Historical Events In 1749

Jul 20   Earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds" on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Pieter Steyn becomes pension advisor of Holland in the year 1749.   

Aug 05   On this day in history thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

Aug 13   In the year 1749 j E Schlegel, writer, dies   

Aug 26   On this day in history johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

Aug 28   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust) on this day in history.   

Aug 31   Radistschew, writer in the year 1749.   

Oct 04   In the year 1749 jean-Louis Duport, composer   

Oct 26   Georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 in the year 1749.   

Nov 02   English Ohio Trade Company forms 1st trade post in the year 1749.   

Nov 23   Edward Rutledge, (Gov-SC)/attorney/signer (Decl of Independence) in the year 1749.   

Nov 27   In the year 1749 balthasar Schmid, composer, dies at 44   

Dec 10   In the year 1749 gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42   

Dec 17   Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto) in the year 1749.   

Dec 19   In the year 1749 francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76   

Dec 20   Pakubuwono II, susuhunan of Mataram Java, dies on this day in history.   

Dec 23   Johann Lukas Schubaur, composer in the year 1749.   

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Jan 12   In the year 1749 birth of ferdinand Trauttmansdorff, Austrian earl/prince/diplomat   

Jan 13   In the year 1749 birth of friedrich Müller, painter and dramatist (d. 1825)   

Jan 16   Vittoria A Alfieri, Italian count/poet (Maria Stuarda) was born in the year 1749.   

Jan 19   Isaiah Thomas, US, printer/editor/publisher/historian was born on this day in history.   

Jan 29   King Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808) was born in the year 1749.   

Feb 22   Johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach was born in the year 1749.   

Mar 09   Honore Mirabeau, French writer and politician (d. 1791) was born in the year 1749.   

Mar 10   Lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838) was born in the year 1749.   

Feb 07   In the year 1749 andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76   

Feb 08   Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 in the year 1749.   

May 24   Graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman died in the year 1749.   

Jun 13   Jan F van Bloemen, [Orizonte], Flemish painter, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1749 death of johann Baptista Ruffini, Italian trader (b. 1672)   

Jun 18   Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674) died on this day in history.   

Jul 03   In the year 1749 death of william Jones, Welsh mathematician (b. 1675)   

Jul 12   On this day in history death of charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France