Today in History for Year 1733

Months in Year 1733: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 13th - James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, SC
Jan 18th - 1st polar bear exhibited in America (Boston)
Feb 12th - Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
Mar 22nd - Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
May 6th - 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
May 12th - Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague
May 17th - England passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum & molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
May 29th - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
Jul 30th - Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
Sep 12th - Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king
Sep 15th - King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons
Sep 22nd - Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
Sep 26th - France, Spain & Sardinia sign anti-German covenant
Oct 10th - France declares war on emperor Charles VI
Nov 7th - France & Spain sign Escoriaal Treaty

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 15th - Joseph Lederer, composer
Jan 17th - Thomas Linley, composer
Jan 22nd - Philip Carteret, British Naval Officer
Mar 5th - Vincenzo Galeotti, [Tomazelli], Italian dancer/choreographer
Mar 13th - Joseph Priestly, England, clergyman/scientist (discovered oxygen)
Mar 15th - Johann Zoffany, German painter, baptized
Apr 2nd - Giacomo Tritto, composer
Apr 13th - Johann Heinrich Zang, composer
May 4th - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
May 11th - Victoire of France, daughter of king Louis XV (d. 1799)
Jun 20th - Betty Washington sister of George Washington
Jul 22nd - Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (d. 1790)
Jul 27th - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
Aug 24th - David Traugott Nicolai, composer
Sep 18th - George Read, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)
Sep 22nd - Anton Filtz, composer
Oct 3rd - Francois Krafft, composer
Oct 14th - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)
Oct 28th - Ignaz Franz von Beecke, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

Jan 25th - Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch gen-maj cavalry, dies
Jan 25th - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
Feb 1st - August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
Feb 27th - Johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46
Mar 4th - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656)
Apr 19th - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
May 10th - Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
May 18th - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer, dies at 71
Jun 23rd - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
Aug 16th - Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)
Sep 11th - Francois Couperin, French composer (Le Grand), dies at 64
Sep 12th - Francois Couperin "Le Grand", French composer, dies at 64
Sep 25th - Georg Motz, composer, dies at 79
Oct 26th - Antonio Veracini, composer, dies at 74
Oct 31st - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1676)
Dec 31st - Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven), dies at 44