Explore 163 historical events from 1730–1739.
The Guarded Domains of Iran, commonly called Safavid Iran, Safavid Persia or the Safavid Empire, was one of the largest and longest-lasting Iranian empires. It was ruled by the Saf…
Safavid Iran captures Ganja from the Ottoman Empire after defeating them in the battle of Yeghevārd.
Lieutenant-Admiral Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Count of Doggerbank was a Dutch naval officer who served in the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. …
Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Dutch admiral and philanthropist (died 1819)
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet was a British painter and politician.
Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (died 1811)
Johann Christian Bach was a German composer of the Classical era and the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Johann Christian Bach, German-English viol player and composer (died 1782)
Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, styled Earl of Euston between 1747 and 1757, was a British Whig statesman of the Georgian era. He is one of a handful of dukes who have…
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1811)
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer (the Younger) (17 October 1735 – 6 January 1803) was a member of the German Feuchtmayer family of Baroque artists associated with the Wessobrunner School.
Franz Xaver Feuchtmayer the Younger, German Baroque artist (died 1803)
A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough to be gravitationally rounded, but insufficient to achieve orbital dominance …
Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for…
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especiall…
Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel against the…
Horace Coignet was a French amateur violinist, singer and composer. He was active in Lyons as a pattern-designer and dealer in embroidered goods, as an official clerk and as musica…
Horace Coignet, French violinist and composer (died 1821)
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved in…
John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
Thomas Hearne or Hearn was an English diarist and prolific antiquary, particularly remembered for his published editions of many medieval English chronicles and other important his…
Thomas Hearne, English historian and author (born 1678)
Edwin Stead was a patron of English cricket, particularly of Kent and his own Edwin Stead's XI in the 1720s and early 1730s. He usually captained his teams, but nothing is known ab…
Edwin Stead, English landowner and cricketer (born 1701)
Peter Artedi or Petrus Arctaedius was a Swedish naturalist and collaborator of Carolus Linnaeus. He is sometimes known as the "father of ichthyology" for his pioneering work in cla…
Peter Artedi, Swedish ichthyologist and zoologist (born 1705)
The Yongzheng Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Shizong of Qing, personal name Yinzhen, was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule …
Yongzheng Emperor of China (born 1678)
Montreal is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest in Canada, and the eighth-largest in North America. Founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", it…
In Montreal, New France, a slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique is put to death, having been convic
Taksin the Great or the King of Thonburi was a Thai Chinese general who became the only King of Thonburi that ruled Siam from 1767 to 1782.
Taksin, King of Thailand (died 1782)
Johann Karl Rochus Ordonez, also known as Carlo d'Ordonez, was one of a number of composers working in Vienna during the second half of the eighteenth century. Ordonez was not a fu…
Karl von Ordóñez, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1786)
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier was a celebrated French organist and composer.
Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier, French organist and composer (died 1794)
Dabayin Min, commonly known as Naungdawgyi, personal name Maung Lauk (မောင်လောက်), was the second king of Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), from 1760 to 1763. He was a top milit…
Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (died 1763)
Sir James Thornhill was an English painter of historical subjects working in the Italian baroque tradition. He was responsible for some large-scale schemes of murals, including the…
James Thornhill, English painter and politician (born 1675)
Franz Anton Mesmer was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorized the existence of a process of natural energy transference occurring between all animate and in…
Franz Mesmer, German physician and astrologer (died 1815)
Georg Ernst Stahl was a German chemist, physician and philosopher. He was a supporter of vitalism, and until the late 18th century his works on phlogiston were accepted as an expla…
Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (born 1660)
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, 1st Duke of Liria and Jérica, 1st Duke of Fitz-James was a French-English army officer who was the eldest illegitimate son of James II of Engl…
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, French-English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (born 1670)
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Prince of Martigues, Marquis then (1st) Duke of Villars, Viscount of Melun was a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV. …
Claude Louis Hector de Villars, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (born 1653)