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1737 in History
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February 20 French minister of Finance, Chauvelin, resigns
March 12 Galileo's body moved to Church of Santa Croce in Florence, Italy
April 4 Anthony van Heim installed as Dutch pension advisor
July 18 Battle at Banja Luka: Turkish army beats Austrians
July 31 Prince Frederick of Wales escapes English court
September 17 Georg-August University opens in Gottingen
October 7 40 foot waves sink 20,000 small craft and kill 300,000 (Bengal, India)
October 11 Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys of Calcutta India


Edward Gibbon
1737 - 1794

Thomas Paine
1737 - 1809


 
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