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Months in Year 1754: January February March April May June July October November December

Deaths 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 10th - Daniel Raap, Dutch porcelain salesman/politician, dies at about 51
Jan 10th - Edward Cave, English editor and publisher (b. 1691)
Jan 28th - Ludvig Holberg, Danish lawyer/writer (Hendrig og Pernille), dies at 69
Feb 5th - Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75
Feb 16th - Richard Mead, physician, dies
Mar 6th - Henry Pelham, English politician (1745, 46-54), Gin Act, dies at about 57
Mar 8th - Don Jose de Carvajal bon Lancaster, Sp min of Foreign affairs, dies
Mar 23rd - Johann Jakob Wettstein, Swiss theologian (b. 1693)
Apr 2nd - Thomas Carte, English historian (b. 1686)
Apr 9th - Christian von Wolff, German philosopher, dies at 75
Apr 15th - Jacopo Riccati, Italian mathematician (b. 1676)
May 14th - Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French writer (b. 1692)
May 16th - Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, composer, dies at 76
May 23rd - John Wood, architect/town planner, dies
Jun 2nd - Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish religious dissenter (b. 1680)
Jun 7th - Nikolaj Eigtved, Danish, architect (Amalienborg Square), dies at 52
Jun 22nd - Nicholas Siret, composer, dies at 91
Jul 4th - Philippe Néricault Destouches, French dramatist and author (b. 1680)
Oct 4th - Tanacharison, Catawba Indian chief
Oct 8th - Henry Fielding, English lawyer/author (Tom Jones), dies at 47
Oct 28th - Friedrich von Hagedorn, German poet (b. 1708)
Nov 9th - Johann Christoph Fravenholtz, composer, dies at 70
Nov 12th - Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58
Nov 27th - Abraham de Moivre, French mathematician (b. 1667)
Dec 12th - Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)
Dec 14th - Mahmud I, sultan of Turkey, dies at 58