Historical Events In 1737

 

Jan 19 The birth of Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, French author

Jan 29 The birth of Thomas Paine, American writer

Apr 04 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor

Sep 09 The birth of Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist

Dec 18 Antonio Stradivari, world-famous violin maker, dies in Cremona, Italy.

Oct 07 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)

Oct 11 Earthquake kills 300,000 & destroys « of Calcutta India

Mar 12 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy