James Boswell, Biographer of Dr Johnston, Born at Blairs Land, Parliament Square, Edinburgh.

October 29, 1740

James Boswell, biographer of Dr Johnston, born at Blairs Land, Parliament Square, Edinburgh.

Ireland

Birth in Dublin of Sir Philip Francis, civil servant, duellist, and gambler; he may have been the author of the Junius Letters

Rev. Edward Sewell, a couple-beggar, is hanged at Stephen's Green