1734 Events January–June January 8 - Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg , Austria , in October 1731 , set sail for the British Colony of Georgia , in America . March 12 - Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the Savannah River , in the British Colony of Georgia . April 25 - Easter occurs on the latest possible date. June 17 - French troops take Philippsburg , but Duke of Berwick is killed. June 21 - In Montreal , New France , a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is tortured then hanged by the French authorities for allegedly setting a fire that destroyed part of the city. June 30 - War of the Polish Succession: Russian troops take Gdańsk , which had been besieged since February 1734, after the failure of a French expedition to relieve the city.July–December November 5 - The Dzików Confederation is created in Poland. Births January 16 - John A. Treutlen, Governor of Georgia January 20 - Robert Morris , Founding Father of the United States February 15 - William Stacy , American Revolutionary War officer February 27 - Thomas Conway , American Revolutionary War general March 1 - Jeanne de Bellem , heroine of the Brabant Revolution March 19 - Thomas McKean , American lawyer, signer of the Declaration of Independence April 17 - Taksin , King of Thailand April - Elsa Beata Bunge , Swedish botanist May 23 - Franz Mesmer , Austrian physician July 25 - Ueda Akinari , Japanese author and scholar August 10 - Naungdawgyi , Burmese king August 24 - Benjamin Church , first Surgeon General of the United States Army September 3 - Joseph Wright , British painter September 17 - Elizabeth Canning , English maidservant and kidnappee October 7 - Sir Ralph Abercromby , British general November 2 - Daniel Boone , American frontiersman December 1 - Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski , Polish aristocrat and patron of the arts December 17 - Maria I of Portugal , Portuguese queen from the Braganza Dynasty December 21 - Paul Revere , American silversmith, engraver, and Patriot in the American Revolution December 26 - George Romney , English painter December 31 - Francisco Manoel de Nascimento , Portuguese poet date unknown * Catharina Ahlgren , Swedish poet, editor and early feminist * Ulrica Arfvidsson , Swedish fortune teller * Elżbieta Branicka , Polish szlachta and politician * John Dawson , English mathematician and surgeon * Pedro Fages , Spanish soldier, explorer, and Governor of Alta California * Rohal Faqir , Pakistani saint-poet and mysticDeaths January 6 - John Dennis , English dramatist, critic February 1 * John Floyer , English physician, writer * Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni , Italian composer February 2 - Charles Calvert , Maryland official February 9 - Diego de Astorga y Céspedes , Spanish Catholic cardinal March 1 - Roger North , English biographer March 16 - Andreas Silbermann , German organ builder March 21 - Robert Wodrow , Scottish historian April 1 - Louis Lully , French composer April 25 - Johann Conrad Dippel , German alchemist May 4 - James Thornhill , English painter May 15 - Sebastiano Ricci , Italian painter May 21 - Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans , French princess May 24 - Georg Ernst Stahl , German physician and chemist June 12 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick , illegitimate son of James II of England and French military commander June 15 - Giovanni Ceva , Italian mathematician June 17 - Claude Louis Hector de Villars , Marshal of France June 21 - Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slave July 22 - Peter King, 1st Baron King , Lord Chancellor of England September 8 - Michel Sarrazin , Canadian scientist October 12 - Simon Henry Adolph, Count of Lippe-Detmold , ruler of the county of Lippe November 14 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth , French-born mistress of Charles II of England November 21 - Alexis Simon Belle , French portrait painter November 23 - Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons , Prince of Savoy December 5 - Peter Tillemans , Flemish painter December 28 - Rob Roy MacGregor , Scottish clan chief date unknown * Richard Cantillon , Irish-French economist and author * Étienne de Veniard, Sieur de Bourgmont , French explorer
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