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Year 1730 (MDCCXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 17th Century was that Century which lasted from 1601 - 1700 in the Gregorian calendar The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends The Golden Age of Piracy (1700-1730 was rife in the Caribbean influencing trade in the world's main centres Events and trends Manufacture of the earliest surviving Pianos World leaders Louis XV King of France Events and trends The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America Events and trends Frederick II ascends the throne of Prussia, upon the death of his father " Frederick William I of Prussia " Events and Trends Scientific Navigation is developed The Seven Years' War ( 1756 - 1763) fought between two rival alliances Events and Trends King George III ascends the British throne in 1760. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1727 ( MDCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1728 ( MDCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1729 ( MDCCXXIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1732 ( MDCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. The year 1730 in architecture involved some significant events Events Pope Clement XII commissions Nicola Salvi to renovate the Trevi Fountain Paintings The year 1730 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Colley Cibber made British Poet Laureate Works published Stephen Duck, Poems The year 1730 in music involved some significant events Events The Beggar's Opera by John Gay is so popular that a deck The year 1730 in Science and Technology involved some significant events Events Seven Cherokee chiefs visit London and form an alliance The Articles of Agreement with King George II. Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig 1729 state leaders - Events of 1730 - 1731 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - Paulo Caetano de Albuquerque, Governor of Angola ( 1726 - 1732) Macau Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Thursday ( Dominical letter D) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita
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Events of 1730
September 17: Mahmud I. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Mahmud I (in Arabic محمودالأول ( August 2, 1696 December 13, 1754) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
January - June
- January 29 - Anna Ivanova (Anna of Russia) becomes tsarina, following the death of her cousin, Tsar Peter II. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Anna Ivanovna (Анна Иоанновна Anna Ioannovna) ( Moscow –) reigned as Duchess of Courland from 1711 to 1730 and as Empress of Russia Pyotr (Peter II Alekseyevich ( Russian: Пётр II Алексеевич or Pyotr II Alekseyevich) ( October 23, 1715 &ndash January
- May 15 - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving Robert Walpole as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet (ie. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend ( April 18, 1674 &ndash June 21, 1738) was an English statesman Robert Walpole 1st Earl of Orford, KG, KB, PC (26 August 1676 &ndash 18 March 1745 known before 1742 as Sir Robert Walpole, was a prime minister). In the new Walpole Ministry, Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet, becomes Secretary at War, and Henry Pelham is Paymaster of the Forces. The Ministry Sir William Strickland (c 1686 &ndash 1 September 1735) was an English Member of Parliament (MP and Government Minister in Sir Robert Walpole's Henry Pelham ( 25 September 1694 &ndash 6 March 1754) was a British Whig Statesman, who served as Prime Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal. Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, KB, PC (1673 &ndash 2 July 1743 was a British Whig Statesman who served
July - December
- July 12 - Pope Clement XII succeeds Pope Benedict XIII as the 246th pope. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. See Corsini for other uses of that name Pope Clement XII ( April 7, 1652 &ndash February 6, Pope Benedict XIII ( February 2, 1649 &ndash February 21, 1730) born Pietro Francesco Orsini, later Vincenzo Maria Orsini History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and
- September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754). Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Ahmed III ( Ottoman Turkish: احمد ثالث Aḥmed-i sālis) ( December 30, 1673 &mdash July Year 1703 ( MDCCIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Mahmud I (in Arabic محمودالأول ( August 2, 1696 December 13, 1754) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or
Undated
- Glasite sect formed. The Glasites were a Christian Sect founded in about 1730 in Scotland by John Glas.
Ongoing
- Second Fox War (1728-1733)
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1730 MDCCXXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2483 |
| Armenian calendar | 1179 ԹՎ ՌՃՀԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -114 – -113 |
| Berber calendar | 2680 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2274 |
| Burmese calendar | 1092 |
| Chinese calendar | 4366/4426-11-13 (己酉年十一月十三日) — to —
4367/4427-11-22(庚戌年十一月廿二日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1446 – 1447 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1722 – 1723 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5490 – 5491 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1785 – 1786 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1652 – 1653 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4831 – 4832 |
| Holocene calendar | 11730 |
| Iranian calendar | 1108 – 1109 |
| Islamic calendar | 1142 – 1143 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 15 (享保15年) |
| Korean calendar | 4063 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2273 |
- March 7 - Baron de Breteuil, last prime minister of the French monarchy (d. The Fox Wars were two wars between the Fox Indians and the French (mainly through their Indian allies which occurred in modern Michigan and Wisconsin The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Shōtoku and before Gembun. This period spanned the years from 1716 through 1736. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Louis Charles Auguste le Tonnelier baron de Breteuil baron de Preuilly ( March 7, 1730 &ndash November 2, 1807) was a French 1807)
- April 16 - Henry Clinton, British general (d. Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom 1795)
- April 26 - John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. John Moore ( April 26 1730 &ndash January 18 1805) was a priest in the Church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the chief bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the 1805)
- May 13 - Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Charles Watson-Wentworth 2nd Marquess of Rockingham KG, PC (13 May 1730 &ndash 1 July 1782 styled The Hon The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1782)
- June 21 - Motoori Norinaga, Japanese philologist and scholar of the kokugaku school (d. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Motoori Norinaga (Japanese 本居宣長 21 June 1730–5 November 1801 was a Japanese scholar of Kokugaku during the Edo period. Kokugaku ( Kyūjitai: 國學/ Shinjitai: 国学 lit National study was a school of Japanese philology and philosophy originating during the Tokugawa 1801)
- July 12 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Josiah Wedgwood ( July 12, 1730 - January 3, 1795, born Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent) was an English potter credited 1795)
- July 26 - Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Charles Messier ( June 26, 1730 &ndash April 12, 1817) was a French astronomer most notable for publishing an 1817)
- September 17 - Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian army officer (d. Year 1817 ( MDCCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin von Steuben ( September 17, 1730 &ndash November 28, 1794) was a Prussian-German army officer 1794)
- November 23 - William Moultrie, American general (d. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of William Moultrie (ˈmuːltriː ( November 23, 1730 – September 27, 1805) was a general from South Carolina in the American 1805)
- December 25 - Philip Mazzei, Italian physician and friend of Thomas Jefferson (d. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 274 - Roman Emperor Aurelian Philip Mazzei (pronounced maht-say' IPA mat-sei but sometimes erroneously cited with the name of Philip Mazzie) ( December 25, 1730 – Thomas Jefferson (April 13 1743 – July 4 1826 was the third President of the United States (1801–1809 the principal author of the Declaration of Independence 1816)
- December 30 - William Hamilton, British diplomat and antiquary (d. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St Sir William Hamilton, KB ( 13 December 1730 &ndash 6 April 1803) was a Scottish diplomat, Antiquarian 1803)
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- John Cook, American farmer and President of Delaware (d. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Cook (1730 &ndash October 27 1789) was an American Farmer and Politician from Smyrna, in Kent County The Governor of Delaware is the executive officer of the US state of Delaware. 1789)
- John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, (Lord Dunmore) (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common John Murray 4th Earl of Dunmore (1730 &ndash February 25, 1809) was a British peer and colonial governor February 25, 1809)
Deaths
- January 1 - Daniel Finch, 2nd Earl of Nottingham, English politician (b. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Daniel Finch 2nd Earl of Nottingham 7th Earl of Winchilsea ( July 2 1647 &ndash January 1 1730) son of Heneage Finch 1st Earl of Nottingham 1647)
- January 1 - Samuel Sewall, English-born judge (b. New Year See also New Year The Ancient Romans began their consular year on January 1st since 153 BC Samuel Sewall (March 28 1652 - January 1 1730 was a Massachusetts judge best known for his involvement in the Salem witch trials, for which he later apologized 1652)
- January 29 - Tsar Peter II of Russia (b. Events 904 - Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed Antipope Christopher. Pyotr (Peter II Alekseyevich ( Russian: Пётр II Алексеевич or Pyotr II Alekseyevich) ( October 23, 1715 &ndash January 1715)
- February 21 - Pope Benedict XIII (b. Year 1715 ( MDCCXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland Pope Benedict XIII ( February 2, 1649 &ndash February 21, 1730) born Pietro Francesco Orsini, later Vincenzo Maria Orsini 1649)
- March 9 - Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel (b. Events 590 - Bahram Chobin is crowned as king Barham VI of Persia. Frances Talbot, Countess of Tyrconnel ( Née Jenyns spelled Jennings in most modern references c c. 1647)
- March 20 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. Events 1600 - The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden. Adrienne Lecouvreur ( April 5, 1692 &ndash March 20, 1730) was a French actress. 1692)
- March 23 - Charles I, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (b. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Karl I ( August 3 1654 &ndash March 23 1730) was Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel from 1670 till his death 1654)
- April - Yinxiang, 1st Prince Yi, Qing dynasty prince (b. Yinxiang the Prince Yi (怡親王胤祥 Pinyin: Yìnxiáng Wade-Giles: Y'in-hsiang Posthumous name: Xián 賢 (1686 — April 1730 [[1686)
- May 30 - Arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (b. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Arabella Churchill ( 23 February 1648 &ndash 30 May 1730) was the mistress of King James II, and the mother of four of his children James II of England and Ireland James VII of Scotland (14 October 1633 &ndash 16 September 1701 was King of England, King of Scots, Later that same year James 1648)
- July 18 - François de Neufville, duc de Villeroi, French soldier (b. Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, François de Neufville 2nd duc de Villeroi ( April 7, 1644 - July 18, 1730) French soldier came of a noble family which 1644)
- September 27 - Laurence Eusden, English poet (b. Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Laurence Eusden ( 1688 - September 27, 1730) was an English Poet who became Poet Laureate in 1718 1688)
- October 12 - Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway (b. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Frederick IV (11 October 1671 &ndash 12 October 1730 was the king of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death 1671)
- October 15 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer (b. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Antoine Laumet de La Mothe sieur de Cadillac (1658-1730 was the founder of Detroit, Michigan. 1658)
- October 23 - Anne Oldfield, English actress (b. Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Anne Oldfield ( 1683 - October 23, 1730) English actress, was born in London, the daughter of a soldier 1683)
- November 21 - François de Troy, French portrait artist
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