Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
Years: 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 - 1735 - 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740
Events
- 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 seditious libel against the royal governor of New York, on the basis that what he published was true.
- Carolus Linnaeus publishes his System of Nature
- End of the reign of Emperor Nakamikado of Japan
- Emperor Sakuramachi ascends to the throne of Japan
- January 1 - Paul Revere (silversmith, United States patriot).
- October 30 - John Adams, later 2nd President of the United States.
- December 31 - Jean de Crévecoeur, French-American writer (+ 1813)
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
- Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)\n