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Year of the Metal horse庚午(at the beginning of Earth Snake己巳)

Syria: 2061/62 ( the year in October )

• 3.1 First Quarter
• 3.2 Second Quarter
• 3.3 Third Quarter
• 3.4 Fourth Quarter
• 3.5 Exact date of birth unknown

• 4.1 First half of
• 4.2 Second half of

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Economy

• Frederick the Great commissioned the Prussian Generalmünzdirektor Johann Philipp Graumann with the reform of the Prussian coinage system. The Graumannsche monetary standard be characterized from a fine Cologne Mark of silver after 14 Taler, is spreading rapidly.
• November 7: In the Austrian provinces of Konventionstaler (10 Taler from the fine cord) replaces the previously applicable Reichstaler.

• The Scenic Brandkasse Hannover is founded.

Science and Technology

• The Swiss archaeologist Karl Weber discovered the ancient Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum.
• In the Habsburg Rovereto young intellectuals founded the scientific society Accademia degli Roveretana Agiati.
• Jean -Jacques Rousseau: Discourse on sciences et les arts

Culture

• La bottega del :: May 2 caffè ( The coffee ), a comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni, has its world premiere in Mantua.
• MAY 23: Il bugiardo ( The Liar ), a comedy in three acts by Carlo Goldoni, first performed in Mantua. The third version is finally a success.

Society

• The hospital Hôtel- Dieu de Carpentras is built.
• The Eagle Pharmacy in Stolberg is set up in a former Kupferhof.

Religion

• The Capuchin monastery Mars mountain, the monastery of SS Trinity in Günzburg and the monastery of St. George in Ingolstadt founded.

Historic maps and views

Born

First Quarter

• January 01: Frederick Muhlenberg, first Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States († 1801)
• January 10: Henry Rathmann, Prussian educator, historian and Lutheran pastor († 1821)
• JANUARY 18: Johann Gottlob Schneider Theaenus, German classical scholar, scientist and lexicographer († 1822)
• JANUARY 25: Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer († 1813)

• February 09: Friedrich Traugott Bet Angel, Bohemian Lutheran theologian († 1824)
• FEBRUARY 12: Jonathan Friedrich Christoph Fischer, German historian and legal scholar († 1797)
• February 13: Johann Ludwig Ambühl, Swiss civil servant and writer († 1800)
• February 15: Valentine Stephan Still, master brewer in Munich († 1795)
• FEBRUARY 19: Johann Daniel Lawaetz, German merchant and Danish Privy Councillor († 1826)

• 09 March: Johann Friedrich August Tischbein, German (Family Portrait ) painter († 1812)
• March 14: Samuel Gottlieb Vogel, German physician († 1837)
• MARCH 16: Caroline Herschel, Prussian astronomer († 1848)
• March 22: Gustav von Schlabrendorf, German writer († 1824)
• MARCH 23: John Matthias Untersperger, Austrian composer († 1812)
• MARCH 28: Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan freedom fighters against the Spaniards († 1816)
• March 30: Carl Friedrich Ulrich of Ahlefeldt of Dehn, Baron von Dehn at Ludwigsburg († 1829)

Second Quarter

• April 01: Étienne André François de Paule Fallot de Beaumont de Beaupré, French bishop († 1817)
• 06 April: James Watson, American politician († 1806)
• April 30: Friedrich Hildebrand von Einsiedel, lawyer, writer and translator († 1828)

• June 24: Déodat de Dolomieu, French geologist and mineralogist († 1801)

Third Quarter

• 06 July: Johann Gottfried Brügelmann, German entrepreneur and founder of the first factory in mainland Europe († 1802)
• 09 July: Thomas Posey, American politician († 1818)
• July 14: Frederik of Haxthausen, Danish officer and the first Norwegian head of state († 1825)
• July 15: Franz, Duke of Saxe- Coburg -Saalfeld († 1806)
• July 25: Henry Knox, American chief artillery officer of the Continental Army († 1806)

• September 02: Pehr Frigel, Swedish composer († 1842)
• 08 September: Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestlers and fourth yokozuna († 1795)
• SEPTEMBER 13: Giuseppe Albani, Italian Roman Catholic Cardinal († 1834)
• September 13: Friedrich Ludwig Sckell, German landscape gardener († 1823)
• SEPTEMBER 16: Johann Melchior Kubli, Swiss politician († 1835)
• September 22: Christian Konrad Sprengel, German theologian and naturalist († 1816)
• September 26: Cuthbert Collingwood, British Vice Admiral († 1810)

Fourth Quarter

• October 08: Adam Afzelius, Swedish botanist († 1837)
• October 22: Joseph Calhoun, American politician († 1817)

• 07 November: Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg - Stolberg, German politician and poet († 1819)
• November 15: Amasa Learned, American politician († 18-25)
• November 18: Wolfgang Heribert von Dalberg, pfälzer treasurer of Worms and director of the National Theatre in Mannheim († 1806)

• December 03: Johann Martin Miller, German theologian and writer († 1814)
• December 06: David Friedlander, German producer and author († 1834)
• December 11: Isaac Shelby, American soldier and politician († 1826)
• December 17: Elizabeth Craven, British writer († 1828)
• DECEMBER 17: Franz Xaver Joseph Stark, German Catholic theologian († 1816)
• December 23: Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony († 1827)

Exact date of birth unknown

• George Adams junior, English instrument maker and science writers († 1795)
• John of Andrássy, Hungarian military († 1817)
• Robert Bowie, American politician († 1818)
• Christopher Greenup, American politician († 1825)
• John Henry, American politician († 1818)
• John Laurance, American politician († 1810)
• Shiba Zenko, Japanese writer and actor († 1793)
• John Hoskins Stone, American politician († 1804)
• Benjamin Taliaferro, American politician († 1821)
• Thomas Tillotson, American politician († 1832)
• Richard Winn, American politician († 1818)

Died

First half year

• JANUARY 22: Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian Secret Council Chancellor and Minister Conference (* 1675)
• JANUARY 23: Michael Lilienthal, German Lutheran theologian and historian (* 1686)
• JANUARY 29: Daniel Salthenius, Swedish educator and Protestant theologian (* 1701)

• February 02: Johann Graf, German composer (* 1684)
• FEBRUARY 14: Franz Albert Aepinus, German theologian, writer and philosopher (* 1673 )
• February 22: Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, Italian composer, organist and choirmaster (* 1679 )

• MAY 28: Franz Anton Baumann, Austrian church musician and composer (* 1704)
• MAY 28: Sakuramachi, Japanese Emperor (* 1720)
• MAY 28: Samuel Lutz, Swiss Pietist pastor (* 1674)
• May 30: Samuel Henry King, Swiss mathematician, orientalist and Pietist theologian (* 1671)

• June 02: Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, organist and choirmaster of the Baroque (* 1682)
• June 14: Johann Christoph Balser, German jurist (* 1710)

Second half- year

• JULY 28: Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (* 1685)
• JULY 31: John V, King of Portugal (* 1689)
• JULY 31: Johann George Schreiber, German engraver, cartographer and publisher (* 1676 )

• October 03: Matthias Georg Monn, Austrian composer, organist and music teacher (* 1717)

• December 01: Johann Gabriel Doppelmayr, German astronomer (* 1677)