Births
- January 10 - Fleury Mesplet, printer (died 1794
- July 25 - Ueda Akinari, Japanese poet and novelist (died 1809)
- October 23 - Nicolas-Edme Rétif, novelist (died 1806)
- December 31 - Claude Joseph Dorat, "Le Chevalier Dorat" (died 1780)
- date unknown
- Catharina Ahlgren, Swedish writer (died 1800)
- Robert Aitken, printer and publisher (died 1802)
Read more about this topic: 1734 In Literature
Famous quotes containing the word births:
“As the births of living creatures, at first, are ill-shapen: so are all Innovations, which are the births of time.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)