 24]] – [[Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de Lussan d'Aubeterre]], Marshal of France (d. [[1788]])
* [[January 26]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]], French sculptor (d. [[1785]])
* [[February 1]]
** [[Nicolaus Christian Friis]], Norwegian priest and writer (d. [[1777]])
** [[Ralph Verney, 2nd Earl Verney]] of Ireland (d. [[1791]])
* [[February 2]] – [[Gottfried August Homilius]], German composer, cantor and organist (d. [[1785]])<ref>{{cite book|author=David Paul Held|title=Chorale Preludes Composed in the Eighteenth Century for Organ and a Solo Instrument|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FcgXAQAAIAAJ|year=1976|publisher=University of Southern California|page=84}}</ref>
* [[February 5]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch]], German botanist (d. [[1786]])
* [[February 11]] – [[Count Karl-Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein]], German-Prussian diplomat and later Prime Minister of Prussia (d. [[1800]])
* [[February 12]] – [[Sebastian Sailer]], German Premonstratensian preacher, writer (d. [[1777]])
* [[February 14]] – [[William Vane, 2nd Viscount Vane]] of Ireland (d. [[1789]])
* [[February 18]] – [[John Howe, 2nd Baron Chedworth]] of England, eldest son of John Howe (d. [[1762]])
* [[February 22]]
** [[Louis-Georges de Bréquigny]], French scholar (d. [[1795]])
** [[Sarah Osborn]], American writer (d. [[1796]])
* [[February 25]]
** [[René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou]], [[Chancellor of France]] (d. [[1792]])
** [[Sir Hyde Parker, 5th Baronet]], Royal Navy vice admiral (d. [[1782]])
* [[February 26]] – [[James Hervey]], English clergyman and writer (d. [[1758]])
* [[February 28]] – [[Gioacchino Conti]], Italian opera singer (d. [[1761]])
* [[March 1]] – [[Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Menshikov]], Russian army officer (d. [[1764]])
* [[March 2]] – [[John Hamilton (Royal Navy officer)|John Hamilton]], Royal Navy officer (d. [[1755]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Marie Pierre]], French painter (d. [[1789]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Charles Thomas, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort]], German nobleman, head of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort (d. [[1789]])
* [[March 8]] – [[Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]], German Classical composer (d. [[1788]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Martin Petzoldt|title=Bach's children in Leipzig: documents in Johann Sebastian Bach's own hand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uWL0AAAAMAAJ|year=2008|publisher=Evangelische Verlagsanstalt|isbn=978-3-374-02505-3|page=26}}</ref>
* [[March 11]] – [[Cornelis Elout]], Dutch regent (d. [[1779]])
* [[March 17]] – [[Maximilian Reichsgraf von Hamilton]], German-born Czech Catholic bishop (d. [[1776]])
* [[March 19]] – [[Aymar Joseph de Roquefeuil et du Bousquet]], French admiral (d. [[1782]])
* [[March 21]] – [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]], British judge (d. [[1794]])
* [[March 25]]
** [[Friedrich Christian Glume]], German artist (d. [[1752]])
** [[Matthew Griswold (governor)]], 17th Governor of Connecticut (1784–1786) (d. [[1799]])
* [[March 27]] – [[Francesco Antonio Zaccaria]], Italian theologian (d. [[1795]])
* [[March 29]] – [[Mahadhammaraza Dipadi]], last Toungoo Dynasty king of Burma (Myanmar) (1733–1752) (d. [[1754]])
* [[April 1]] – [[Jean-François de Neufforge]], Flemish architect and engraver (d. [[1791]])
* [[April 7]] – [[John Elwes (politician)]], British politician (d. [[1789]])
* [[April 14]] – [[Adam Gib]], Scottish religious leader (d. [[1788]])
* [[April 15]] – [[Claude Yvon]], French encyclopedist (d. [[1791]])
* [[April 16]] – [[Pedro António Avondano]], Italian composer (d. [[1782]])
* [[April 18]] – [[Jacques-Nompar III de Caumont, duc de La Force]], French nobleman (d. [[1755]])
* [[April 25]] – [[Emer de Vattel]], Swiss philosopher (d. [[1767]])
* [[May 6]]
** [[Anton Raaff]], German opera tenor (d. [[1797]])
** [[James Townley]], British dramatist (d. [[1778]])
* [[May 10]] – [[Sophie Charlotte Ackermann]], German actress from Berlin (d. [[1792]])
* [[May 12]] – [[Johan Daniel Berlin]], Norwegian composer and organist (d. [[1787]])
* [[May 14]] – [[William Whitmore (British Army officer)|William Whitmore]], British general (d. [[1771]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine]], French royal (d. [[1773]])
* [[May 20]] – [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], British lawyer and politician (d. [[1794]])
* [[June 6]] – [[Joseph I of Portugal]], Prince of Brazil (d. [[1777]])
* [[June 17]] – [[César-François Cassini de Thury]], French astronomer and cartographer (d. [[1784]])
* [[June 23]] – [[Giovanni Sarnelli]], Italian painter (d. [[1793]])
* [[July 1]] – [[Michael Lally (brigadier-general)]], Irish-born French brigadier-general (d. [[1773]])
* [[July 2]] – [[Christoph Willibald Gluck]], German composer (d. [[1787]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Collected correspondence and papers of Christoph Willibald Gluck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dTdSAQAAIAAJ|year=1962|page=1 | last1=Asow | first1=Hedwig Mueller von | publisher=Barrie and Rockliff }}</ref>
* [[July 8]]
** [[Friedrich Gottfried Abel]], German physician (d. [[1794]])
** [[Pieter van Reede van Oudtshoorn]], Dutch administrator of the Cape Colony (d. [[1773]])
* [[July 12]] – [[Mikhail Illarionovich Vorontsov]], Russian noble, politician (d. [[1767]])
* [[July 16]] – [[Marc René, marquis de Montalembert]], French military engineer and writer (d. [[1800]])
* [[July 17]]
** [[Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten]], German philosopher (d. [[1762]])
** [[John Forbes (Royal Navy officer)]], British admiral of the fleet (d. [[1796]])
* [[July 21]] – [[Grand Duchess Natalya Alexeyevna of Russia (1714–1728)]], Russian grand duchess (d. [[1728]])
* [[August 1]]
** [[Edward Penny]], British painter (d. [[1791]])
** [[Richard Wilson (painter)]], Welsh landscape painter (d. [[1782]])
* [[August 14]] – [[Claude Joseph Vernet]], French painter (d. [[1789]])<ref>{{cite book|title=A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures and Sculptures in the Norwegian National Gallery ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hfhYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA68|year=1885|publisher=Norwegian National Gallery|pages=68}}</ref>
* [[August 15]] – [[Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope]] of Great Britain  (d. [[1786]])
* [[August 18]] – [[Landgravine Caroline of Hesse-Rotenburg]], German noble (d. [[1741]])
* [[August 23]] – [[Hans Jacob Scheel]], Norwegian general (d. [[1774]])
* [[August 28]]
** [[Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick]], Russian general (d. [[1774]])
** [[Jean-Baptiste Descamps]], Flemish painter and art historian (d. [[1791]])
* [[August 29]] – [[Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia]], Prussian princess (d. [[1784]])
* [[September 1]] – [[Samuel Martin (Secretary to the Treasury)]], British politician (d. [[1788]])
* [[September 10]] – [[Niccolò Jommelli]], Italian composer (d. [[1774]])<ref>{{cite book|title=The Church Music of Davide Perez and Niccolò Jommelli| date=2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OMTFs6GXvlUC&pg=PA11|publisher=Mauricio Dottori|isbn=978-85-98826-19-6|pages=11}}</ref>
* [[September 17]] – [[Gottlieb Rabener]], German writer of prose satires (d. [[1771]])
* [[September 19]] – [[Charles Humphreys]], miller and statesman from Haverford Township, Pennsylvania (d. [[1786]])
* [[September 23]] – [[Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons]], Prince of Savoy (d. [[1734]])
* [[September 24]] – [[Alaungpaya]], King of Burma (d. [[1760]])
* [[September 29]]
** [[Petrus Albertus van der Parra]], Dutch colonial governor (d. [[1775]])
** [[Johann Joachim Schwabe]], German poet (d. [[1784]])
* [[September 30]] – [[Étienne Bonnot de Condillac]], French academic (d. [[1780]])
* [[October 1]]
** [[Georg David Anthon]], Danish architect (d. [[1781]])
** [[António of Braganza, Child of Palhavã]], Portuguese nobleman (d. [[1800]])
* [[October 3]] – [[Joseph Spencer]], American general (d. [[1789]])
* [[October 14]] – [[Christoph Anton Migazzi]], Austrian Catholic bishop (d. [[1803]])
* [[October 16]] – [[Giovanni Arduino (geologist)]], Italian geologist (d. [[1795]])
* [[October 19]] – [[Joseph von Petrasch]], German philologist (d. [[1772]])
* [[October 25]] – [[James Burnett, Lord Monboddo]], Scottish judge, scholar of language evolution and philosopher (d. [[1799]])
* [[October 26]] – [[Princess Marie Victoire d'Arenberg]], Margravine of Baden-Baden as consort of Augustus George (d. [[1793]])
* [[October 27]] – [[Fernando de Silva, 12th Duke of Alba]], Spanish duke (d. [[1776]])
* [[October 31]] – [[Hedvig Taube]], Swedish courtier (d. [[1744]])
* [[November 1]] – [[Johann Joachim Spalding]], German theologian (d. [[1804]])
* [[November 2]] – [[Camillo Almici]], Italian priest (d. [[1779]])
* [[November 3]] – [[Anica Bošković]], Ragusan writer (d. [[1804]])
* [[November 4]] – [[John Boyle, 3rd Earl of Glasgow]], Scottish nobleman (d. [[1775]])
* [[November 10]] – [[Mathieu Tillet]], French botanist (d. [[1791]])
* [[November 18]] – [[William Shenstone]], English poet and landscape gardener (d. [[1763]])<ref>{{cite book|author=William Shenstone|title=The Poetical Works ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PoVKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR6|year=1863|publisher=James Nichols|pages=6}}</ref>
* [[November 24]] – [[Thomas Zebrowski]], Lithuanian Jesuit scientist (d. [[1758]])
* [[November 26]] – [[Pierre-François Brice]], French artist (d. [[1794]])
* [[November 27]] – [[Jean Philippe Goujon de Grondel]], French general (d. [[1807]])
* [[December 1]] – [[Pierre Gaultier de La Vérendrye]], French-Canadian explorer (d. [[1755]])
* [[December 3]] – [[Edward Pickard]], British minister (d. [[1778]])
* [[December 4]] – [[Israel Acrelius]], Swedish missionary and clergyman (d. [[1800]])
* [[December 14]] – [[Leonard Lispenard]], American politician (d. [[1790]])
* [[December 15]] – [[Étienne Mignot de Montigny]], French engineer, geographer (d. [[1782]])
* [[December 16]] – [[George Whitefield]], English Anglican priest (d. [[1770]])
* [[December 18]]
** [[Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans]], French princess (d. [[1734]])
** [[Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy]], Hungarian prince (d. [[1790]])
* [[December 19]] – [[John Winthrop (educator)]], 2nd Hollis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in Harvard College (d. [[1779]])
* [[December 21]]
** [[John Bradstreet]], British Army officer during King George's War (d. [[1774]])
** [[Paschen von Cossel]], German lawyer (d. [[1805]])
* [[December 23]]
** [[Ranieri de' Calzabigi]], Italian poet and librettist (d. [[1795]])
** [[William Howard, Viscount Andover]], British MP (d. [[1756]])
* [[December 31]]
** [[Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly]], French astronomer (d. [[1769]])
** [[Arima Yoriyuki]], Japanese daimyō (d. [[1783]])