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March 28 :Battle of Delhi 1737 (MDCCXXXVII ) was acommon year starting on Tuesday of theGregorian calendar and acommon year starting on Saturday of theJulian calendar , the 1737th year of theCommon Era (CE) andAnno Domini 2nd millennium , the 37th year of the18th century , and the 8th year of the1730s decade. As of the start of 1737, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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January 5 –Spain and theHoly Roman Empire sign instruments of cession atPontremoli in theGrand Duchy of Tuscany in Italy, with the Empire receiving control of Tuscany and theGrand Duchy of Parma and Piacenza , in return forDon Carlos of Spain being recognized as King of Naples and King of Sicily.[ 1] January 9 – The Empires ofAustria andRussia enter into a secret military alliance that leads to Austria's disastrous entry into the Russo-Turkish War.[ 2] January 18 – InManila , a peace treaty is signed between Spain'sGovernor-General of the Philippines , Fernándo Valdés y Tamon, and the SultanAzim ud-Din I of Sulu , recognizing Azim's authority over the islands of theSulu Archipelago .[ 3] [ 4] February 20 –France 's Foreign Minister,Germain Louis Chauvelin , is dismissed by KingLouis XV 's Chief Minister, CardinalAndré-Hercule de Fleury February 27 – French scientistsHenri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau andGeorges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon publish the first study correlating past weather conditions with an examination oftree rings .[ 5] March 16 – InParis , representatives ofSpain andPortugal sign an armistice bringing an end to theSpanish–Portuguese War over the area now occupied by the nation ofUruguay and the area now occupied by the state ofRio Grande do Sul inBrazil . The news does not reach the fighting parties until five months later.[ 6] March 28 – The Battle of Delhi takes place between theMaratha Empire and theMughals .April 5 – French Jesuit priest Jean-François Régis is canonized asSaint Regis by the Roman Catholic Church under the reign ofPope Clement XII .April 22 In Afghanistan, Persian shahNader Shah begins the 11-monthSiege of Kandahar against the Pashtun Emir of Afghanistan,Hussain Hotak .[ 7] Lots are first advertised for sale in the new town ofRichmond, Virginia , by the placement of a notice by William Byrd in theVirginia Gazette . According to the paper, "... on the North Side ofJames River , near the Uppermost Landing, and a little below the Falls, is lately laid off by Major Mayo, a Town, called Richmond, with Streets 65 Feet wide, in a pleasant and healthy Situation, and well supply'd with Springs of good Water. It lies near the Publick Warehouse at Shoccoe's, and in the midst of great Quantities of Grain, and all kind of Provisions. The Lots will be granted in Fee Simple, on Condition only of building a House in Three Years Time, of 24 by 16 Feet, fronting within 5 Feet of the Street. The Lots to be rated according to the Convenience of their Situation, and to be sold after this April General Court, by me, William Byrd."[ 8] May 28 – Theplanet Venus passes in front ofMercury . The event is witnessed during the evening hours, by the amateurastronomer John Bevis , at theRoyal Greenwich Observatory . As of2006 , it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed.June 21 – InBritain , theTheatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to theLord Chamberlain forcensorship .June 30 –Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739 :Russian forces underField Marshal Munnich storm theOttoman fortress ofOchakov , and take prisoner 4,000Turks .July 9 – The direct male line of theMedici family becomes extinct, with the death ofGian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany .July 12 –Austria enters theRusso-Turkish War as an ally of Russia against the Ottoman Empire.[ 9] July 17 – The British shipCatherine founders in a storm off ofNova Scotia 'sCape Sable Island during its voyage from Ireland toBoston , killing 98 of the 201 people on board.August 4 – Austria's army is defeated by the Ottoman Army and Bosnian defenders in theBattle of Banja Luka .August 15 – The Portuguese frigateNossa Senhora da Boa Viagem arrives atMaldonado (now inUruguay ) as Captain Duarte Pereira brings the news that theSpanish–Portuguese War ended by an agreement signed on March 16.[ 6] September 1 – The oldest existingEnglish language newspaper in the world,The News Letter Belfast , Ireland.September 20 –Runner Edward Marshall completes his journey in theWalking Purchase , forcing the cession of 1,200,000 acres (4,900 km2 ) ofLenape-Delaware tribal land to theProvince of Pennsylvania .October 7 – At least 300,000 people are killed when atropical cyclone strikes theBay of Bengal inIndia and modern-dayBangladesh . The storm sends 12 m (39 ft) high waves over theSundarbans delta, and overflows theHooghly River .[ 10] October 11 – The first national stage inSweden opens, whenCarl Gyllenborg 's playDen svenska sprätthöken is performed in theSwedish language , by the first native actors, on the stage ofBollhuset Stockholm .[ 11] October 16 – An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.3 occurs off the shore ofRussia 'sKamchatka Peninsula . Tsunamis up to 60 metres (200 ft) high follow in the Pacific ocean.[ 12] November 4 – TheTeatro di San Carlo opera house inEurope , is inaugurated inNaples, Italy .December 24 – GeneralBaji Rao I of theMaratha Empire in India defeats the armies of the rulers ofHyderabad ,Oudh ,Bhopal andJaipur in theBattle of Bhopal .December –John Wesley leavesSavannah ,Georgia , and returns to England. Thomas Paine January 29 –Thomas Paine , British-born American patriot and pamphleteer (d.1809 )March 14 –Ioan Nicolidi of Pindus , Aromanian physician and noble (d.1828 )[ 13] March 23 –Arthur St. Clair , American soldier and politician (d.1818 )April 27 –Edward Gibbon , English historian and politician (d.1794 )May 2 –William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne ,Prime Minister of Great Britain (d.1805 )[ 14] June 20 –Tokugawa Ieharu , Japanese shōgun (d.1786 )August 5 –Johann Friedrich Struensee , Danish royal physician (d.1772 )August 14 –Charles Hutton , English mathematician (d.1823 )August 29 –John Hunter , second governor of New South Wales (d.1821 )September 9 –Luigi Galvani , Italian physician and physicist (d.1798 )September 14 –Michael Haydn , Austrian composer (d.1806 )September 15 –Miklós Küzmics ,Hungarian Slovenes writer, Catholic priest (d.1804 )September 19 –Charles Carroll of Carrollton , onlyRoman Catholic signer of the American Declaration of Independence (d.1832 )December 26 –Prince Josias of Coburg , Austrian general (d.1815 )date unknown –January 24 –William Wake ,Archbishop of Canterbury (b.1657 )January 29 –George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney , British soldier (b.1666 )February 14 –Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot of Hensol ,Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b.1685 )March 12 –Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg , regent of the Kingdom of Serbia (1720–1733) (b.1684 )March 16 –Benjamin Wadsworth , American President of Harvard University (b.1670 )March 26 –Vakhtang VI of Kartli , king of theKingdom of Kartli under theBagrationi dynasty (b.1675 )May 3 –James Johnston (Secretary of State) , diplomat, Secretary of State for Scotland (b.1655 )May 4 May 10 –Emperor Nakamikado of Japan (b.1702 )May 17 –Claude Buffier , French philosopher and historian (b.1661 )June 6 –Pierre Joseph Garidel , French botanist (b.1658 )July 26 –Henri-Pons de Thiard de Bissy , French Catholic priest, bishop and cardinal (b.1657 )July 9 –Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.1671 )July 26 –Johan Cronman , Swedish general (b.1662 )July 27 –Maria Maddalena Martinengo , Italian nun (b.1687 )September 27 –John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester , English privy councillor (b.1680 )October 12 –François Catrou , French historian and Jesuit priest (b.1659 )October 26 –Rinaldo d'Este , Duke of Modena (b.1655 )November 11 –Claude de Visdelou , French missionary (b.1656 )November 20 –Caroline of Ansbach , queen ofGeorge II of Great Britain (b.1683 )December 11 –John Strype ,English historian and biographer (b.1643 )Antonio Stradivari ^ Hargreaves-Mawdsley, W. 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RetrievedJuly 28, 2020 . ^ "Advertisement for the Founding of Richmond (1737)" , online Encyclopedia of Virginia^ Gundogdu, Dr. Raşit (2020). "Mahmud Khan I".The Sultans of the Ottoman Empire . Rumuz Publishing. p. 163. ^ Davis, Lee, ed. (2004).Natural Disasters . Facts on File Science Library. Facts On File, Inc. p. 241. ^ Warme, Lars G., ed. (1996).A History of Swedish Literature . University of Nebraska Press. p. 114. ^ Tsunami: Where they Happen and Why Archived November 21, 2008, at theWayback Machine - Fathom^ Wurzbach, Constantin von (1869).Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich: Nabielak – Odelga Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich (in German). Vol. 20. p. 316.^ "History of William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne - GOV.UK" .www.gov.uk . RetrievedJuly 1, 2023 .The Annual Catalogue – List of History, Divinity, Law, Poetry, Plays, Novels, Painting, Architecture, and all other Sciences books published in London in 1737
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