January 6 » The Committee of Inquiry on the South Sea Bubble publishes its findings, revealing details of fraud among company directors and corrupt politicians.
March 24 » Johann Sebastian Bach dedicated six concertos to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg-Schwedt, now commonly called the Brandenburg Concertos, BWV 1046-1051.
April 4 » Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first British prime minister.
April 26 » A massive earthquake devastates the Iranian city of Tabriz.
August 18 » The city of Shamakhi in Safavid Shirvan is sacked.
October 22 » Russian Empire is proclaimed by Tsar Peter I after the Swedish defeat in the Great Northern War.
Day of marriage May 4, 1738
The temperature on May 4, 1738 was about 8.0 °C. There was 22 mm of rainWind direction mainly south-southeast. Weather type: regen en betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 7 » A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal.
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.
Day of burial September 20, 1760
The temperature on September 20, 1760 was about 16.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly west-southwest. Weather type: regen geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
March 20 » The Great Boston Fire of 1760 destroys 349 buildings.
June 27 » Anglo-Cherokee War: Cherokee warriors defeat British forces at the Battle of Echoee near present-day Otto, North Carolina.
July 8 » British forces defeat French forces in the last naval battle in New France.
October 9 » Seven Years' War: Russian and Austrian troops briefly occupy Berlin.
October 10 » In a treaty with the Dutch colonial authorities, the Ndyuka people of Suriname - descended from escaped slaves - gain territorial autonomy.
November 18 » The rebuilt debtors' prison, at the Castellania in Valletta, receives the first prisoners.
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