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Year 1734 (MDCCXXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday 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 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 Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1736 ( MDCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. See also 1733 in architecture, other events of 1734 1735 in architecture and the Architecture timeline. Events Paintings Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The House of Cards Births The year 1734 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events Works published Alexander Pope: An Essay on Man, fourth and final epistle published Events Foundation of the Imperial Ballet School at Saint Petersburg Classical music George Frideric Handel The year 1734 in Science and Technology involved some significant events See also 1733 in Canada, other events of 1734, 1735 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig 1733 state leaders - Events of 1734 - 1735 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor of Angola ( 1733 - 1738) 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 Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Tuesday ( Dominical letter F) 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 1734
January - June
- January 8 - Salzburgers, Lutherans who were expelled by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salzburg, Austria, in October of 1731, set sail for the British Colony of Georgia, in America. Events 871 - Battle of Ashdown - Ethelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic Year 1731 ( MDCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A sail is any type of surface intended to generate Thrust by being placed in a Wind &mdashin essence a vertically-oriented Wing. The British Overseas Territories are fourteen territories that are under the Sovereignty of the United Kingdom, but which do not form part of the United Kingdom The Province of Georgia (also Georgia Colony) was one of the Southern colonies in British North America.
- March 12 - Salzburgers arrive at the mouth of the Savannah River, in the British Colony of Georgia. Events 538 - Witiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving For the Department of Energy facility see Savannah River Site The Savannah River is a major river in the southeastern United States
- June 17 - French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed
- June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Not to be confused with Phillipsburg or Philipsburg. Philippsburg is a city in Germany, in the district of Karlsruhe Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Marie-Joseph Angélique (commonly known as Angélique; died June 21, 1734) was the name given by the French authorities to a Portuguese Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is "any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental is intentionally Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
- June 30 - The War of the Polish Succession: Russian troops take Gdańsk (German: Danzig), which had been besieged since October 1733. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The War of the Polish Succession ( 1733 - 1738) was sparked by a Polish Civil war over the succession to Augustus II, King of Poland Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Gdańsk ( Polish pronunciation; 'Danzig', Gduńsk Gedania Dantiscum is the City at the centre of the fourth-largest Metropolitan area in Poland The Germanic languages are a group of related languages that constitute a branch of the Indo-European (IE Language family. Year 1733 ( MDCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Gdańsk is captured after the failure of a French expedition to relieve the city. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
July - December
- November 5 - Creation of the Dzików Confederation in Poland. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) The Dzikowska Confederation (konfederacja dzikowska was a military organisation formed in 1734 in Dzików (today suburb of Tarnobrzeg) by supporters of Stanisław I Leszczyński
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1734 MDCCXXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2487 |
| Armenian calendar | 1183 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԳ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -110 – -109 |
| Berber calendar | 2684 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2278 |
| Burmese calendar | 1096 |
| Chinese calendar | 4370/4430-11-27 (癸丑年十一月廿七日) — to —
4371/4431-12-7(甲寅年十二月初七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1450 – 1451 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1726 – 1727 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5494 – 5495 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1789 – 1790 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1656 – 1657 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4835 – 4836 |
| Holocene calendar | 11734 |
| Iranian calendar | 1112 – 1113 |
| Islamic calendar | 1146 – 1147 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 19 (享保19年) |
| Korean calendar | 4067 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2277 |
- February 27 - Thomas Conway, American Revolutionary War general (d. 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 1560 - The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Congregation Thomas Conway ( February 27, 1735 – c 1800 was a French soldier from Ireland who served as a Major general in the American In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" 1800)
- March 19 - Thomas McKean, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. Events 1279 - A Mongolian victory in the Battle of Yamen ends the Song Dynasty in China. Thomas McKean (March 19 1734 June 24 1817 was an American Lawyer and Politician from New Castle, Delaware, and Philadelphia 1817)
- May 23 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian physician (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 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Franz Anton Mesmer (born Friedrich Anton Mesmer; May 23, 1734 &ndash March 5, 1815) was a German physician and astrologist who 1815)
- July 25 - Ueda Akinari, Japanese author and scholar (d. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Ueda Akinari or Ueda Shūsei (上田 秋成 July 25, 1734, Osaka - August 8, 1809, Kyoto) was a Japanese 1809)
- September 3 - Joseph Wright, British painter (d. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 36 BC - In the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeats Sextus Pompeius Joseph Wright ( 3 September 1734 - 29 August 1797) styled Wright of Derby was an English landscape and portrait painter 1797)
- October 7 - Sir Ralph Abercromby, British general (d. Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Lieutenant-General Sir Ralph Abercromby, KB (sometimes spelled Abercrombie ( 7 October 1734 &ndash 28 March 1801) was 1801)
- November 2 - Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (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 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Daniel Boone ( &ndash September 26 1820 was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes 1820)
- December 15 - George Romney, English painter (d. Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of George Romney ( December 26, 1734 – November 15, 1802) Public collections of works Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal 1802)
- December 17 - Maria I of Portugal, Portuguese queen, from Braganza Dynasty (d. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Events 546 - Gothic War (535–554: The Ostrogoths of King Totila Maria I ( December 17, 1734 – March 20, 1816) was Queen of Portugal and the Algarves from 1777 until her death 1816)
- See also Category: 1734 births. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year
Deaths
- January 6 - John Dennis, English critic and dramatist (b. Events 1066 - Harold Godwinson is crowned King of England. 1205 - Philip of Swabia becomes King John Dennis may refer to John Dennis (dramatist (1657-1734 English dramatist John Stoughton Dennis, Canadian surveyor 1657)
- February 1 - John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Sir John Floyer ( March 3 1649 - February 1, 1734) English Physician and author was the third child and second son of 1649)
- February 1 - Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer (b. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni ( March 18, 1657 – February 1, 1743) was an Italian Composer born at Rieti. 1657)
- March 1 - Roger North, English biographer (b. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant This article is about Roger North a 17th century English lawyer and biographer 1653)
- March 21 - Robert Wodrow, Scottish historian (b. Events 630 - Byzantine emperor Heraclius restores the True Cross to Jerusalem. Robert Wodrow ( 1679 - March 21, 1734) Scottish Historian, was born at Glasgow, being a son of James Wodrow professor 1679)
- May 4 - James Thornhill, English painter (b. Events 1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV See also English school of painting Sir James Thornhill ( 25 July 1675 or 1676 – May 4, 1734) was an English 1675 or 1676)
- May 24 - Georg Ernst Stahl, German physician and chemist (b. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned Georg Ernst Stahl ( October 21, 1660 &ndash May 24, 1734) was a German Chemist and Physician. 1660)
- June 12 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of James II of England and French military commander (b. Events 1381 - Peasants' Revolt: in England, rebels arrive at Blackheath. James FitzJames 1st Duke of Berwick ( 21 August 1670 &ndash 12 June 1734) was a French military leader illegitimate son of King James 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 1670)
- June 17 - Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshall of France (b. Events 1462 - Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II ( The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat Claude Louis Hector de Villars Prince de Martigues Marquis and Duc de Villars and Vicomte de Melun ( May 8, 1653 – June 17, 1734) was the 1653)
- June 21 - Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slave
- July 22 - Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor of England (b. Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Marie-Joseph Angélique (commonly known as Angélique; died June 21, 1734) was the name given by the French authorities to a Portuguese Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Peter King 1st Baron King PC, FRS (c 1669&ndash 22 July 1734) Lord chancellor of England, was born at Exeter The Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, or Lord Chancellor is a senior and important functionary in the Government of the United Kingdom. c. 1669)
- November 14 - Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, French-born mistress of Charles II of England (b. Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Louise Renée de Penancoët de Kérouaille Duchess of Portsmouth (September 1649 &ndash 14 November 1734) was a mistress of Charles II of England Charles II (Charles Stuart 29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685 was the King of England, Scotland, and Ireland. 1649)
- December 28 - Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish clan chief (b. Events 1065 - Westminster Abbey is Consecrated. 1308 - The reign of Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Robert Roy MacGregor, (baptized March 7, 1671 – December 28, 1734) usually known simply as Rob Roy 1671)
- See also Category: 1734 deaths.
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