1737
|
|
| Years: 1734 1735 1736 - 1737 - 1738 1739 1740 | |
| Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
Events
- 12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated.
- May 28 — The planet Venus passed in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2005, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed.
- Benjamin Franklin created the Philadelphia police force - the first city-paid force.
- In Britain the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship.
- Georg August University of Göttingen Founded
- The direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct
- Richmond, Virginia founded
- San Carlo The oldest Opera House in Europe, opens in Naples, Italy
- Austro-Turkish War begins
- Our Lady of Guadalupe is designated the patron saint of Mexico City
- The (Belfast) News Letter newspaper founded in Ireland
- Lancaster County Prison is first constructed
- North Adams, Massachusetts first settled
- New Salem, Massachusetts first settled
- Hardwick, Massachusetts first settled
- Westminster, Massachusetts first settled
Births
- January 23 - John Hancock, American statesman and revolutionary (d. 1793)
- January 29 - Thomas Paine, American patriot and pamphleteer (d. 1809)
- April 27 - Edward Gibbon, English historian (d. 1794)
- May 20 - William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, British statesman (d. 1805)
- September 9 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
- September 14 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
- September 19 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton, signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d. 1832)
- Frances Abington, English actress (d. 1815)
- John Hunter, second governor of New South Wales (d. 1821)
- Johann Friedrich Struensee, Danish royal physician (d. 1772)
- Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shogun (d. 1786)
Deaths
- May 10 - Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (d. 1702)
- July 9 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)
- November 20 - Caroline of Ansbach, queen of George II of Great Britain (b. 1683)
- December 18 - Antonio Stradivari, Italian luthier (b. 1644)
- December 19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (b. 1667)
- William Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1657)af:1737
ast:1737 bg:1737 ca:1737 cs:1737 cy:1737 da:1737 de:1737 et:1737 el:1737 es:1737 eo:1737 eu:1737 fr:1737 ko:1737년 hr:1737 io:1737 id:1737 it:1737 he:1737 lb:1737 hu:1737 nl:1737 nb:1737 nn:1737 os:1737 pl:1737 pt:1737 ro:1737 ru:1737 sk:1737 sl:1737 sr:1737 fi:1737 sv:1737 tt:1737 tr:1737 uk:1737 zh:1737年