1734

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

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

Years: 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 - 1734 - 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739

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Events

• January 8 - Premiere of George Frideric Handel's opera Ariodante at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
• June 21 - In Montreal in New France, a black slave known by the French name of Marie-Joseph Angélique, was tortured then hanged by the French authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand.

Births

Deaths

• June 12 - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of deceased King James II of England and French military commander.
• June 21 - Marie-Joseph Angélique, African slave.\n

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