Death year 1749 celebrities
Death year 1749
William Jones, FRS (1675 – 3 July 1749) was a Welsh mathematician, most noted for his proposal for the use of the symbol p (the Greek letter pi) to represent the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. He was a close friend of Sir I
Field Marshal Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham PC (24 October 1675 – 14 September 1749) was a British soldier and Whig politician. He was known for his ownership of and modifications to the estate at Stowe and for serving as a political mentor t
His mother Anne de Rohan-Chabot became King Louis XIV’s mistress in 1669 when he was staying at the Château of Chambord where Anne was also present. Some time later Anne gave birth to her second son, Hercule Mériadec de Rohan (future Prince of Soub
Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de Tencin (27 April 1682 – 4 December 1749) was a French salonist and author. She was the mother of Jean le Rond d’Alembert, philosophe and contributor to the Encyclopédie.
Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Légitimée de France (4 May 1677 – 1 February 1749) was the youngest legitimis
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, marquise du Châtelet (17 December 1706, Paris – 10 September 17