In the year 1723, Baku surrenders to Russians in the Russo-Persian War, remaining part of Russia for twelve years (Jun 26), having seen the Palace of Versailles in France, Peter the Great opens the Peterhof Palace in Saint Petersburg (Aug), Antonio Vivaldi composes The Four Seasons - and all these fine people were born:

1723-0105 Nicole-Reine Lepaute* astronomer/mathematician - Luxembourg Palace, Paris, Kingdom of France (1788/65)

1723-0205 John Witherspoon* Scottish-American signer of the Declaration of Independence - Gifford, Scotland (1794/72)
1723-0213 Antoine Louis* surgeon/ physiologist/helped design the guillotine - Metz, Kingdom of France (1792/69)
1723-0217 Tobias Mayer* German lunar astronomer - Marbach am Neckar (1762/39)

1723-0331 Frederick V of Denmark* King of Denmark-Norway (1746-1766) - Copenhagen Castle, Denmark-Norway (1766/42)

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1723-0405 Catherine Charlotte De la Gardie* (b Taube af Odenkat) Swedish countess/courtier/famed for her support of the smallpox vaccination in Sweden, and for stopping the last witch trial there - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1763/39)
1723-0408 Erkki Juhonpoika Erkkilä** (b Kanto) father of Maria Erkintytär Mustalampi - Jalasjärvi, Sweden-Finland (1787/63)
1723-0410 Cornelius Harnett* plantation owner/politician/American Founding Father - Chowan County, Province of North Carolina (1781/58)
1723-0430 Mathurin Jacques Brisson* zoologist/ natural philosopher - Fontenay-le-Comte, Kingdom of France (1806/83)

1723-0603 Giovanni Antonio Scopoli* physician/naturalist - Cavalese, Val de Fiemme, Holy Roman Empire (1788/64)
1723-0616 Adam Smith (B) economist/ philosopher - Kirkcaldy, Scotland (1790/67)
1723-0620 Adam Ferguson* theologian/ philosopher/historian - Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland (1816/92)
1723-0620 Theophilus Lindsey* theologian/ clergyman - Middlewich, Cheshire, England  (1808/85)

1723-0803 Johan Conrad Weber* lieutenant/pioneer of potato plantation in Eastern Finland - Sweden-Finland (1788/64)

1723-1004 Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus* entomologist - Vienna, Archduchy of Austria, Holy Roman Empire (1798/74)
1723-1011 Hedvig Strömfelt* baroness/psalm writer - Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden (1766/42)

1723-1226 Friedrich Melchior* German nobleman/journalist/diplomat - Regensburg (1807/83)

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Updated 19.4.2023-2

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