Heinrich von Hoym, German diplomat, statesman and politician (d. 1736) June 19 – Jean-André Peyssonnel, French physician (d. 1759) June 20 – Hans Adolph Brorson...

later naming it all New South Wales. c. September – Johann Gottfried Herder meets Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in Strasbourg. September 24 – In Hillsborough...

9 – Daniel Fones, American military commander (d. 1790) March 12 – Johann Adolph Hass, German clavichord maker (d. 1771) March 15 – Nicolas-Louis de...

1754) September 4 – Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels (d. 1746) September 14 – Didier Diderot, French craftsman (d. 1759) September 16 – Daniel...

Bethlehem in the early 19th century. The spiritual beliefs of Johann Conrad Beissel (1690–1768) and the Ephrata Cloister—such as the asceticism and mysticism...