Johann Salomo Semler [SEP] date of death
Johann Salomo Semler
Johann Salomo Semler (18 December 1725 – 14 March 1791) was a German church historian, biblical commentator, and critic of ecclesiastical documents and of the history of dogmas. Sometimes known as "the father of German rationalism".
Youth and education.
He was born at Saalfeld in the Electorate of Saxony, the son of a poor clergyman. He grew up in pietistic surroundings, which powerfully influenced him his life through, though he never became a Pietist. In his seventeenth year he entered
- December 18 – Johann Salomo Semler, German historian, Bible commentator (d. 1791)
- "date unknown" – Magdalena Dávalos y Maldonado, Ecuadorian scholar, socialite (d. 1806)
Deaths.
- January 6 – Chikamatsu Monzaemon, Japanese dramatist (b. 1653)
- January 26 – Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, Georgian prince (b. 1658)
- January 29 – Nuno Álvares Pereira de Melo, 1st Duke of Cadaval, Portuguese nobleman and statesman (b. 1638)
- February 7 – Johann