1730
Events Pope Clement XII elected September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754) Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina
Births July 12 - Josiah Wedgwood, English potter (d. 1795) July 26 - Charles Messier, French astronomer (d. 1817) November 23 - William Moultrie, American general William Hamilton, British diplomat and antiquary (d. 1803) Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Whig politician and prime minister (d. 1782) Louis-Auguste, Baron de Breteuil, last Prime Minister of the French monarchy (d. 1807) John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1805)
Deaths February 23 - Pope Benedict XIII March 20 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692) October 15 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer Peter II of Russia (born 1715)
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