1737
Events12 February — The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. May 28 — The planet Venus passed in front of Mercury. The event is witnessed during the evening hours by the amateur astronomer John Bevis at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. As of 2005, it is still the only such planet/planet occultation that has been directly observed.Benjamin Franklin created the Philadelphia police force - the first city-paid force.In Britain the Theatrical Licensing Act requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain for censorship.Georg August University of Göttingen Founded The Direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct Richmond, Virginia founded San Carlo The oldest Opera House in Europe, opens in Naples, Italy Austro-Turkish War begins Our Lady of Guadalupe is designated the patron saint of Mexico City The (Belfast) News Letter newspaper founded in Ireland Lancaster County Prison is first constructed North Adams, Massachusetts first settled New Salem, Massachusetts first settled Hardwick, Massachusetts first settled Westminster, Massachusetts first settled
BirthsJanuary 23 - John Hancock, statesman and U.S. revolutionary (+ 1793)January 29 - Thomas Paine, patriot, radical, pamphleteer (+ 1809) April 27 - Edward Gibbon, historian May 20 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, later 2nd Earl of Shelburne & 1st Marquess of Landsdowne, British statesman (+ 1805) September 9 - Luigi Galvani Italian Physician and Physicist September 19 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton Signer of the US Declaration of Independence Frances Abington - English actress John Hunter - second governor of New South Wales Abraham Van Buren father of Martin Van Buren Johann Friedrich Struensee Danish Royal Physician Tokugawa Ieharu Tenth Shogun of the Japanese Shogunate
DeathsJuly 9 - Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1671)November 20 - Caroline of Ansbach Queen Consort of George II of Great BritainDecember 18 - Antonio Stradivari Italian luthierDecember 19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of PolandEmperor Nakamikado of JapanWilliam Wake, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1657)
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