1734

Years: 1731 1732 1733 - 1734 - 1735 1736 1737
Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1734 in literature 1734 in music 1734 in science List of state leaders in 1734 List of religious leaders in 1734

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths

Events

January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
June 17 - French troops take Philipsburg, but the Duke of Berwick is killed
June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph AngÃÂ©lique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.
June 30 - Russian troops take Danzig which had been besieged since October 1733. Danzig is captured after the failure of a French expedition to relieve the city