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1737

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

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

Years: 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 - 1737 - 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742

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Table of contents

1 Events 2 Year in topic 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 Monarchs/Presidents

Events

• Benjamin Franklin created the Philadelphia police force - the first city-paid force.
• In Britain the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship.

Year in topic

• 1737 in literature
• 1737 in science
• 1737 in music

Births

• January 23 - John Hancock, statesman and U.S. revolutionary (+ 1793)
• January 29 - Thomas Paine, patriot, radical, pamphleteer (+ 1809)
• April 27 - Edward Gibbon, historian
• May 20 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (+ 1805)
• Frances Abington - English actress
• John Hunter - second governor of New South Wales

Deaths

• December 19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland
• Emperor Nakamikado of Japan
• Gian Gastone de' Medici, last Medici Duke of Tuscany

Monarchs/Presidents

• China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
• France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
• Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
• Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)

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