Births
- January 1 - Isaac Reed, Shakespearean editor (died 1807)
- June 25 - Johann Schweighauser, German classical scholar (died 1830)
- September 14 - James Wilson, publisher (died 1798)
- October 6 - Johan Herman Wessel, Norwegian author (died 1785)
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