Page 2: Historical Events In 1749

Jul 20   In the year 1749 earl of Chesterfield says "Idleness is only refuge of weak minds"   

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

Aug 05   In the year 1749 thomas Lynch, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

Aug 13   J E Schlegel, writer, dies in the year 1749.   

Aug 26   In the year 1749 johann Ernst Rembt, composer   

Aug 28   On this day in history johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Frankfurt, social philosopher (Faust)   

Aug 31   On this day in history radistschew, writer   

Oct 04   Jean-Louis Duport, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 26   On this day in history georgia Colony reverses itself & rules slavery is legal   

Oct 26   Louis-Nicholas Clerambault, French composer/organist, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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

Nov 23   On this day in history edward Rutledge, (Gov-SC)/attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)   

Nov 27   On this day in history balthasar Schmid, composer, dies at 44   

Dec 10   Gabrielle Chôtelet, [La belle Emilie], writer (Voltaire), dies at 42 in the year 1749.   

Dec 17   In the year 1749 domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer (Il Matrimonio Segreto)   

Dec 19   Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

Dec 23   On this day in history johann Lukas Schubaur, composer   

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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   In the year 1749 birth of king Christian VII of Denmark (d. 1808)   

Feb 22   On this day in history birth of johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach   

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

Mar 10   On this day in history birth of lorenzo da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)   

Feb 07   Andre Cardinal Destouches, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Feb 08   Jan van Huysum, Dutch still life painter, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1749 death of graf Valentin Potocki, Polish nobleman   

Jun 13   On this day in history jan F van Bloemen, [Orizonte], Flemish painter, dies at 87   

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

Jun 18   Ambrose Philips, English poet (b. 1674) died in the year 1749.   

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