Today in History for Year 1730

Months in Year 1730: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 11 of 11

Feb 28th - Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
Mar 16th - Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
Apr 8th - 1st Jewish congregation in US forms synagogue, "Shearith Israel, NYC"
May 15th - Robert Walpole becomes England 1st prime minister (was: chief min)
Jul 12th - Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
Jul 21st - States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
Aug 4th - Crown prince Frederik of Prussia escapes to England
Sep 17th - Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
Sep 30th - Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
Oct 12th - Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
Dec 11th - Voltaire's "Brutus," premieres in Paris

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 32 of 32

Jan 3rd - Charles Palissot de Montenoy, French writer/politician
Jan 12th - Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer
Jan 14th - William Whipple, merchant/judge (Declaration of Independence signer)
Jan 15th - John Malchair, composer
Jan 23rd - Joseph Hewes, US merchant (Declaration of Independence signer)
Feb 21st - Charles L Fournier, Flemish writer/painter
Feb 23rd - Christian Joseph Lidarti, composer
Mar 7th - Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (d. 1807)
Mar 27th - Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar (d. 1786)
Mar 31st - Étienne Bézout, French mathematician (d. 1783)
Apr 21st - Antonin Kammel, composer
Apr 25th - Fedele Fenaroli, composer
May 10th - George Ross, US judge (signed Declaration of Independence)
May 13th - Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British PM (1765-66, 1782) and Whig
May 29th - William Jackson, composer
Jun 7th - Georg von Pasterwiz, composer
Jun 14th - Antonio Maria Gasparo Giaccino Sacchini, composer [or Jul 23 1734]
Jun 20th - Nonnosus Madlseder, composer
Jun 21st - Norinaga Moto'ori, Japanese scientist
Jun 26th - Charles Joseph Messier, astronomer (cataloguer of "M objects")
Jul 12th - Josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)
Aug 27th - Hamann, writer
Sep 17th - Friedrich WLGA von Steuben, Prus/US inspector-gen of Washington's army
Oct 1st - Richard Stockton, US attorney/signer (Decl of Independence)
Oct 14th - Jean Joseph Rodolphe, composer
Oct 17th - Ernestus Weinrauch, composer
Nov 10th - Oliver Goldsmith, Ireland, novelist/dramatist (She Stoops to Conquer) (d. 1774)
Nov 16th - Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician
Dec 8th - John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia
Dec 8th - Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-born British physiologist and botanist (d. 1799)
Dec 14th - Capel Bond, composer
Dec 25th - Philip Mazzei, Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1816)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Sep 1st - US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 20 of 20

Jan 1st - Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, dies at 82
Jan 1st - Samuel Sewall, English judge (b. 1652)
Jan 30th - Peter II Alekseyevitch, tsar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
Feb 21st - Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
Mar 20th - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
Apr 21st - Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79
May 30th - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. 1648)
Jun 6th - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (b. 1646)
Jul 16th - Elijiah Fenton, poet, dies
Jul 18th - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. 1644)
Jul 19th - Jean-Baptiste Loeillet, composer, dies at 49
Aug 10th - Sebastien de Brossard, composer, dies at 74
Aug 17th - Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61
Aug 31st - Gottfried Finger, Czech composer (b. 1660?)
Sep 27th - Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. 1688)
Oct 12th - Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies
Oct 15th - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. 1658)
Oct 23rd - Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. 1683)
Nov 6th - Hans Hermann von Katte, Prussian lieutenant, beheaded
Nov 21st - François de Troy, French portrait artist