Births
- January 16 - Hester Thrale, friend and correspondent of Samuel Johnson (died 1821)
- August 25 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, theologian (died 1792)
- October 4 - Edmond Malone, Shakespearean editor (died 1812)
- October 18 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French novelist (died 1803)
- October 24 - Johann August von Starck, controversial theologian and political writer (died 1816)
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