Explore 53 historical events from 1730–1739.
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)
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)
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)
The Royal Academy of History is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and art…
Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid
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)
Pope Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740.
Pope Clement XII issues the first papal condemnation of Freemasonry and formally prohibits Catholics from becoming Freem
The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Established in 1738 during the reign of Empress Anna, the academy was known as the …
The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman.
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1669)
D. Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, before 1718 titled 3rd Marquis of Fontes and 7th Count of Penaguião, was a Portuguese nobleman and diplomat.
Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (born 1676)
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty…
Prince Eugene of Savoy (born 1663)
The Battle of Vasai or the Battle of Bassein was fought between the Maratha Empire and the Portuguese rulers of Vasai, a town near Mumbai (Bombay) in the Konkan region of the prese…
The Battle of Vasai concludes as the Marathas defeat the Portuguese army
Johann Baptist Wanhal was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna. His music was well respected by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, …
Johann Baptist Wanhal, Czech-Austrian organist and composer (died 1813)
Jabez Bowen Sr. was an American shipper, slave trader and politician. He was a militia colonel during the American Revolutionary War, and served as Deputy Governor of Rhode Island…
Jabez Bowen, American colonel and politician, 45th Deputy Governor of Rhode Island (died 1815)
Nicholas Saunderson was a blind English scientist and mathematician. According to one historian of statistics, he may have been the earliest discoverer of Bayes' theorem. He worked…
Nicholas Saunderson, English mathematician and academic (born 1682)
The Royal Academy of History is a Spanish institution in Madrid that studies history "ancient and modern, political, civil, ecclesiastical, military, scientific, of letters and art…
Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid
Pope Clement XII, born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to his death in February 1740.
Pope Clement XII issues the first papal condemnation of Freemasonry and formally prohibits Catholics from becoming Freem
The Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet is a school of classical ballet in St Petersburg, Russia. Established in 1738 during the reign of Empress Anna, the academy was known as the …
The Imperial Theatrical School, the first ballet school in Russia, is founded
John Wesley was an English cleric, theologian, and evangelist who was a principal leader of a revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he fou…
John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as
Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borde…
A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange o
Nathaniel Gorham was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Massachusetts. He was a delegate from the Bay Colony to the Continental Congress and for six months …
Nathaniel Gorham, American merchant and politician, 14th President of the Continental Congress (died 1796)
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin was a French physician, politician, and freemason who proposed on 10 October 1789 the use of a device to carry out executions in France, as a less painful m…
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, French physician (died 1814)
George III was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820. The Acts of Union 1800 unified Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of G…
George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820)
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC was a British nobleman, peer, and statesman.
Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English politician, First Lord of the Treasury (born 1669)
The Moravian Church, or the Moravian Brethren, formally the Unitas Fratrum, is one of the oldest Protestant denominations in Christianity, dating back to the Bohemian Reformation o…
At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley (pictured) experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to laun
Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and minor politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was publishe…
Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (died 1794)
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, was a British diplomat, politician and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Grenada, Madras and the Cape Colony. He is often r…
George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician and diplomat, Governor of Grenada (died 1806)
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which title he is generally known to history, was an Anglo-Irish Whig…
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish-English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1805)
Eustace Budgell was an English writer and politician.
Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (born 1686)
The Chickasaw Campaign of 1736, also known as the First Chickasaw War, consisted of two pitched battles by the French and allies against Chickasaw fortified villages in present-day…
The Battle of Ackia is fought near the present site of Tupelo, Mississippi
Patrick Henry was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served…
Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (died 1799)
Ignaz Fränzl was a German violinist, composer and representative of the second generation of the so-called Mannheim School. Mozart, who heard him at a concert in November 1777, wro…
Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (died 1811)
Prince Eugene Francis of Savoy-Carignano, better known as Prince Eugene, was a distinguished feldmarschall in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty…
Prince Eugene of Savoy (born 1663)
Johann Albert Fabricius was a German classical scholar and bibliographer.
Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (born 1668)
Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real was an accomplished Portuguese diplomat and statesman, and Secretary of State to King Peter II and John V.
Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese judge and politician (born 1658)