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Year 1738 (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday 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 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 Year 1739 ( MDCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1740 ( MDCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Year 1741 ( MDCCXLI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Explorations Excavations Formal excavations continue at Pompeii. See also 1737 in architecture, other events of 1738, 1739 in architecture and the Architecture timeline. Events (unknown Paintings Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin paints The Wash Barrell. The year 1738 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events During a visit to Morpeth this year poet Mark Akenside gets the idea for his long didactic poem The Pleasures of the Imagination Events Antonio Vivaldi conducts a festival to celebrate the 100th opening of the Schouwburg theater Classical music The year 1738 in Science and Technology involved some significant events See also 1737 in Canada, other events of 1738, 1739 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Incumbents Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig 1737 state leaders - Events of 1738 - 1739 state leaders - State leaders by year ----- Africa Ashanti Confederacy Portugal Angola - # Rodrigo César de Meneses, Governor of Angola ( 1733 - 1738) # Joaquim Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Wednesday ( Dominical letter E) The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday 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 1738
January - June
- February 4 - Court Jew Joseph Suss Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Court Jew ( from German Hofjude(n Hoffaktor) is a term for historical Jewish Bankers or businessmen who lent money and handled the finances of some of the Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698-1738 was a Jewish Banker and financial planner for Duke Karl Alexander of Württemberg in Stuttgart Württemberg, formerly known as Wirtemberg, is an area and a former state in Swabia, a region in southwestern Germany.
- April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. Events 1450 - Battle of Formigny: Toward the end of the Hundred Years' War, the French attack and nearly annihilate English Serse ( Xerxes) ( HWV 40 is an Opera seria by George Frideric Handel. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto
- May 24 - John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day. Events 1218 - The Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt. 1276 - Magnus Ladulås is crowned John Wesley (ˈwɛslɪ ( – March 2, 1791) was an Anglican cleric and Christian theologian who was the founder of the (Evangelical Methodism is a movement within Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations Aldersgate Day is a holiday celebrated by Methodists on May 24 to commemorate the day in 1738 when John Wesley experienced his conversion
July - December
- November 18 - Ratification of the Treaty of Vienna. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull The Treaty of Vienna or Peace of Vienna was signed on November 18, 1738.
Undated
- Russo–Turkish War (1735–1739): Russian army fails to cross the Dniester. Russo–Turkish War of 1735–1739, a war between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, caused by intensified contradictions over the results of the War of the Polish The Dniester (Дністер translit Dnister; Nistru is a river in Eastern Europe. They are decimated by plague. Bubonic plague is the best-known manifestation of the bacterial disease plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly known as
- China's Qing government announces that all western businessmen have to use the Cohong in Guangzhou to trade. The Cohong, often spelled as kehang or gonghang, was the Chinese Import - Export Monopoly in Guangzhou Guangzhou ( Jyutping: Gwong²zau¹; Yale: Gwóngjàu) is the Capital and a Sub-provincial city
- The excavation of Herculaneum, a Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, begins. Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) is an ancient Roman town located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. Mount Vesuvius (in Italian Monte Vesuvio and in Latin Mons Vesuvius) is an active Stratovolcano east of Naples
- Stanisław Leszczyński receives Lorraine in exchange for renouncing the Polish throne. Stanisław I Leszczyński (October 20 1677 – February 23 1766 was King of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Duke Lorraine (Lorraine Lothringen is a historical area in present-day northeast France. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland
- Pierre Louis Maupertuis publishes Sur la figure de la terre, which 'confirms Newton's view that the earth is a spheroid slightly flattened at the poles'. Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis ( July 17, 1698 &ndash July 27, 1759) was a French Mathematician, Philosopher Sir Isaac Newton, FRS (ˈnjuːtən 4 January 1643 31 March 1727) Biography Early years See also Isaac Newton's early life and achievements
- Franz Ketterer invents the cuckoo clock. Franz Anton Ketterer (1676-1749 was a German Clockmaker Ketterer one of the founding fathers of the Black Forest clockmaking industry in Germany A cuckoo clock is a Clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours using small bellows and pipes that imitate the call of the Common
- Jacques de Vaucanson presents the world's first automaton, The Flute Player, to the French Academy of Sciences. Jacques de Vaucanson ( February 24, 1709 – November 21, 1782) was a French inventor and artist with a mechanical background who is credited The French Academy of Sciences ( French: Académie des sciences) is a Learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1738 MDCCXXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2491 |
| Armenian calendar | 1187 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -106 – -105 |
| Berber calendar | 2688 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2282 |
| Burmese calendar | 1100 |
| Chinese calendar | 4374/4434-11-12 (丁巳年十一月十二日) — to —
4375/4435-11-21(戊午年十一月廿一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1454 – 1455 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1730 – 1731 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5498 – 5499 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1793 – 1794 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1660 – 1661 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4839 – 4840 |
| Holocene calendar | 11738 |
| Iranian calendar | 1116 – 1117 |
| Islamic calendar | 1150 – 1151 |
| Japanese calendar | Genbun 3 (元文3年) |
| Korean calendar | 4071 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2281 |
- January 21 - Ethan Allen, American patriot (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 Kyōhō and before Kanpō. This period spanned the years from 1736 through 1741. 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 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Ethan Allen (January 10 1738 – February 12 1789 was an early American revolutionary and guerrilla leader who fought against the Province of New York 1789)
- April 12 - Padre Francisco Garcés, Spanish missionary (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 467 - Anthemius is elevated to Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Francisco Hermenegildo Tomás Garcés ( April 12, 1738 &ndash July 18, 1781) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary who explored much of 1781)
- April 14 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 &ndash 30 October 1809 was a British Whig and Tory The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1809)
- April 16 - Henry Clinton, British officer (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 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom 1795)
- May 1 - King Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great, (born February 1758 or November 1737 or May 1, 1738 – died May 8, 1819) 1819)
- May 27 - Nathaniel Gorham, American politician (d. Year 1819 ( MDCCCXIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar in the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed Nathaniel Gorham (May 27 1738 – June 11 1796 was the eighth President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederation. 1796)
- June 4 - King George III of the United Kingdom (d. Year 1796 ( MDCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 781 BC - The first historic Solar eclipse is recorded in China. George III (George William Frederick 4 June 1738 George III's long reign was marked by a series of military conflicts involving his kingdom much of the rest of Europe and places 1820)
- July 3 - John Singleton Copley, American 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 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. John Singleton Copley (1738 - 1815 was an American painter born presumably in Boston Massachusetts and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley both Irish 1815)
- September 25 - Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (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 303 - On a voyage preaching the Gospel, Saint Fermin of Pamplona is beheaded in Amiens, France Nicholas Van Dyke ( September 25 1738 &ndash February 19 1789) was an American Lawyer and Politician from 1789)
- October 11 - Arthur Phillip, British admiral and Governor of New South Wales (d. Year 1789 ( MDCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Admiral Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 &ndash 31 August 1814 was a British naval Admiraland colonial administrator 1814)
- October 18 - Andrei Bolotov, Russian agriculturalist and memoirist (d. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Andrey Timofeyevich Bolotov ( 18 October, 1738 — 16 October, 1833) was the most distinguished Russian Agriculturist of 1833)
- November 15 - William Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Sir Frederick William Herschel FRS KH ( 15 November 1738 – 25 August 1822) was a German -born British 1822)
- December 31 - Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, British general (d. Year 1822 (MDCCCXXII was a Common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Sunday of the Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Charles Cornwallis 1st Marquess Cornwallis ( 31 December 1738 &ndash 5 October 1805) was a British military commander and colonial 1805)
- See also Category: 1738 births. Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or
Deaths
- February 15 - Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (born 1684)
- March 16 - George Bähr, German architect (born 1666)
- March 25 - Turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (born 1670)
- May 1 - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (born c. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Matthias Bernard Braun ( Czech: Matyáš Bernard Braun, 24 February 1684 in Sautens near Innsbruck - 15 February Events 597 BC - Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king This page is about the German architect George Baehr is also the name of an American physician Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Turlough Carolan ( Irish name Toirdhealbhach Ó Cearbhalláin, 1670 - March 25, 1738) was a blind Itinerant Early Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Charles Howard 3rd Earl of Carlisle, PC (c1669 – 1 May 1738) was a British Statesman who was made a Privy Counsellor 1669)
- May 15 - Sir John Chesshyre, English lawyer (born 1662)
- June 5 - Isaac de Beausobre, French Protestant pastor (born 1659)
- June 21 - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, English politician (born 1674)
- September 23 - Herman Boerhaave, Dutch humanist and physician (born 1668)
- December 22 - Constantia Jones, English prostitute (executed) (born c. Events 1252 - Pope Innocent IV issues the Papal bull Ad exstirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the Sir John Chesshyre ( 11 November 1662 – 15 May 1738) was an English Lawyer who rose to the position of king's first Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem Isaac de Beausobre ( March 8, 1659 - June 5, 1738) was a French Protestant churchman now best known for his history of Events 524 - Godomar, King of the Burgundians defeats the Franks at the Battle of Vézeronce. Charles Townshend 2nd Viscount Townshend ( April 18, 1674 &ndash June 21, 1738) was an English statesman Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Herman Boerhaave ( Voorhout, December 31, 1668 - Leiden, September 23, 1738) was a Dutch botanist humanist Events 1790 - The Turkish fortress of Izmail is stormed and captured by Suvorov and his Russian armies Constantia Jones (born c 1708 died by execution December 22, 1738) was a Prostitute in London, UK during the term 1708)
- See also Category: 1738 deaths. Year 1708 ( MDCCVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
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