1781 Death Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature, dies at 52 in Braunschweig, Germany 1758 Birthday Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist, opposed Enlightenment 1746 Birthday Gustav III, king during Swedish Enlightenment, 1771-92 1743 Birthday Marquis de Condorcet, France, enlightenment philosopher 1729 Birthday Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, born in Kamenz, Germany, writer, dramatist, art critic, Enlightenment era writer, influenced development of German literature 1694 Birthday Francis Hutcheson, born in Drumaleg, Ireland, philosopher, Scottish Presbyterian, founding father of Scottish Enlightenment, proponent of Utilitarianism
