In the year 1719, Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe is published (Apr 25), the first issue of Pennsylvania’s first newspaper, the American Weekly Mercury, is published (Dec 22), Prussia conducts Europe’s first systematic census, the Great Northern War goes on - and all these fine people were born:
1719-xxxx Henry Berry* Liverpool’s second dock engineer - England (1812/c. 93)
1719-xxxx William Bradford* printer/soldier/leader during the American Revolution from Philadelphia - New York City, British America (1791/c.72)
1719-0102 Jacques-Alexandre Laffon de Ladebat* shipbuilder/merchant - Dutch Republic (1797/78)
1719-0113 Christoffer Johan Rappe* governor active in Finland - Vartorp, Söraby, Sweden (1776/57)
1719-0117 Samuel Enderby* whale oil merchant/sponsor of Arctic exploration - England (1797/78)
1719-0206 Alberto Pullicino* painter - Valletta, Malta (1759/40)
1719-0402 Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim* poet - Ermsleben, Prussia (1803/83)
1719-0505 Andrew Meikle* mechanical engineer/inventor of the threshing machine - East Linton, Scotland (1811/92)
1719-0530 Roger Newdigate* politician/collector of antiquities - Arbury, Warwickshire, England (1806/87)
1719-0602 Michel-Jean Sedaine* dramatist/librettist - Paris, France (1797/77)
1719-0728 Johan Christopher Frenckell* book printer active in Finland - Thörey, Electorate of Saxony, Holy Roman Empire (1779/80)
1719-0820 Christian Mayer* Czech priest/astronomer/teacher - Mederitz, Moravia (1783/63)
1719-0927 Abraham Gotthelf Kästner * mathematician/epigrammatist/ the crater Kästner on the Moon is named after him - Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (1800/80)
1719-1024 Jakob Gadolin* Bishop of Turku/politician/statesman - Strängnäs, Sweden (1802/82)
1719-1114 Leopold Mozart* violinist/composer/father of WAM – Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire (1787/67)
1719-1123 Spranger Barry* actor- Dublin, Ireland (1777/57)
1719-1225 George Campbell* philosopher/minister/ professor of divinity - Aberdeen, Scotland (1796/76)
Updated 19.6.2022-1
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