Historical Events In 1738

Jan 06   Franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Jan 10   On this day in history ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)   

Jan 17   On this day in history jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies   

Feb 05   Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   James Sherard, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 in the year 1738.   

Mar 28   English parliament declares war on Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear) on this day in history.   

Apr 14   Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09) on this day in history.   

Apr 15   Bottle opener invented on this day in history.   

Apr 17   On this day in history philip Hayes, composer   

Apr 18   Real Academia de la Historia ("Royal Academy of History") founded in Madrid on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history great Plague of 1738 in Balkans killing 50,000 people   

May 01   Smallpox in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

May 04   Josef Kohaut, composer on this day in history.   

May 09   In the year 1738 england routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea & West-Indies   

May 09   England routes fleet in Mediterranean Sea &West-Indies in the year 1738.   

May 09   On this day in history john Pindar, [Peter], physician/poet   

May 24   George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820) in the year 1738.   

May 24   Methodist Church forms on this day in history.   

May 24   In the year 1738 methodist Church is established   

May 25   A treaty between Pennsylvania and Maryland ends the Conojocular War with settlement of a boundary dispute and exchange of prisoners in the year 1738.   

May 27   In the year 1738 bonaventura Furlanetto, composer   

May 27   Turkish troops occupy Orsova & Ochakov in the year 1738.   

May 28   On this day in history joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor (guillotine)   

Jun 03   On this day in history johann Christoph Oley, composer   

Jun 04   George III, English King during American Revolution (1760-1820) on this day in history.   

Jun 04   The birth of King George III in the year 1738.   

Jun 29   Constantin Reindl, composer in the year 1738.   

Jul 03   John Singleton Copley, Mass, finest colonial American artist in the year 1738.   

Jul 11   In the year 1738 albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands   

Jul 15   Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed in the year 1738.   

Jul 20   North America: French explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan in the year 1738.   

Jul 24   Elizabeth "Betje" Wolff-Bekker, Dutch author/poet (Sara Burgerhart) in the year 1738.   

Aug 02   France offers emperor Karel VI mediation in war against Turkey in the year 1738.   

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Jan 10   On this day in history birth of ethan Allen, Revolutionary War fighter (lead the Green Mtn Boys)   

Mar 11   Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792) was born on this day in history.   

Apr 14   In the year 1738 birth of duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)   

Apr 14   William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1809) was born in the year 1738.   

Apr 16   Henry Clinton, British general (d. 1795) was born in the year 1738.   

Apr 17   In the year 1738 birth of philip Hayes, composer   

May 01   On this day in history birth of king Kamehameha I, King of Hawaii (d. 1819)   

May 04   On this day in history birth of josef Kohaut, composer   

Jan 06   In the year 1738 franz Xaver Murschhauser, composer, dies at 74   

Jan 17   In the year 1738 jean-Francois Dandrieu, composer, dies   

Feb 05   Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1738 james Sherard, composer, dies at 71   

Feb 15   On this day in history death of matthias Braun, Czech sculptor (b. 1684)   

Mar 16   Georg Baehr, German master builder (Frauenkirche, Dresden), dies at 72 in the year 1738.   

Mar 25   On this day in history death of turlough O'Carolan, Irish harper and composer (b. 1670)   

May 01   In the year 1738 death of charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, English statesman (b. c. 1669)