Historical events in 1736

10 historical records

January 17361 historical events

1736, January 19th · Great Britain · Greenock · Science · Technology · James Watt

Birth of James Watt

April 17361 historical events

1736, April · Great Britain · Government · Whig Party Government · William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Maiden Speech

Pitt delivers his maiden speech in the Commons on the congratulatory address to George II on the marriage of his son Frederick, Prince of Wales. Pitt pays his compliments

1736 · Austria · House · House of Habsburg · Francis I

Marriage

Marries Maria Theresa of Austria

1736 · Austria · House · House of Habsburg · Maria Theresa

Marriage

Marries Francis of Lorraine, later Emperor Francis I

1736 · Germany · Rheinsberg · House · House of Hohenzollern · Frederick II the Great

Rheinsberg

Frederick & Elizabeth-Christine take up residence in Rheinsberg

1736 · Great Britain · Arts · Literature · William Hogarth

Sleeping Congregation Published

Hogarth published The Sleeping Congregation, a humorous image criticizing inattentive worshippers.

1736 · Great Britain · Politics · London Corr Society · John Horne Tooke

Birth of John Horne Tooke

1736 · Scotland · Warfare · Military · John Campbell Argyll, 2nd

Field Marshal

Appointed Field Marshal

1736 · Sweden · Tornio · Science · Physics · Anders Celsius

Lapland Meridian Expedition

Participates in measurements of a meridian arc near the Arctic Circle.

1736 · Sweden · Tornio · Science · Physics · Anders Celsius

Measurement of Earths Shape

Supports evidence that Earth is flattened at the poles.