Original sentence: August 25 – Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, German theologian and adventurer (died 1792).January 16 – Hester Thrale (Mrs Piozzi), English diarist and arts patron (died 1821).October 18 – Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French novelist (died 1803).October 28 – Johann August von Starck, German theologian and political writer (died 1816).October 4 – Edmond Malone, Irish Shakespearean editor (died 1812)
Edited sentence: August 25 - Karl Friedrich Bahrdt, theologian (died 1792).January 16 - Hester Thrale, friend and correspondent of Samuel Johnson (died 1821).October 18 - Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, French novelist (died 1803).October 24 - Johann August von Starck, controversial theologian and political writer (died 1816).October 4 - Edmond Malone, Shakespearean editor (died 1812)