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1730 1731 1732 1733Events February 12 English colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia. May 29 Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec Quebec. July 30 First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States. Births May 4 Jean-Charles 1734Events January 8 Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. June 17 French troops take Philippsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed June 21 In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French 1735Events 16 April The London premiere of Alcina by George Frideric Handel, his first the first Italian opera for the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. August 4 Freedom of the press: New York Weekly Journal writer John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditiou 1736Events January 26 Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. february 12 Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor weds Maria Theresa, mother of Marie Antoinette May 8 Marriage of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. May 26 Battle of Ackia: British 1737Events 12 February The San Carlo, the oldest working opera house in Europe, is inaugurated. 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 Lo 1738Events April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. November 13 Ratification of the Treaty of Vienna The excavation of Herculaneum, a Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, begins. John and Charles Wesley form the Me 1739Events March 20 Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Kohinoor September 9 Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston September 18 Treaty of Belgrade signed October 3 Treaty of Nissa sig
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