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1 Events

• Tobias Smollett travels in France, collecting material for Peregrine Pickle .
• Weekly meetings for contributors to the Encyclopédie begin, at the salon of Baron d'Holbach.
• The Rambler is founded by Edward Cave; it lasts for 208 issues, and is mostly written by Samuel Johnson.

2 New Books

• The Life of Harriot Stuart - Charlotte Ramsay Lennox
• Fanny Hill - John Cleland
• Oreste (play) - Voltaire

3 Births

• January 7 - Robert Anderson
• September 5 - Robert FergussonRobert Fergusson ( September 5, 1750 October 16, 1774), Scottish poet, son of Sir William Fergusson, a clerk in the British Linen Company, was born at Edinburgh. Robert was educated at the grammar school of Dundee, and at the University of St Andrews, whe

4 Deaths

• February 8February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 326 days remaining, 327 in leap years. Events 421 Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots is executed. 1622 King James I of Englan - Aaron HillAaron Hill ( February 10, 1685 February 8, 1750) was an English dramatist and miscellaneous writer. The son of a country gentleman of Wiltshire, Hill was educated at Westminster School, and afterwards travelled in the East. He was the author of 17 plays,, dramatist
• June 15June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. Events 763 BC Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history. 923 Battle of Soissons: King Rob - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne StaalMarguerite De Launay, Baronne De Staal ( August 30, 1684 June 15, 1750) was a French author. Life She was born in Paris. Her father was a painter named Cordier. He seems to have deserted her mother, who then resumed her maiden name, Delaunay, which was al, French writer