1737
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| Years: 1734 1735 1736 - 1737 - 1738 1739 1740 | |
| Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1737 in literature List of state leaders in 1737 | |
Events
- 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 Lord Chamberlain for censorship.
- Georg August University of Göttingen Founded
- The Direct male line of the Medici family becomes extinct
- Richmond, Virginia founded
- San Carlo The oldest Opera House in Europe, opens in Naples, Italy
- Austro-Turkish War begins
- Our Lady of Guadalupe is designated the patron saint of Mexico City
- The (Belfast) News Letter newspaper founded in Ireland
- Lancaster County Prison is first constructed
- North Adams, Massachusetts first settled
- New Salem, Massachusetts first settled
- Hardwick, Massachusetts first settled
- Westminster, Massachusetts first settled
Births
- January 23 - John Hancock, statesman and U.S. revolutionary (+ 1793)
- January 29 - Thomas Paine, patriot, radical, pamphleteer (+ 1809)
- April 27 - Edward Gibbon, historian
- May 20 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, later 2nd Earl of Shelburne & 1st Marquess of Landsdowne, British statesman (+ 1805)
- September 9 - Luigi Galvani Italian Physician and Physicist
- September 19 - Charles Carroll of Carrollton Signer of the US Declaration of Independence
- Frances Abington - English actress
- John Hunter - second governor of New South Wales
- Abraham Van Buren father of Martin Van Buren
- Johann Friedrich Struensee Danish Royal Physician
- Tokugawa Ieharu Tenth Shogun of the Japanese Shogunate
Deaths
- November 20 - Caroline of Ansbach Queen Consort of George II of Great Britain
- December 18 - Antonio Stradivari Italian luthier
- December 19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland
- Emperor Nakamikado of Japan
- Gian Gastone de' Medici, last Medici Duke of Tuscany
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