Births
- May 12 - Jonathan Boucher, philologist (died 1804)
- June 21 - Gottlieb Christoph Harless, bibliographer (died 1815)
- July 24 - Betje Wolff, novelist (died 1804)
- date unknown
- Richard Chandler, antiquary (died 1810)
- Manuel Lassala, dramatist and philosopher (died 1806)
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