The 1730s decade ran from January 1, 1730, to December 31, 1739.

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1732

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1733

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1734

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1735

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1736

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1737

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  • 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.[77] 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."[78]
  • 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 30Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739: Russian forces under Field Marshal Munnich storm the Ottoman fortress of Ochakov, and take prisoner 4,000 Turks.

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1738

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1739

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Births

1730

1731

 
Henry Cavendish

1732

George Washington
Jean-Bernard Restout

1733

 
Joseph Priestley

1734

 
Daniel Boone

1735

 
John Adams

1736

 
Li Ching-Yuen
 
James Watt
 
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb

1737

 
Thomas Paine

1738

 
William Herschel

1739

Deaths

1730

 
Frederick IV

1731

 
Bartolomeo Cristofori

1732

 
Emperor Reigen

1733

 
Augustus II the Strong

1734

 
James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick

1735

 
Yongzheng Emperor

1736

 
Prince Eugene of Savoy
 
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit

1737

 
Antonio Stradivari

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Herman Boerhaave

1739

 
Dick Turpin

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