Anniversarial — 2014
1714
Here are some of those correspondents whose birth or death is marked in 2014:
Births
- Adhémar de Monteil de Brunier, Alexandre d’, comte de Marsanne (born 1714–died after 1792), French courtier, army officer
- Albert d’Ailly, Michel Ferdinand d’, 6th duc de Chaulnes (born 1714–died 1769), French aristocrat, astronomer, physicist, collector
- Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (born 1714–died 1788), German composer
- Baraban, André Jacques (born 1714–died 1788), Swiss politician
- Bastiani, Giovanni Battista (born 1714–died 1786), Italian churchman, soldier, courtier, army officer, diplomat
- Bathurst, Henry, 2nd Earl Bathurst (born 1714–died 1794), English aristocrat, lawyer, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant, judge
- Bourette, Charlotte [née Reynier] (born 1714–died 1784), French café owner, poet, tradesman
- Boyle, John, 3rd earl of Glasgow (born 1714–died 1775), Scottish aristocrat, army officer, university administrator, churchman, Presbyterian
- Brancas, Diane Adélaïde de, duchesse de Villars-Brancas [née de Mailly-Nesle] (born 1714–died 1769), French aristocrat
- Burgh, James (born 1714–died 1775), Scottish author, educationalist, radical
- Burnett, George, 3rd laird of Kemnay (born 1714–died 1780), Scottish landowner, agriculturalist
- Burnett, James, Lord Monboddo (born 1714–died 1799), Scottish lawyer, judge, philosopher
- Chauvelin, père Henri Philippe, abbé Chauvelin (born 1714–died 1770), French lawyer, churchman, Jansenist
- Cibber, Susannah Maria [née Arne] (born 1714–died 1766), English actor, singer
- Cole, Reverend William (born 1714–died 1782), English antiquarian
- Corbin, Richard (born 1714–died 1790), [unknown nationality & occupation]
- Dangeville, Marie Anne (born 1714–died 1796), French actor, hôte-du-salon
- Descamps, Jean Baptiste (born 1714–died 1791), French painter, educational founder, schoolteacher, historian, academician
- Distroff, François Michel Durand de (born 1714–died 1778), French diplomat
- Douglas, John (born c. 1714–died 1762), Scottish landowner
- Durfort, Louis de, duc de Lorges (born 1714), French aristocrat, army officer
- Duval d’Eprémesnil, Jacques (born 1714–died 1764), French traveller, civil servant, mercenary
- Fessard, Étienne (born 1714–died 1777), French engraver
- Feudrix de Bréquigny, Louis Georges Oudard (born 1714–died 1795), French antiquarian, scholar, academic
- Finck von Finckenstein, Karl Wilhelm, graf von Finckenstein (born 1714–died 1800), German aristocrat, civil servant, courtier, diplomat
- Gaillard, Mme Marie Anne (born 1714–died 1802), French home-maker
- Gluck, Christoph Willibald von (born 1714–died 1787), German composer
- Gordon, Thomas (born 1714–died 1797), Scottish author, scholar, classicist, university teacher, academician, librarian, archivist
- Harcourt, Simon, 1st Earl Harcourt (born 1714–died 1777), English aristocrat, diplomat, army officer, colonial administrator
- Howard, Lieutenant-general Thomas, 2nd earl of Effingham (born 1714–died 1763), English aristocrat, army officer
- Langes de Montmirail, Charles Benjamin de, baron de Lubières (born 1714–died 1790), French aristocrat, scholar, academic
- La Porte, père Joseph de, abbé de La Porte (born 1714–died 1779), French journalist, critic, theatre director
- Le Clerc de La Bruère, Charles Antoine (born 1714–died 1754), French author, playwright, librettist, editor
- Le Couteulx de La Noraye, Barthélemy Thomas (born 1714–died 1791), French civil servant, tax-official
- Lentulus, Robert Scipio von (born 1714–died 1786), Swiss soldier, army officer, soldier
- Loppin, Charles Catherine, baron de Gemeaux (born 1714–died 1805), French aristocrat, lawyer
- Marsy, François Marie de (born 1714–died 1763), French author, historian
- Maupeou, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de, marquis de Morangles (born 1714–died 1792), French aristocrat, politician
- Mignot de Montigny, Étienne (born 1714–died 1782), French engineer, geographer
- Ogilvy, James, 6th earl of Findlater and 3rd of Seafield (born c. 1714–died 1770), Scottish aristocrat, agriculturalist
- Pigalle, Jean Baptiste (born 1714–died 1785), French sculptor
- Pratt, Charles, 1st Earl Camden (born 1714–died 1794), English aristocrat, lawyer, politician, member of Parliament, civil servant
- Prault, Mme — (born c. 1714), French home-maker
- Richardson, Elizabeth [née Leake] (born 1714–died 1773), English home-maker
- Roguin, Augustin Gabriel (born 1714–died 1796), Swiss army officer
- Romilly, Jean (born 1714–died 1796), Swiss clockmaker, tradesman
- Rouvroy de Saint-Simon, Louis Gabriel, marquis de Saint-Simon-Montbléru (born c. 1714–died 1775), French aristocrat, army officer
- Sacconay, Marc Charles Frédéric de (born 1714–died 1788), Swiss civil servant
- Shenstone, William (born 1714–died 1763), English landscape gardener, poet, horticulturist
- Shipley, Reverend Doctor Jonathan (born 1714–died 1788), English churchman, bishop, political radical
- Silva y Álvarez de Toledo, Fernando de, duque de Alba (born 1714–died 1776), Spanish army officer, diplomat, patron
- Stanhope, Philip, 2nd Earl Stanhope (born 1714–died 1787), English aristocrat, academician
- Stanley, John (born 1714–died 1786), English organist, musician, composer
- Sterne, Elizabeth [née Lumley] (born 1714–died 1773), English home-maker
- Stolberg, Christian Günther, graf von Stolberg (born 1714–died 1765), German aristocrat
- Targe, Jean Baptiste (born 1714–died 1788), French author, historian, clockmaker, mathematician, tradesman
- Vernet, Claude Joseph (born 1714–died 1789), French painter
- Whytt, Robert (born 1714–died 1766), Scottish physician
- Wilson, Alexander (born 1714–died 1786), Scottish type-founder, university teacher, astronomer
- Winthrop, Professor John (born 1714–died 1779), American mathematician, physicist, astronomer
Deaths
- Anne, queen of Great Britain and Ireland (born 1665–died 1714), English monarch
- Bernardoni, Pietro Antonio (born 1672–died 1714), Italian author, poet
- Churchill, John (born c. 1663–died c. 1714), English bookseller
- Davenant, Charles (born 1656–died 1714), English civil servant, economist, political author, politician, member of Parliament, political author
- Fowler, Reverend Edward, bishop of Gloucester (born 1632–died 1714), English churchman, religious controversialist
- Furly, Benjamin (born 1636–died 1714), English merchant, author
- Gould, William (born c. 1662–died 1714), English [unknown occupation]
- Homrigh, Esther van (died 1714), Irish home-maker
- Leers, Reinier (born 1654–died 1714), Dutch publisher, bookseller
- Mackenzie, George, 1st Viscount Tarbat (born 1630–died 1714), Scottish politician, judge, scholar, academic
- Magliabechi, Antonio (born 1633–died 1714), Italian librarian, archivist, academic, scholar, bibliophile, collector
- Pope, Doctor Walter (born c. 1627–died 1714), English astronomer, university teacher, academician
- Ramazzini, Bernardo (born 1633–died 1714), Italian physician
- Stanhope, Philip, 2nd earl of Chesterfield (born 1633–died 1714), English courtier, politician
- Swift, Deane [the elder] (born 1674–died 1714), Irish gentleman
- Terraneo, Lorenzo (born 1676–died 1714), Italian botanist
- Turner, Thomas (born 1645–died 1714), English churchman, academic, university administrator