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Years: 1726 1727 1728 - 1729 - 1730 1731 1732

Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Template:C18YearInTopic

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January 1.2 February 1.3 March 1.4 April 1.5 May 1.6 June 1.7 July 1.8 August 1.9 September 1.10 October 1.11 November 1.12 December 2 Births 3 Deaths

Events

• Astronomer James Bradley discovers and describes the prinicple of aberration of starlight.
• The third oldest settlement in Mississippi, Port Gibson, was founded
• A fire in Istanbul destroys 12,000 houses and kills 7,000 inhabitants.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

• July 25 - Seven of the original eight Lords Proprietors sell their tracts within the Province of Carolina back to the crown. The Province is permanently divided and reorganized into the Royal Colonies of North Carolina and South Carolina.
• July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded.

August

September

October

November

• November 28 - The worst Indian massacre to take place on Mississippi soil occurrs when Natchez Indians kill 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, MS (near modern-day Natchez, MS).

December

Births

• January 12 - Edmund Burke, Irish statesman and philosopher (d. 1797)
• January 22 - Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, German author and philosopher (d. 1781)
• May 2 - Catherine the Great of Russia (d. 1796)
• November 12 - Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French navigator and military commander (d. 1811)
• November 24 - Alexander Suvorov, Russian general (d. 1800)

Deaths

• January 19 - William Congreve, English playwright (b. 1670)
• January 31 - Jakob Roggeveen, Dutch explorer (b. 1659)
• March 2 - Francesco Bianchini, Italain philosopher and scientist (b. 1662)
• March 21 - John Law, Scottish economist (b. 1671)
• May 17 - Catherine I of Russia
• May 17 - Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (b. 1675)
• July 16 - Johann David Heinichen, German composer (b. 1683)
• August 5 - Thomas Newcomen, English inventor (b. 1663)
• September 3 - Jean Hardouin, French scholar (b. 1646)
• October 9 - Richard Blackmore, English physician and writer (b. 1654)
• December 1 - Giacomo F. Maraldi, French-Italian astronomer (b. 1665)
• December 13 - Anthony Collins, English philosopher (b. 1676)af:1729

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