Today in History for Year 1736

Months in Year 1736: January February March April May June July August September November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 5 of 5

Jan 26th - Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
Jan 27th - Abdication of Stanislas, last king of Poland
Feb 5th - Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia
Feb 19th - Georg F Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres
May 26th - Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 24 of 24

Jan 19th - James Watt, Scotland, inventor (steam engine)
Jan 19th - Laurens P van de Spiegel, Dutch regent/secretary of State 1787-95
Jan 25th - Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Turin, Italy, mathematician and astronomer
Feb 3rd - Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austria organist/composer
Feb 29th - Ann Lee, Manchester England, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
Mar 23rd - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
May 24th - Juan de Sesse y Balaguer, composer
May 29th - Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
Jun 5th - Corneille F de Nelis, Flemish scholar/bishop of Antwerp
Jun 7th - Karl Frieberth, composer
Jun 13th - Henryk Klein, composer
Jun 14th - Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, physicist (formulated Coulomb's Law)
Jul 10th - Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
Aug 15th - Johann Christoph Kellner, composer
Aug 26th - Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle, French chemist (d. 1790)
Sep 4th - Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer
Sep 8th - Bernardo Ottani, composer
Sep 10th - Carter Braxton, US farmer/signer (Declaration of Independence)
Sep 15th - Jean-Sylvain, French historian (History of France)
Founder of the Shakers Ann Lee (Feb 29th) Sep 16th - Johann N Tetens, German/Danish philosopher/mathematician
Nov 3rd - Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer
Nov 11th - Johann H Schepp, German/Neth engraver
Nov 18th - Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, composer
Nov 26th - Charles-Joseph Panckoucke, French publisher (Mercure de France)

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

Feb 12th - Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 18 of 18

Jan 7th - Ceslav Vanura, composer, dies at 41
Jan 31st - Filippo Juvara, Italian architect (b. 1678)
Feb 7th - Stephen Gray, English astronomer and scientist (b. 1666)
Mar 16th - Giovanni B Pergolesi, Italian composer (Stabat Mater), dies at 26
Mar 25th - Nicholas Hawksmoor, British architect
Mar 26th - Georg Balthasar Schott, composer, dies at 49
Apr 8th - Pedro Vaz Rego, composer, dies at 63
Apr 21st - Frans Eugenius, duke/prince of Savoye, dies at 72
Apr 24th - Prince Eugene of Savoy, French-born Austrian general (b. 1663)
Apr 30th - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
May 2nd - Albert Seba, Amsterdam pharmacist, dies at 71
May 7th - John Weldon, composer, dies at 60
Jul 16th - Thomas Yalden, poet/fable writer, dies
Sep 16th - Daniel G Fahrenheit, Prussian/Neth physicist (thermometer), dies at 50
Dec 1st - Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
Dec 10th - António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese ruler of Malta (b. 1663)
Dec 21st - Alessandro Galilei, Italian architect (Cappella Corsini), dies at 45
Dec 26th - Antonio Caldara, composer, dies