Editing 1731 (section)

== Births ==
* [[January 3]] &ndash; [[Angelo Emo]], Venetian admiral and statesman (d. [[1792]])
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Charles Churchill (satirist)|Charles Churchill]], English poet (d. [[1764]])
* [[March 19]] &ndash; [[Gabriela Silang]], Filipino rebel leader and heroine (d. [[1763]]) 
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[William Williams (Connecticut politician)|William Williams]], signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] (d. [[1811]])
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Beilby Porteus]], Bishop of London and abolitionist (d. [[1809]])
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Dorothea Biehl]], Danish writer (d. [[1788]])
* [[July 16]] &ndash; [[Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Huntington]], [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]] in the [[American Revolution]] and politician (d. [[1796]])
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Henry Constantine Jennings]], English gambler and collector (d. [[1819]])
[[File:Cavendish Henry signature.jpg|thumb|right|110px|[[Henry Cavendish]]]]
* [[October 10]] &ndash; [[Henry Cavendish]], English scientist (d. [[1810]])
* [[November 9]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Banneker]], [[African-American]] astronomer, surveyor of the District of Columbia (d. [[1806]])
* [[November 15]] &ndash; [[William Cowper]], English poet (d. [[1800]])
* [[December 8]] &ndash; [[František Xaver Dušek]], Czech composer (d. [[1799]])
* [[December 12]] &ndash; [[Erasmus Darwin]], English scientist and grandfather of [[Charles Darwin]] (d. [[1802]])
* [[December 28]] &ndash; [[José de Viera y Clavijo]], Spanish writer
* [[Nikephoros Theotokis]], Greek scholar and theologian (d. [[1800]])