History
1730
General
Population: 689 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Henry Fielding (comedy), Pierre Carlet de Chamblain de Marivaux (comedy), Matthew Tindal (religion),
Martin Wright (English land law), "Grub Street Journal" appears, "Gaudeamus Igitur" published
Art includes Canaletto "Scuola di San Rocco", Boucher returns to Rome from Paris, Hogarth "Before and After", Roccoco at height of form,
Music includes JA Hasse (opera)
- Exploration: Vitus Bering, Danish explorer, discovers strait with his name
- Religion: Death of Pope Benedict XIII – Cardinal Lorenzo Corsini becomes Pope Clement XII
John and Charles Wesley found Methodist sect at Oxford
- Science: Reaumur constructs graduated alcohol thermometer
- Technology: Zinc-smelting first practiced in England
- Deaths: Poet Elijah Fenton, Frederick IV of Denmark, Pope Benedict XIII, Czar Peter II of Russia, Actress Anne Oldfield, Architect Leonardo de Figueroa
Africa
- General: Eruption in Canary Islands off Africa
- Borno: Kingdom of Borno (Central Sudan) becomes powerful
Americas
- Jamaica: Maroon War allows runaway slaves to live freely
Asia
- China: Reduction of slavery under Emperor Yung Cheng
- India: Maratha government in India to 1735 as Mogul empire weakens
- Japan: Earthquake kills 137,000
Europe
- Denmark: Death of King Frederick IV - succeeded by Christian VI
- German States: Crown prince Frederick of Prussia imprisoned by his father
- Great Britain: "The Daily Advertiser" issued in London
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary founded
Wesley preaches Methodism
Four-course system of husbandry started in Norfolk by Viscount "Turnip" Townshend
- Holland: Dutch commercial system begins to decline
- Russia: Death of Czar Peter II of Russia – succeeded by Anne daughter of Czar Ivan V
- Spain: Yellow fever outbreak
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Sultan Ahmad XII of Turkey deposed – Mahmoud I
- Persia: Ashraf Shah of Persia murdered - Rise of Persians under Nadirs Kuli and Shah capture Afghanistan and Delhi
East
- Pennsylvania: Freemasdon Lodge founded in Philadelphia