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1742 births
- Pope Pius VIIBarnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti entered the world on the 14th of August 1742 in Cesena. He was the youngest son of Count Scipione Chiaramonti and…
- Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherGebhard Leberecht von Blücher was born on the 16th of December 1742 in Rostock. He entered military service at age sixteen as a hussar in the Swedish Army…
- Nicolas LeblancNicolas Leblanc was born in Ivoy le Pré, Cher, France on the 6th of December 1742. His father worked as a minor official at an iron works before dying in…