• The temperature on March 5, 1738 was about 7.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• In the year 1738: Source: Wikipedia
  • April 15 » Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel receives its premiere performance in London, England.
  • April 18 » Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") is founded in Madrid.
  • May 24 » John Wesley is converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day and a church service is generally held on the preceding Sunday.
  • May 25 » A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners.
  • July 15 » Baruch Laibov and Alexander Voznitzin are burned alive in St. Petersburg, Russia. Vonitzin had converted to Judaism with Laibov's help, with the consent of Empress Anna Ivanovna.
  • July 20 » Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

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• 1733 » Vincenzo Galeotti, Italian-Danish dancer and choreographer († 1816)
• 1739 » Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, American colonel and physician († 1819)
• 1748 » Jonas Carlsson Dryander, Swedish botanist and biologist († 1810)
• 1748 » William Shield, English violinist and composer († 1829)
• 1750 » Jean-Baptiste-Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French scholar and academic († 1805)
• 1751 » Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, composer, and educator († 1829)