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Emmanuel Swedenborg

Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)

Ahmed Shahe Durrani

founder of the Afghan Durrani Empire (r. 1747–1772)

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

German princess (1719–1772); Princess of Wales as wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales; mother of George III

Johann Friedrich Struensee

De facto regent of Denmark (1737-1772)

Ernst Johann von Biron

Duke of Courland and Semigallia (1690-1772)

Charles Pinot Duclos

French writer (1704-1772)

Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein

Austrian marshall (1696-1772)

Louis-Claude Daquin

French composer

15th Mughal Emperor from 1759 to 1760

Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne

French explorer and cartographer (1724–1772)

Princess Mary of Great Britain

Landgravine of Hesse-Kassel (1723-1772)

Gerard van Swieten

Dutch-Austrian doctor (1700-1772)

British physicist

Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1699-1772)

Gottfried Achenwall

German historian and jurist (1719–1772)

Russian military commander

Alexander Kokorinov

Russian architect (1726-1772)

Jean-Joseph de Mondonville

French composer and violinist

Marie-Suzanne Giroust

French artist (1734–1772)

Peshwa of Maratha Empire

Count Johann Hartwig Ernst von Bernstorff

Danish politician (1712-1772)

Augustin Ehrensvärd

Swedish military officer, military architect, and artist (1710-1772)

famous Hungarian-Romani violinist

Jacques-Nicolas Bellin

French hydrographer, geographer and member of the philosophes (1703–1772)

Martin Sarmiento

English engineer

Dov Ber of Mezeritch

Volhynian Hasidic leader

Charles Joseph Batthyány

Austrian field marshal (1698–1772)

Victor I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym

British physicist (1713-1772)

Robert Joseph Pothier

French jurist (1699-1772)

French painter (1696-1772)

Johann Peter Kellner

German composer and organist (1705–1772)

French opera singer

George Keppel, 3rd Earl of Albemarle

British soldier and nobleman (1724-1772)

Victoria Charlotte of Anhalt-Zeitz-Hoym

Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Henriette Louise de Bourbon

François-Vincent Toussaint

American Quaker preacher and writer 1720-1772

Danish courtier (1738-1772)

Georg Reutter II

Austrian composer (1708–1772)

British landscape painter (1702-1772)

Pedro Correia Garção

Portuguese writer (1724-1772)

President of Columbia University (1696-1772)

Margareta Momma

Swedish publisher

Russian saint and bishop (1697-1772)

Aharon of Karlin

Hasidic rebbe and rabbi (1736–1772)

Giovanni Battista Cambiaso

Alejandro González Velázquez

Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter (1719-1772)

Franciszek Salezy Potocki

Polish noble (1700-1772)

Lorenzo De Mari

doge of the Republic of Genoa and King of Corsica

Johann Christian Senckenberg

Matthias Klostermayr

Chinese artist (1687-1772)

Antonio Marino Priuli

Italian cardinal

William Borlase

English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist (1695-1772)

Spanish writer (1711-1772)

Maltese architect (1703-1772)

Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein

Czech noblewoman (1694-1772)

18th century ruler of Punjab