Today in History for Year 1734

Months in Year 1734: January February March April May June July September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 9 of 9

Jan 8th - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Mar 10th - Spanish army under Don Carlos (III) draws into Naples
May 20th - 1st Jockey Club forms in SC
Jun 17th - French troops occupy Philipsburg at Rhine
Jun 21st - In Montreal in New France (today primarily Quebec), a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, having been convicted of the arson that destroyed much of the city, is tortured and hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.
Jun 30th - Russian army occupies Danzig
Nov 8th - Cook Vincent la Chapelle forms Free Masons Lodge
Nov 17th - John Zenger, arrested for libel against NY col gov; later acquitted
Dec 13th - England & Russia sign trade agreement

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 26 of 26

Jan 1st - John F E Acton, cruel premier of Naples
Jan 13th - Luca Sorkocevic, composer
Jan 17th - Francois-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs, Mirza)
Jan 31st - Julien-Amable Mathieu, composer
Jan 31st - Robert Morris, merchant (signed Declaration of Independence)
Feb 20th - Franz Ignaz Beck, composer
Feb 23rd - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild)
Mar 1st - Pieter Valck[x], South Netherland sculptor
Mar 18th - Joseph Schmitt, composer
Mar 19th - Thomas McKean, US attorney (signed Decl of Independence) [or Apr 19]
Apr 17th - Taksin, King of Thailand (d. 1782)
May 23rd - Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist (Mesmerism)
Jun 15th - Johann Ernst Altenburg, composer
Jun 28th - Jean-Jacques Beauvarget-Charpentier, composer
Jul 23rd - Antonio Maria Gasparo Sacchini, opera composer [or Jun 14 1730]
Jul 27th - Jakob Zupan, composer
Sep 5th - Jean-Benjamin de La Borde, composer
Oct 7th - Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)
Oct 14th - Francis Lightfoot Lee, US farmer/signer (Decl of Independence)
Oct 17th - Grigori G Orlov, Russ guard officer/favorite of Catharina II
Frontiersman Daniel Boone (Nov 2nd) Nov 2nd - Daniel Boone, Oley Valley, Pennsylvania, frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915), (d. 182)
Nov 25th - Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wenkel, composer
Dec 16th - Georg Peter Weimar, composer
Dec 17th - William Floyd, US soldier/signer (Declaration of Independence)
Dec 17th - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen (d. 1816)
Dec 18th - Jean-Baptiste Rey, composer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Mar 25th - William IV, Prince of Orange-Nassau marries princess Anne of Great Britain, eldest daughter of King George II at St. James' Palace

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 19 of 19

Jan 6th - John Dennis, English dramatist whose thunder was stolen (b. 1657)
Feb 1st - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)
Mar 1st - Roger North, English biographer (b. 1653)
Mar 8th - Carolomannus Pachschmidt, composer, dies at 33
Mar 12th - Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74
Mar 21st - Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer, dies at 48
Mar 21st - Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. 1679)
Apr 1st - Louis Lully, composer, dies at 69
Apr 4th - Johann C van Erckel, old Catholic theologist, dies at about 79
May 4th - James Thornhill, English painter
May 24th - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)
Jun 17th - Duke of Berwick, French general strategist, dies in battle
Jun 17th - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France (b. 1653)
Jul 6th - Nicolas Bernier, composer, dies at 69
Jul 22nd - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England
Nov 14th - Louise de Keroualle, English duchess/mistress of king Charles II, dies
Dec 14th - Noel-Nicolas Coypel, French painter/cartoonist, dies at 44
Dec 21st - Philipp Hyacinth Lobkowitz, composer, dies at 54
Dec 28th - Robert Roy MacGregor, Scottish folk hero (b. 1671)