1734
Events Births Deaths January 6 - John Dennis , English critic and dramatist (b. 1657 ) February 1 - John Floyer , English physician and writer (b. 1649 ) February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni , Italian composer (b. 1657 ) March 1 - Roger North , English biographer (b. 1653 ) March 21 - Robert Wodrow , Scottish historian (b. 1679 ) May 4 - James Thornhill , English painter (b. 1675 or 1676 ) May 24 - Georg Ernst Stahl , German physician and chemist (b. 1660 ) June 12 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick , illegitimate son of James II of England and French military commander (b. 1670 ) June 17 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars , Marshall of France (b. 1653 ) June 21 - Marie-Joseph Angélique , African slave July 22 - Peter King, 1st Baron King , Lord Chancellor of England (b. c. 1669 ) November 14 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth , French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. 1649 ) December 28 - Rob Roy MacGregor , Scottish clan chief (b. 1671 )