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Gregory was born in Aberdeen, Scotland to the professor of medicine James Gregorie and Anna Chalmers, his father's second wife; his grandfather was the distinguished mathematician and astronomer James Gregory. Following the death of his father when he was eight years old, Gregory's education was conducted by Principal Chalmers, his grandfather ...
1724 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1724th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 724th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 18th century, and the 5th year of the 1720s decade. As of the start of 1724, the ...
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17 Giulio Cesare: 20 February 1724 King’s Theatre, London Haym 18 Tamerlano: 31 October 1724 King’s Theatre, London Haym, after Agostin Piovene and Nicholas Pradon 19 Rodelinda: 13 February 1725 King’s Theatre, London Haym, after Antonio Salvi, after Pierre Corneille: 20 Scipione: 12 March 1726 King’s Theatre, London Rolli 21 Alessandro ...
Peter was born in Jelgava (German: Mitau) as the oldest son of Ernst Johann von Biron, future Duke of Courland, and his wife Benigna von Trotha.From 1730 until 1740, he and his family lived in Moscow and St. Petersburg, where his father was a lover and favorite of Anna of Russia.
1753 – In Sweden February 17 is followed by March 1 as the country moves from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. [ 8 ] 1801 – United States presidential election : A tie in the Electoral College between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr is resolved when Jefferson is elected President of the United States and Burr Vice President by ...
February 5 – Mary Cowper, English diarist (born 1685) February 12 – Elkanah Settle, English poet and dramatist (born 1648) [16] March 19 – Johann Christian Thomae, German historian and biographer (born 1668) [17] July 11 – Delarivier Manley, writer, playwright and pamphleteer (born c. 1663) [18] August 15 – Manko, Japanese poet (year ...
Christopher Gadsden (February 16, 1724 – August 28, 1805) was an American politician who was the principal leader of the South Carolina Patriot movement during the American Revolution. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress , a brigadier general in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War , Lieutenant Governor of ...