Notable Historical Events - 1736
1736 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 26 |
Stanislaw I of Poland abdicates his throne. |
Feb 5 |
Methodists John & Charles Wesley arrive in Savannah, Georgia |
Feb 19 |
George Frideric Handel's "Alexander's Feast," premieres |
Apr 20 |
French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis begins his expedition to Lapland to measure a degree of latitude and prove the shape of the earth, he is joined by fellow scientists Anders Celsius, Charles Etienne Louis Camus, Alexis Claude Clairaut, and Pierre-Charles Le Monnier |
May 26 |
Battle of Ackia (La), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French |
Dec 3 |
Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton's theory that the earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere |
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