What Happened In 1736 - Historical Events 1736

Historical Events for the Year 1736

26th January » Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne.
8th March » Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran.
26th May » Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw soldiers repel a French colonization of the Americas French and Choctaw attack on the Chickasaw village of Ackia, near present-day Tupelo, Mississippi Tupelo, Mississippi. The French, under the governor of Louisiana

19th January » James Watt, Scottish engineer (d. 1819)
25th January » Joseph Louis Lagrange, Italian-French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1813)
3rd February » Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Austrian composer and theorist (d. 1809)
6th February » Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, German-Austrian sculptor (d. 1783)
29th February » Ann Lee, American religious leader, founded the Shakers (d. 1784)
20th March » Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke, Thai king (d. 1809)
29th May » Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
3rd June » Ignaz Fränzl, German violinist and composer (d. 1811)
21st June » Enoch Poor, American general (d. 1780)
6th July » Daniel Morgan, American general and politician (d. 1802)
10th July » Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (d. 1807)
15th August » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer (d. 1803)
12th September » Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (d. 1776)
15th September » Jean Sylvain Bailly, French astronomer, mathematician, and politician, 1st List of mayors of Paris e.g Mayor of Paris (d. 1793)
18th November » Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, German harpsichord player and composer (d. 1800)

31st January » Filippo Juvarra, Italian architect, designed the Basilica of Superga (b. 1678)
7th February » Stephen Gray (scientist) called Stephen Gray, English astronomer (b. 1666)
16th March » Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian organist and composer (b. 1710)
25th March » Nicholas Hawksmoor, English architect, designed Easton Neston and Christ Church, Spitalfields named Christ Church (b. 1661)
21st April » Prince Eugene of Savoy (b. 1663)
30th April » Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar (b. 1668)
9th May » Diogo de Mendonça Corte-Real, Portuguese politician (b. 1658)
16th September » Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-Dutch physicist and engineer, invented the Mercury-in-glass thermometer known as thermometer (b. 1686)
10th December » António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese military leader (b. 1663)
28th December » Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)