Explore 126 historical events from 1730–1739.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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.
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…
Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, 1st Baronet was a British painter and politician.
Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter and politician (died 1811)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)