Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1730. This year saw 9 significant events. 2 notable figures were born.
Deborah Read Franklin (1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, until her death in 1774.
Russian Empress Anna Ivanovna revokes "the conditions" and dissolves the Privy Council, re-instituting autocracy
William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Drenthe
Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan
Pope Clement XII (Latin: Clemens XII; Italian: Clemente XII; 7 April 1652 – 6 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to...
Sodomy (), also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal...
Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
Frederick IV (Danish: Frederik; 11 October 1671 – 12 October 1730) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, American prussian military officer, known for prussian military officer, was born on 1730-09-17.
Charles Watson-Wentworth is born
Deborah Read Franklin (1708 – December 19, 1774) was the common-law wife of Benjamin Franklin, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, until her death in 1774.
Russian Empress Anna Ivanovna revokes "the conditions" and dissolves the Privy Council, re-instituting autocracy
William IV Prince of Orange installed as Stadtholder of Drenthe
Congregation Shearith Israel opens the 1st North American synagogue in New York City on Mill Street in Lower Manhattan
Pope Clement XII (Latin: Clemens XII; Italian: Clemente XII; 7 April 1652 – 6 February 1740), born Lorenzo Corsini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 12 July 1730 to...
Sodomy (), also called buggery in British English, principally refers to either anal sex (but occasionally also oral sex) between people, or any sexual activity between a human and another animal...
Crown prince Frederick of Prussia escapes to England
Turkish coup under Mahmud I; Sultan Ahmed III flees
Frederick IV (Danish: Frederik; 11 October 1671 – 12 October 1730) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1699 until his death.