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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
Years: 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 - 1733 - 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738
Events
- February 12 - English colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.
- May 29 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec Quebec.
- July 30 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.
Year in topic
Births
- May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor
- March 13 - Joseph Priestley, scientist, minister (+ 1804)
Deaths
- February 1 - King August II of Poland
