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Historical Events for the Year 1732

• 9th June » James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of the future U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state) known as Georgia.
• 7th December » The Royal Opera House opens at Covent Garden, London, England.

Famous Birthdays in 1732

• 2nd January » František Brixi, Czech composer (d. 1771)
• 17th January » Stanisław August Poniatowski, Polish-Lithuanian king (d. 1798)
• 20th January » Richard Henry Lee, American politician (d. 1794)
• 24th January » Pierre Beaumarchais, French playwright (d. 1799)
• 6th February » Charles Lee (general) known as Charles Lee, English-American general (d. 1782)
• 18th February » Johann Christian Kittel, German organist and composer (d. 1809)
• 22nd February » George Washington, American general and politician, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)
• 1st March » William Cushing, American jurist (d. 1810)
• 23rd March » Princess Marie Adélaïde of France (d. 1800)
• 31st March » Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
• 5th April » Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (d. 1806)
• 8th April » David Rittenhouse, American astronomer and mathematician (d. 1796)
• 13th April » Frederick North, Lord North, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
• 17th May » Francesco Pasquale Ricci, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1817)
• 31st May » Count Hieronymus von Colloredo, Austrian archbishop (d. 1812)
• 9th June » Giuseppe Demachi, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1791)
• 21st June » Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1791)
• 24th August » Peter Ernst Wilde, German physician and journalist (d. 1785)
• 6th September » Johan Wilcke, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1796)
• 30th September » Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, List of Prime Ministers of France named Prime Minister of France (d. 1804)
• 6th October » John Broadwood, Scottish businessman, co-founded Broadwood and Sons (d. 1812)
• 9th November » Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, French businesswoman (d. 1776)
• 13th November » John Dickinson (delegate) called John Dickinson, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
• 23rd December » Richard Arkwright, English businessman and inventor, invented the Water frame and Spinning frame (d. 1792)

Famous Deaths in History for 1732

• 12th January » John Horsley (archaeologist) or John Horsley, English-Scottish archaeologist (b. 1685)
• 17th February » Louis Marchand, French organist and composer (b. 1669)
• 22nd February » Francis Atterbury, English bishop (b. 1663)
• 24th February » Francis Charteris (rake) called Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675)
• 25th March » Lucy Filippini, Italian saint (b. 1672)
• 18th April » Louis Feuillée, French astronomer, geographer, and botanist (b. 1660)
• 20th May » Thomas Boston, Scottish author and educator (b. 1676)
• 24th September » Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
• 31st October » Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (b. 1666)
• 4th December » John Gay, English poet and playwright (b. 1685)

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