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- Jan 13 James Oglethorpe & 130 English colonists arrive at Charleston, South Carolina
- Jan 18 1st polar bear exhibited in America in Boston
- Feb 12 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah
- May 12 Maria Theresa crowned Queen of Bohemia in Prague
- May 17 Great Britain passes Molasses Act, putting high tariffs on rum and molasses imported to the colonies from a country other than British possessions
- May 29 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld in Quebec City
- Jul 30 Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston
- Sep 12 Polish Landowners select Stanislaw Lesczynski king
- Sep 15 King Frederik Willem I divides Prussia-Brandenburg in Cantons
- Sep 22 Polish King Lesczynski flees to Danzig
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- Jun 12 King of Prussia Frederick the Great (21) weds duchess Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (18) at Schloss Salzdahlum in Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Historical Figures Who Died in 1733
- Jan 25 Reinier V van Hompech, Dutch gen-maj cavalry, dies
- Jan 25 Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London (b. 1652)
- Feb 1 August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62
- Mar 4 Claude de Forbin, French naval commander, dies at 76
- Apr 19 Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William III of England
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