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1730s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s

1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739

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Events and Trends

• The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America

• Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774)

• Sextant invented (probably around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies

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