Explore 163 historical events from 1730–1739.
Hieronymus Joseph Franz de Paula Graf Colloredo von Wallsee und Melz was Prince-Bishop of Gurk from 1761 to 1772 and Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg from 1772 until 1803, when the pr…
Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (died 1812)
Giuseppe Demachi was a composer born in Alessandria, Kingdom of Sardinia. He served as a leading violinist in the city of his birth and later in the city of Geneva with the Concert…
Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (died 1791)
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach was a German composer and harpsichordist, the fifth son of Johann Sebastian Bach, sometimes referred to as the "Bückeburg Bach".
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German pianist and composer (died 1791)
Johan Carl Wilcke was a Swedish physicist.
Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (died 1796)
Jacques Necker was a Genevan banker, financier and statesman who served as finance minister of France for Louis XVI. He was a reformer, but his innovations sometimes caused great d…
Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (died 1804)
John Broadwood was the Scottish founder of the piano manufacturer Broadwood and Sons.
John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded John Broadwood and Sons (died 1812)
Louis Éconches Feuillée was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer and botanist.
Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (born 1660)
Satohito , posthumously honored as Emperor Reigen was the 112th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Reigen's reign spanned the years from 1663 thro…
Emperor Reigen of Japan (born 1654)
Thomas Boston was a Scottish Presbyterian church leader, theologian and philosopher. Boston was successively schoolmaster at Glencairn, and minister of Simprin in Berwickshire, and…
Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (born 1676)
Martha Dandridge Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington, who was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined unti…
Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (died 1802)
Joaquim Machado de Castro was one of Portugal's foremost sculptors. He wrote extensively on his works and the theory behind them, including a full-length discussion of the statue o…
Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor (died 1822)
Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan was a Royal Navy officer who served in the Seven Years' War, American War of Independence and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He …
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan, Scottish-English admiral (died 1804)
Samuel Huntington was a Founding Father of the United States and a lawyer, jurist, statesman, and Patriot in the American Revolution from Connecticut. As a delegate to the Continen…
Samuel Huntington, American jurist and politician, 18th governor of Connecticut (died 1796)
Francisco Javier Clavijero Echegaray, SJ was a Mexican Jesuit teacher, scholar and historian. After the expulsion of the Jesuits from Spanish provinces in 1767, he went to Italy, w…
Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican priest, historian, and scholar (died 1787)
Daniel Defoe was an English writer, journalist, merchant and spy. He is famous for his novels Robinson Crusoe (1719), Moll Flanders (1722) and Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress (1724)…
Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (born 1660)
Johann Ludwig Bach was a German composer and violinist.
Johann Ludwig Bach, German violinist and composer (born 1677)
Henry Cavendish was an English experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. He is noted for his discovery of hydrogen, which he termed "inflammable air". He described the de…
Henry Cavendish, French-English chemist, physicist, and philosopher (died 1810)
The 1730 Valparaíso earthquake occurred at 04:45 local time on July 8. It had an estimated magnitude of 9.1–9.3 and triggered a major tsunami with an estimated magnitude of Mt 8.75…
An estimated magnitude 8.7 earthquake causes a tsunami that damages more than 1,000 km (620 mi) of Chile's coastline.
Ahmed III was sultan of the Ottoman Empire and a son of sultan Mehmed IV. His mother was Gülnuş Sultan, originally named Evmania Voria, who was an ethnic Greek. He was born at Hacı…
Ahmed III is forced to abdicate as the Ottoman sultan.
The Ladoga Canal is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which…
Construction of the Ladoga Canal is completed in Russia.
General Sir Henry Clinton, KB was a British Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons of Great Britain between 1772 and 1795. He is best known for his service as …
Henry Clinton, English general and politician (died 1795)
Antonín Kammel was a Bohemian composer and violinist of the Classical period. He is known for his instrumental works composed primarily for strings, though he did compose a few si…
Antonín Kammel, Czech violinist and composer (died 1788)
Vice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st Baronet was a Royal Navy officer who was the fourth son of Admiral Sir William Rowley. Sir Joshua was from an ancient English family, originatin…
Joshua Rowley, English admiral (died 1790)
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia was a Prussian prince and general, as well as Herrenmeister of the Bailiwick of Brandenburg of the Order of Saint John. He belonged to the Hous…
Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Prussian prince and general (died 1813)