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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
Years: 1727 1728 1729 1730 1731 - 1732 - 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737
Events
- February 23 - First performance of Handel's Oratorio, in London
- December 7 - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) is opened
- Genoa regains Corsica
- 139 members of the Paris Parlement are exiled by order of the King, but are eventually triumphant over the Crown, and secure their recall in December
- Cobalt discovered
Year in topic
Births
- January 24 - Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais, French writer (died 1799)
- February 22 - George Washington, later 1st President of the United States (died 1799)
- March 31 - Joseph Haydn, composer (died 1809)
- October 6 - Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (died 1811)
- December 6 - Warren Hastings, British administrator (died 1818)
- December 23 - Richard Arkwright, English inventor (died 1792)
- Abbas III, Shah of Persia 1732-36
- Jacques Necker, French politician (died 1804)
- Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (died 1806)
Deaths
- December 4 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (born 1685)
- Emperor Reigen of Japan
