1730

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s

Years: 1725 1726 1727 1728 1729 - 1730 - 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• Pope Clement XII elected
• September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754)
• Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina
• The Sextant is invented, probably by John Hadley.

• 1730 in literature
• 1730 in science

• July 12 - Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795)
• July 26 - Charles Messier, astronomer (died 1817)
• November 23 - William Moultrie, American General
• William Hamilton, British diplomat and antiquary (died 1803)
• Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Whig politician, prime minister 1765-66 and 1782 (died 1782)

• February 23 - Pope Benedict XIII
• October 15 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer
• Peter II of Russia (born 1715)