What happened in 1730?
49 recorded events in 1730, including 24 in people, 11 in architecture & engineering and 8 in religion & belief systems. A further 4 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 1
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Ottoman–Persian War of 1730–1735
Series of conflicts fought between the Ottoman Empire and Safavid Iran from 1730 to 1735
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People 24
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac died
French explorer
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Benedict XIII died
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1724 to 1730
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Setthathirath II died
Laotian king
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Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli died
Italian scholar and natural scientist (1658-1730)
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Juan de Ugarte died
Central American Jesuit priest and missionary
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Jacques Gouin de Beauchêne died
French explorer
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Andrea Palma died
Italian architect
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Dominique Anel died
French surgeon
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Claude Charles Du Tisné died
French soldier and Illinois Country explorer
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Adrienne Lecouvreur died
French actress (1692-1730)
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Robert de Visée died
French guitarist, theorbist, singer and composer
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André Danican Philidor died
French oboist and composer
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Anne Oldfield died
British actress (1683-1730)
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Antonín Reichenauer died
Czech composer
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Mauritius Vogt died
German composer, music theorist and geographer
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Barbara Kluntz died
German composer
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Alexander Suvorov born
Born in Moscow. Russian marshal (1730–1800).
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Johann Georg Hamann born
Born in Königsberg. German philosopher (1730-1788).
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James Bruce born
Born in Stirling. Scottish explorer and botanist (1730–1794).
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Salomon Gessner born
Born in Zurich. Swiss painter, etcher and poet (1730-1788).
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Motoori Norinaga born
Born in Matsusaka. Japanese scholar and philosopher (1730–1801).
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben born
Born in Magdeburg. Prussian officer and US Continental army general (1730-1794).
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Henry Clinton born
Born in Newfoundland. British army officer and politician (1730–1795).
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Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia born
Born in Berlin. Prussian Prince and general (1730-1813).
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Religion & Belief Systems 8
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1730 papal conclave
Election of Pope Clement XII
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Mahmoudiya Mosque
Mosque in Jaffa, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Tuogu Mosque
Mosque in China
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Synagogue in Szydłowiec
Synagogue in Szydłowiec (Religion & Belief Systems).
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St. Blasius
Filial church in Reichenbach, Stöttwang, Germany
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St. Johannes Baptist
Filial church in Dorfen, Icking, Germany
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St. Koloman
Church building in Berghausen, Aiglsbach, Germany
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Beata Vergine della Misericordia (Terrassa Padovana)
Beata Vergine della Misericordia (Terrassa Padovana) (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 3
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Danish Asia Company
Danish trading company 1732-1844
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Floris of London
English retailer
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Stephenson Clarke Shipping
Defunct British shipping company
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1730 Valparaíso earthquake
1730 earthquake and tsunami centered in Valparaíso Region, colonial Chile
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Architecture & Engineering 11
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San Francisco Acatepec church
Catholic church
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Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bormla
Church building in Cospicua, Malta
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Church of Our Lady of the Rosary and Saint Benedict
Church building in Cuiabá, Brazil
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Hîrbovăț monastery
Architectural monument of national importance in Moldova
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Kolbu Church
Church building in Østre Toten, Innlandet, Norway
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Nes Church
Church building in Gran, Innlandet, Norway
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St. Paul's, Deptford
Historic church in Deptford, London, England, UK
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Nicholas-Zaretsky Church
Church in Tula, Russia
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Misión Estero de las Palmas de San José del Cabo Añuití
Spanish mission in Baja California Sur, Mexico
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San Filippo Neri, Vicenza
Church building in Vicenza, Italy
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Casa Leoni
Santa Venera, Malta
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Empires & Countries 1
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Cambay State founded
Cambay State was founded.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 4 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1730 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1730.
18th century 1
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Deutschhaus Mainz
Historical building in Mainz, Germany
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1730s 3
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Sheremetiev Palace
Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Coro Synagogue
Synagogue in Falcón, Venezuela
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St. Martin
Church in Schliersee, Germany
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