In history, year 1737 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1737.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1737:
Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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07 October | Three hundred thousand people died in Bengal when a 20 thousand small ship sank 40 feet below the sea. |
11 October | About three lakh people died in the cyclone that struck Calcutta (now Kolkata). |
21 January | Three lakh people died due to severe storms in the Bay of Bengal. |
30 January | Italian physicist and mathematician Luichi Galvani, who discovered lightning in the bodies of living beings, was born in Bolonia city. |
20 February | French Finance Minister Chauvelin resigned. |
12 March | Galileo's body was brought to the Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy. |
04 April | Anthony van Heim established as Dutch pension consultant |
28 May | The planet Venus passes in front of Mercury. The event was seen during the royal hours by amateur astronomer John Beviz at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. |
30 June | Russo-Turkish War, 1735–1739: According to Field Marshal Munich the Russian army sacked the Ottoman stronghold of Okkov and 4,000 Turks were imprisoned. |
31 July | Prince Frederick of Wales escaped from the English court. |
17 September | George-August University opened in Göttingen. |
11 October | The earthquake killed 300,000 people, and destroyed half of India's Calcutta city. |
04 November | Teatro di San Carlo Naples was inaugurated. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1737:
Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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01 May | William Petty / Politician / United Kingdom |
08 May | Edward Gibbon / Politician / United Kingdom |
09 March | Josef Mysliveček / Violinist / Czech Republic |
09 February | Thomas Paine / Author / United Kingdom |
09 September | Luigi Galvani / Physicist / Italy |
10 August | Anton Losenko / Painter / Russia |
14 May | George Macartney / Politician / United Kingdom |
14 September | Michael Haydn / Singer / Austria |
19 January | Giuseppe Millico / Composer / Italy |
20 June | Tokugawa Ieharu / Shogun / Japan |
20 March | Rama I / King / Thailand |
21 November | José Antonio Alzate y Ramírez / Scientist / Mexico |
23 January | John Hancock / Politician / United States of America |
31 October | James Lovell / Politician / United States of America |