Explore 163 historical events from 1730–1739.
Johann Michael Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical period and the younger brother of Joseph Haydn.
Michael Haydn, Austrian singer and composer (died 1806)
Eustace Budgell was an English writer and politician.
Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (born 1686)
Mathieu Marais was a French jurist and lawyer at the Parlement of Paris. He is later known by the edition of his Journal and Memoirs by Mathurin de Lescures.
Matthieu Marais, French author, critic, and jurist (born 1664)
Gian Gastone de' Medici was the seventh and last Medicean grand duke of Tuscany.
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1671)
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)
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
The Porteous Riots surrounded the activities of John Porteous, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, Scotland, who was lynched by a mob for his part in the killing of innocent ci…
Following the Porteous Riots, a mob storms the Tolbooth prison in Edinburgh and lynches John Porteous.
The Lebanese Council of 1736 was a synod of the Maronite Church held from 30 September to 2 October that year at the monastery of Our Lady of Luwayza near Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon. The…
The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following…
William Whiston was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. He is now probabl…
Mathematician William Whiston's predicted comet fails to strike the Earth.
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was a French officer, engineer, and physicist. He is best known as the eponymous discoverer of what is now called Coulomb's law, the description of the …
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist and engineer (died 1806)
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783, he la…
Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (died 1802)
Johann Christoph Kellner was a German organist and composer. He was the son of Johann Peter Kellner.
Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (died 1803)
Jean-Baptiste Louis Romé de l'Isle was a French mineralogist, considered one of the creators of modern crystallography.
Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French mineralogist and geologist (died 1790)
Robert Raikes was an English philanthropist and Anglican layman. He was educated at The Crypt School in Gloucester. He was noted for his promotion of Sunday schools.
Robert Raikes, English philanthropist, founded Sunday school (died 1811)
Jean Sylvain Bailly was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution. He presided over the Tennis Court Oath, serv…
Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st Mayor of Paris (died 1793)
Hsinbyushin, also known as Maung Rwa or Prince of Myedu (မြေဒူးမင်း), was the third emperor of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1763 to 1776. The second son of the dyna…
Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (died 1776)
Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry was an Anglo-Irish politician and peer.
Thomas Mullins, 1st Baron Ventry, Anglo-Irish politician and peer (died 1824)
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)
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, Ottoman sultan (born 1673)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. He was born in Poland to a family of German origin, although he spent much of his life in …
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the thermometer (born 1686)