Explore 126 historical events from 1730–1739.
Johann Georg Hamann was a German Lutheran philosopher from Königsberg. Known by the pen name "the Magus (Wizard) of the North", he was one of the leading figures of post-Kantian ph…
Johann Georg Hamann, German philosopher and author (died 1788)
Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben, often referred to in English as Baron von Steuben, was a Prussian-born army officer who played a leading role in t…
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (died 1794)
François de Troy was a French painter and engraver who became principal painter to King James II in exile at Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Director of the Académie Royale de peinture e…
François de Troy, French painter and engraver (born 1645)
Olivier Levasseur, was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse or La Bouche or in his early days for the speed and ruthlessness with which he always attacked his enemies as well as his …
Olivier Levasseur, French pirate (born 1690)
François de Neufville, 2nd Duke of Villeroy was a French Royal Army officer and nobleman.
François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy, French general (born 1644)
Gottfried Finger, also Godfrey Finger, was a Moravian-German Baroque Kapellmeister and composer. He was also a virtuoso on the viol, and many of his compositions were for the instr…
Gottfried Finger, Czech-German viol player and composer (born 1660)