Historical Events
- Feb 28 Tsarina Anna Ivanovna leads autocracy
- Mar 16 Willem Charles Henry Friso installed as viceroy of Drenthe
- Apr 8 Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan
- Jul 12 Lorenzo Corsini chosen as Pope Clemens XII
- Jul 21 States of Holland put death penalty on "sodomy"
- Aug 4 Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
- Sep 17 Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
- Sep 30 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
- Oct 12 Christian VI succeeds Frederik IV as king of Denmark
- Dec 3 Colley Cibber is appointed British Poet Laureate under King George II
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Friedrich Wilhelm von SteubenWorld Leaders in 1730
Robert Walpole
1st British Prime Minister
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- Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Virtuoso & Composer - Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Antonio Vivaldi
Johann Sebastian BachFamous Weddings
- Sep 1 US Founding Father Benjamin Franklin establishes a common-law marriage with Deborah Read
Famous Deaths
- Jan 1 Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, English Tory statesman, dies at 82
- Jan 1 Samuel Sewall, English-American judge and businessman, dies at 77
- Jan 30 Peter II Alexeyevich, Tsar of Russia (1727-30), dies at 14
- Feb 21 Benedict XIII, [Pietro F Orsini], Pope (1724-30), dies at 81
- Mar 20 Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (Comédie-Française) inspiration for 1849 drama "Adrienne Lecouvreur", dies at 37
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