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1730 In Great Britain
Events from the year 1730 in Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain. Incumbents * List of British monarchs, Monarch – George II of Great Britain, George II * Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister – Robert Walpole (Whigs (British political party), Whig) Events * 3 February – ''The Daily Advertiser'' is founded in London as the first newspaper funded by advertising. * 12 March – John Glas deposed from the Church of Scotland; the Glasite sect forms around him. * 15 May – Walpole–Townshend ministry dissolved when Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend resigns as Secretary of State for the Northern Department after a dispute with Robert Walpole. Undated * The population of the UK exceeds 10 million for the first time. * Reputedly the last originally native roe deer in England is killed at Hexham, Northumberland. Births * 9 January – John Scott of Amwell, Quaker poet and landscape gardener (died 1783) * 27 March – Thomas Tyrwhitt, classical scholar a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730
Events January–March * January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, aged 14 in Moscow, on the eve of his projected marriage. * February 26 (February 15 O.S.) – Anna of Russia (Anna Ioannovna) becomes reigning Empress of Russia following the death of her cousin Emperor Peter II. * February 28 – Vitus Bering returns to the Russian capital of Saint Petersburg after completing the First Kamchatka expedition. * March 5 – The 1730 papal conclave to elect a new Pope for the Roman Catholic church begins with 30 Cardinals, 12 days after the death of Pope Benedict XIII. By the time his successor is elected on July 12, there are 56 Cardinals. * March 9 – General Nader Khan of Persia opens the first campaign of the Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735), guiding the Persian Army from Shiraz and starting the Western Persia Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. * March 12 – John Glas is deposed from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
