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Stanisław Leszczyński

King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1677–1766)

Frederick V of Denmark

king of Denmark and Norway

James Francis Edward Stuart, Prince of Wales

pretender to the English, Scottish and Irish throne (1688-1766)

Johann Christoph Gottsched

German writer, dramaturge, linguist and literary theorist as well as professor of poetics, logic and metaphysics (1700–1766)

Elisabeth Farnese

Queen consort of Spain (1692-1766)

Jean-Marc Nattier

French painter (1685-1766)

German philosopher, mathematician and writer (1738–1766)

Leopold Joseph von Daun

Austrian marshal

Giuseppe Castiglione

Italian monk, missionary and painter (1688-1766)

Johann Maria Farina

Italian perfumer and inventor (1685–1766)

Professor of medicine:Montpellier/Paris/wrote the first great treatise on syphilis/venereal diseases (1684-1766)

American botanist (1724-1766)

Dominikus Zimmermann

German architect (1685-1766)

Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin

Russian diplomat and chancellor of the Russian Empire (1693-1768)

French painter (1702-1766)

Russian inventor

Adrien Maurice de Noailles

Marshal of France (1678-1766)

Jean-François de la Barre

French icon for the victims of intolerance (1745-1766)

Marie Victoire de Noailles

Countess of Toulouse (1688–1766)

Giulio Carlo de' Toschi di Fagnano

Italian mathematician (1682-1766)

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Dutch linguist (1685-1766)

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Dutch noble, diplomat and composer (1692-1766)

Johann Michael Fischer

German architect

Maria Vittoria of Savoy

Italian princess (1690-1766)

English typographer and gunsmith (1692-1766)

Vasilije III Petrović-Njegoš

Montenegrin metropolitan

Giovanni Battista Pescetti

Italian composer

Thomas Arthur, comte de Lally

Governor of French India (1702-1766)

Qing dynasty empress (1718-1766)

Malhar Rao Holkar

Maratha noble (1693-1766)

Johann Albrecht Korff

Baltic German diplomat (1697-1766)

Carlo Tessarini

Italian violinist and composer

British physician (1714-1766)

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg

Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém

Portuguese infante

Prince of Walachia

Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni

Italian painter (1695-1766)

Friedrich August von Finck

German general (1718–1766)

Giorgio Massari

Italian architect (1687-1766)

Susannah Maria Cibber

English singer and actress

Francis Godolphin, 2nd Earl of Godolphin

British politician (1678-1766)

František Maxmilián Kaňka

Czech architect

Austrian composer

Pompilio Maria Pirrotti

Italian priest and catholic saint (1710-1766)

Catharina Backer

painter from the Northern Netherlands (1689–1766)

Gilles Robert de Vaugondy

French geographer (1688-1766)

Austrian architect

Juan Francisco de Güemes, 1st Count of Revillagigedo

Viceroy of New Spain (1681-1766)

John West, 1st Earl De La Warr

British general (1693-1766)

Jacopo Bartolomeo Beccari

Italian chemist

Qing Dynasty imperial prince (1741-1766)

English historian (1705-1766)

Philip de Lange

Danish architect 1704-1766

Vincenzo Meucci

Italian painter (1694-1766)

Franciszek Bieliński

Polish politician (1683-1766)

Spanish composer

Elisabeth von Sachsen-Meiningen

German aristocrat (1681-1766)

Thomas Roseingrave

English/Irish organist and composer