23rd January » The Principality of Liechtenstein is created within the Holy Roman Empire.
10th June » Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
Famous Birthdays in 1719
2nd January » Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat, French shipbuilder (d. 1797)
3rd January » Francisco José Freire, Portuguese historian (d. 1773)
17th January » William Vernon, American businessman (d. 1806)
23rd January » John Landen, English mathematician (d. 1790)
28th January » Johann Elias Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1749)
13th February » George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, English admiral (d. 1792)
4th March » George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot, English-Indian politician (d. 1777)
13th March » John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, English field marshal (d. 1797)
2nd April » Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, German poet (d. 1803)
5th April » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (d. 1794)
30th May » Roger Newdigate, English politician (d. 1806)
28th June » Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French general and politician, List of Prime Ministers of France called Prime Minister of France (d. 1785)
4th July » Michel-Jean Sedaine, French playwright (d. 1797)
4th August » Johann Gottlob Lehmann (scientist) named Johann Gottlob Lehmann, German mineralogist and geologist (d. 1767)
19th August » Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec, French soldier and diplomat (d. 1791)
20th August » Christian Mayer (astronomer) known as Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (d. 1783)
25th August » Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo, French painter (d. 1795)
27th September » Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, German mathematician and epigrammatist (d. 1800)
17th October » Jacques Cazotte, French author (d. 1792)
20th October » Gottfried Achenwall, German historian, economist, and jurist (d. 1772)
9th November » Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Italian priest, academic, and theoretician (d. 1796)
14th November » Leopold Mozart, Austrian violinist, composer, and conductor (d. 1787)
23rd November » Spranger Barry, Irish actor (d. 1777)
30th November » Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha (d. 1772)
Famous Deaths in History for 1719
13th March » Johann Friedrich Böttger, German alchemist (b. 1682)
7th April » Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint, founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (b. 1651)
21st April » Philippe de La Hire, French mathematician and astronomer (b. 1640)
21st May » Pierre Poiret, French mystic and philosopher (b. 1646)
17th June » Joseph Addison, English poet and playwright (b. 1672)
5th July » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general (b. 1641)
8th August » Christoph Ludwig Agricola, German painter (b. 1667)
7th September » John Harris (writer) e.g John Harris, English priest and scientist (b. 1666)
21st September » Johann Heinrich Acker, German historian and academic (b. 1647)
27th September » George Smalridge, English bishop (b. 1662)
8th November » Michel Rolle, French mathematician (b. 1652)
26th November » John Hudson (classicist) e.g John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
2nd December » Pasquier Quesnel, French theologian (b. 1634)
31st December » John Flamsteed, English astronomer (b. 1646)