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June 30 : Russians take 4,000 Ottoman defenders prisoner in conquest of
Ochakiv. .
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March 28 : Battle of Delhi
1737 (
MDCCXXXVII ) was a
common year starting on Tuesday of the
Gregorian calendar and a
common year starting on Saturday of the
Julian calendar , the 1737th year of the
Common Era (CE) and
Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 737th year of the
2nd millennium , the 37th year of the
18th century , and the 8th year of the
1730s decade. As of the start of 1737, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Calendar year
Events
January–March
January 5 –
Spain and the
Holy Roman Empire sign instruments of cession at
Pontremoli in the
Grand Duchy of Tuscany in Italy, with the Empire receiving control of Tuscany and the
Grand Duchy of Parma and Piacenza , in return for
Don Carlos of Spain being recognized as King of Naples and King of Sicily.
[1]
January 9 – The Empires of
Austria and
Russia enter into a secret military alliance that leads to Austria's disastrous entry into the Russo-Turkish War.
[2]
January 18 – In
Manila , a peace treaty is signed between Spain's
Governor-General of the Philippines , Fernándo Valdés y Tamon, and the Sultan
Azim ud-Din I of Sulu , recognizing Azim's authority over the islands of the
Sulu Archipelago .
[3]
[4]
February 20 –
France 's Foreign Minister,
Germain Louis Chauvelin , is dismissed by King
Louis XV 's Chief Minister, Cardinal
André-Hercule de Fleury
February 27 – French scientists
Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and
Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publish the first study correlating past weather conditions with an examination of
tree rings .
[5]
March 16 – In
Paris , representatives of
Spain and
Portugal sign an armistice bringing an end to the
Spanish–Portuguese War over the area now occupied by the nation of
Uruguay and the area now occupied by the state of
Rio Grande do Sul in
Brazil . The news does not reach the fighting parties until five months later.
[6]
March 28 – The Battle of Delhi takes place between the
Maratha Empire and the
Mughals .
April–June
April 5 – French Jesuit priest Jean-François Régis is canonized as
Saint Regis by the Roman Catholic Church under the reign of
Pope Clement XII .
April 22
In Afghanistan, Persian shah
Nader Shah begins the 11-month
Siege of Kandahar against the Pashtun Emir of Afghanistan,
Hussain Hotak .
[7] The surviving Afghanis surrender on March 24, 1738.
Lots are first advertised for sale in the new town of
Richmond, Virginia , by the placement of a notice by William Byrd in the Virginia Gazette . According to the paper, "... on the North Side of
James River , near the Uppermost Landing, and a little below the Falls, is lately laid off by Major Mayo, a Town, called Richmond, with Streets 65 Feet wide, in a pleasant and healthy Situation, and well supply'd with Springs of good Water. It lies near the Publick Warehouse at Shoccoe's, and in the midst of great Quantities of Grain, and all kind of Provisions. The Lots will be granted in Fee Simple, on Condition only of building a House in Three Years Time, of 24 by 16 Feet, fronting within 5 Feet of the Street. The Lots to be rated according to the Convenience of their Situation, and to be sold after this April General Court, by me, William Byrd."
[8]
May 28 – The
planet
Venus passes in front of
Mercury . The event is witnessed during the evening hours, by the amateur
astronomer
John Bevis , at the
Royal Greenwich Observatory . As of
2006 , it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed.
June 21 – In
Britain , the
Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the
Lord Chamberlain for
censorship .
June 30 –
Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739 :
Russian forces under
Field Marshal
Munnich storm the
Ottoman
fortress of
Ochakov , and take prisoner 4,000
Turks .
July–September
July 9 – The direct male line of the
Medici family becomes extinct, with the death of
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany .
July 12 –
Austria enters the
Russo-Turkish War as an ally of Russia against the Ottoman Empire.
[9]
July 17 – The British ship Catherine founders in a storm off of
Nova Scotia 's
Cape Sable Island during its voyage from Ireland to
Boston , killing 98 of the 201 people on board.
August 4 – Austria's army is defeated by the Ottoman Army and Bosnian defenders in the
Battle of Banja Luka .
August 15 – The Portuguese frigate Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem arrives at
Maldonado (now in
Uruguay ) as Captain Duarte Pereira brings the news that the
Spanish–Portuguese War ended by an agreement signed on March 16.
[6]
September 1 – The oldest existing
English language
newspaper in the world,
The News Letter , is founded in
Belfast , Ireland.
September 20 –
Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in the
Walking Purchase , forcing the cession of 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km2 ) of
Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the
Province of Pennsylvania .
October–December
October 7 – At least 300,000 people are killed when a
tropical cyclone strikes the
Bay of Bengal in
India and modern-day
Bangladesh . The storm sends 12 m (39 ft) high waves over the
Sundarbans delta, and overflows the
Hooghly River .
[10]
October 11 – The first national stage in
Sweden opens, when
Carl Gyllenborg 's play Den svenska sprätthöken is performed in the
Swedish language , by the first native actors, on the stage of
Bollhuset in
Stockholm .
[11]
October 16 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.3 occurs off the shore of
Russia 's
Kamchatka Peninsula . Tsunamis up to 60 metres (200 ft) high follow in the Pacific ocean.
[12]
November 4 – The
Teatro di San Carlo , the oldest working
opera house in
Europe , is inaugurated in
Naples, Italy .
December 24 – General
Baji Rao I of the
Maratha Empire in India defeats the armies of the rulers of
Hyderabad ,
Oudh ,
Bhopal and
Jaipur in the
Battle of Bhopal .
December –
John Wesley leaves
Savannah ,
Georgia , and returns to England.
Date unknown
Births
Thomas Paine
January 29 –
Thomas Paine , British-born American patriot and pamphleteer (d.
1809 )
March 14 –
Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus , Aromanian physician and noble (d.
1828 )
[13]
March 23 –
Arthur St. Clair , American soldier and politician (d.
1818 )
April 27 –
Edward Gibbon , English historian and politician (d.
1794 )
May 2 –
William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ,
Prime Minister of Great Britain (d.
1805 )
[14]
June 20 –
Tokugawa Ieharu , Japanese shōgun (d.
1786 )
August 5 –
Johann Friedrich Struensee , Danish royal physician (d.
1772 )
August 14 –
Charles Hutton , English mathematician (d.
1823 )
August 29 –
John Hunter , second governor of New South Wales (d.
1821 )
September 9 –
Luigi Galvani , Italian physician and physicist (d.
1798 )
September 14 –
Michael Haydn , Austrian composer (d.
1806 )
September 15 –
Miklós Küzmics ,
Hungarian Slovenes writer, Catholic priest (d.
1804 )
September 19 –
Charles Carroll of Carrollton , only
Roman Catholic signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d.
1832 )
December 26 –
Prince Josias of Coburg , Austrian general (d.
1815 )
date unknown –
Deaths
January 24 –
William Wake ,
Archbishop of Canterbury (b.
1657 )
January 29 –
George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney , British soldier (b.
1666 )
February 14 –
Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol ,
Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b.
1685 )
March 12 –
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , regent of the Kingdom of Serbia (1720–1733) (b.
1684 )
March 16 –
Benjamin Wadsworth , American President of Harvard University (b.
1670 )
March 26 –
Vakhtang VI of Kartli , king of the
Kingdom of Kartli under the
Bagrationi dynasty (b.
1675 )
May 3 –
James Johnston (Secretary of State) , diplomat, Secretary of State for Scotland (b.
1655 )
May 4
May 10 –
Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b.
1702 )
May 17 –
Claude Buffier , French philosopher and historian (b.
1661 )
June 6 –
Pierre Joseph Garidel , French botanist (b.
1658 )
July 26 –
Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy , French Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal (b.
1657 )
July 9 –
Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.
1671 )
July 26 –
Johan Cronman , Swedish general (b.
1662 )
July 27 –
Maria Maddalena Martinengo , Italian nun (b.
1687 )
September 27 –
John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester , English privy councillor (b.
1680 )
October 12 –
François Catrou , French historian and Jesuit priest (b.
1659 )
October 26 –
Rinaldo d'Este , Duke of Modena (b.
1655 )
November 11 –
Claude de Visdelou , French missionary (b.
1656 )
November 20 –
Caroline of Ansbach , queen of
George II of Great Britain (b.
1683 )
December 11 –
John Strype ,
English historian and biographer (b.
1643 )
Antonio Stradivari
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