Births 1746

tadeusz kościuszko



february 4 – tadeusz kościuszko, polish general , nationalist (d. 1817)
february 5 – charles cotesworth pinckney, american politician , soldier (d. 1825)
march 3 – izabela czartoryska, polish magnate princess (d. 1835)
march 7 – andré michaux, french botanist (d. 1802)


francisco goya



march 30 – francisco goya, spanish painter (d. 1828)
april 4 – john andrews, american clergyman, provost of university of pennsylvania, considered america s first scholar (d. 1813)
july 3 – henry grattan, irish politician (d. 1820)
july 16 – giuseppe piazzi, italian astronomer (d. 1826)
july 23 – bernardo de gálvez, spanish military leader, aided united states in quest independence in american revolutionary war (d. 1786)
july 30 – louise du pierry, french astronomer (d. 1807)
september 28 – sir william jones, english philologist (d. 1794)
october 7 – william billings, american composer (d. 1800)
november 27 – robert r. livingston, american signer of declaration of independence (d. 1813)
december 29 – saverio cassar, gozitan priest , rebel leader (d. 1805)
date unknown

hong liangji, chinese scholar, statesman, political theorist, , philosopher
isaac swainson, english botanist (d. 1812)