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| Years: 1729 1730 1731 - 1732 - 1733 1734 1735 | |
| Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
Events
- February 23 - First performance of Handel's Orlando, in London
- June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. [1]
- December 7 - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) is opened
- Genoa regains Corsica
- 139 members of the Paris Parlement are exiled by order of the King, but are eventually triumphant over the Crown, and secure their recall in December
- Cobalt discovered
Births
- January 24 - Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer (d. 1799)
- February 22 - George Washington, later 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)
- March 31 - Joseph Haydn, composer (d. 1809)
- April 5 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (d. 1806)
- October 6 - Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (died 1811)
- December 6 - Warren Hastings, British administrator (d. 1818)
- December 23 - Richard Arkwright, English inventor (d. 1792)
- Abbas III , Shah of Persia 1732-36
- Jacques Necker, French politician (d. 1804)
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (d. 1806)
Deaths
- December 4 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (born 1685)
- Emperor Reigen of Japan
- July 16 - Woodes Rogers, First Royal Governor of the Bahamas
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