March 8 » John Casor becomes the first legally-recognized slave in England's North American colonies where a crime was not committed.
March 25 » Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is discovered by Christiaan Huygens.
July 31 » Russo-Polish War (1654–67): The Russian army enters the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Vilnius, which it holds for six years.
September 8 » Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
December 18 » The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290.
December 27 » Second Northern War/the Deluge: Monks at the Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa are successful in fending off a month-long siege.
March 17 » The Siege of Valenciennes, during the Franco-Dutch War, ends with France's taking of the city.
April 19 » The French army captures the town of Cambrai held by Spanish troops.
July 23 » Scanian War: Denmark–Norway captures the harbor town of Marstrand from Sweden.
November 4 » The future Mary II of England marries William, Prince of Orange; they later jointly reign as William and Mary.
Day of death June 20, 1738
The temperature on June 20, 1738 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: betrokken. Special wheather fenomena: weerlicht. Source: KNMI
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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