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Historical Event(s)
– The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings.
– Sir Robert Walpole enters office as the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom under King George I.
Who Were Born On ?
– James Murray, British military officer, governor of Quebec (d. 1794)
– Tobias Smollett, Scottish novelist (d. 1771)
– Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English military leader (d. 1765)
– John Douglas, Scottish Anglican bishop and man of letters (d. 1807)
– Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
– Joseph de Guignes, French orientalist (d. 1800)
– Mark Akenside, English poet and physician (d. 1770)
– James Elphinston, British philologist (d. 1809)
– François Hemsterhuis, Dutch philosopher (d. 1790)
– Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)