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He was born in Leipzig, where his parents had moved the year before his birth. Gottfried Heinrich became "feeble-minded" (careless, shallow) [ 1 ] at an early age, but in his childhood he played the keyboard well and C. P. E. Bach is quoted as saying that he showed "a great genius, which however failed to develop".
William was born on February 22, 1730, but his mother's identity is unknown. [59] He was educated in Philadelphia and beginning at about age 30 studied law in London in the early 1760s. William himself fathered an illegitimate son, William Temple Franklin , born on the same day and month: February 22, 1760. [ 60 ]
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
February 12 – William Mason (died 1797), English poet, editor and gardener; February 25 – Karl Wilhelm Ramler (died 1798), German poet; March 20 – Duncan Ban MacIntyre (died 1812), Scottish Gaelic poet; May 18 – Magtymguly Pyragy (died c. 1807), Turkmen spiritual leader and poet; July 2 – Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (died 1803 ...
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 ...