1738

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1700s  1710s  1720s  – 1730s –  1740s  1750s  1760s
Years:	1735 1736 1737 – 1738 – 1739 1740 1741

1738 Media

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  March 28: Seaman Robert Jenkins persuades British Parliament to authorize the War of Jenkins' Ear that claims 25,000 lives

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  February 4: Joseph Süß Oppenheimer is executed in Württemberg.

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  WilliamHerschel

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  Herman Boerhaave, Dutch botanist, humanist and physician

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1738 (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday in the Julian calendar.

Events

• November 13 – Treaty of Vienna

Births

• Ethan Allen – January 21
• Lord Charles Cornwallis – December 31

Deaths

• Charles Townshend – June 21