1732
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s |
| Years: | 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 1735 |
| 1732 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1732 MDCCXXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2485 |
| Armenian calendar | 1181 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԱ |
| Chinese calendar | 4368/4428-12-4 (辛亥年十二月初四日) — to — 4369/4429-11-15(壬子年十一月十五日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1724 – 1725 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5492 – 5493 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1787 – 1788 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1654 – 1655 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4833 – 4834 |
| Iranian calendar | 1110 – 1111 |
| Islamic calendar | 1145 – 1146 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2275 |
Contents |
Events
- February 23 - First performance of Handel's Orlando, in London
- June 9 - James Oglethorpe is granted a royal charter for the colony of Georgia. [1]
- December 7 - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal (now the Royal Opera House) is opened
- Genoa regains Corsica
- 139 members of the Paris Parliament are exiled by order of the King, but are eventually triumphant over the Crown, and secure their recall in December
- Cobalt discovered and isolated by Georg Brandt
Births
- January 24 - Pierre de Beaumarchais, French writer (d. 1799)
- February 22 - George Washington, 1st President of the United States (d. 1799)
- March 31 - Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1809)
- April 5 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French painter (d. 1806)
- April 13 - Frederick North, Lord North, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1792)
- June 21 - Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, German composer (d. 1795)
- September 30 - Jacques Necker, French politician (d. 1804)
- October 6 - Nevil Maskelyne, English Astronomer Royal (d. 1811)
- November 13 - John Dickinson, Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania (d. 1808)
- December 6 - Warren Hastings, British administrator (d. 1818)
- December 23 - Richard Arkwright, English inventor (d. 1792)
- Abbas III, Shah of Persia (d. 1740)
Deaths
- January 12 - John Horsley, British archaeologist (born c.1685)
- February 13 - Charles-René d'Hozier, French historian (born 1640)
- February 17 - Louis Marchand, French organist and harpsichordist (born 1669)
- February 22 - Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (born 1663)
- March 20 - Johann Ernst Hanxleden, German philologist (born 1681)
- May 20 - Thomas Boston, Scottish church leader (born 1676)
- July 16 - Woodes Rogers, English privateer and first Royal Governor of the Bahamas (born c.1679)
- September 24 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (born 1654)
- October 31 - Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (born 1666)
- December 4 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (born 1685)
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