1733
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| Years: 1730 1731 1732 - 1733 - 1734 1735 1736 |
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| Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s |
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1733 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
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Events
- February 12 - British colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.
- May 29 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec.
- July 30 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.
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Births
- March 13 - Joseph Priestley, English scientist and minister (d. 1804)
- May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)
- July 27 - Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer (d. 1779)
- September 18 - George Read, American lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1798)
- October 14 - François Sebastien Charles Joseph de Croix, Count of Clerfayt, Austrian field marshal (d. 1798)
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Deaths
- January 25 - Gilbert Heathcote, Mayor of London
- February 1 - King August II of Poland (b. 1670)
- March 4 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (b. 1656)
- April 19 - Elizabeth Villiers, mistress of William II of England
- May 10 - Barton Booth, English actor (b. 1681)
- May 18 - Georg Böhm, German organist (b. 1661)
- August 16 - Matthew Tindal, English deist (b. 1657)
- June 23 - Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, Swiss scholar (b. 1672)
- September 12 - François Couperin, French composer (b. 1668)
- October 25 - Giovanni Gerolamo Saccheri, Italian mathematician (b. 1667)
- October 31 - Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg, (b. 1676)
