1733

Years: 1730 1731 1732 - 1733 - 1734 1735 1736

Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1733 in literature 1733 in music 1733 in science List of state leaders in 1733 List of religious leaders in 1733

Events

• February 12 - English colonist James Oglethorpe founds Savannah, Georgia.
• May 29 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec Quebec.
• July 30 - First Freemasons lodge opened in what will become the United States.

Births

• May 4 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor
• March 13 - Joseph Priestley, scientist, minister (+ 1804)

Deaths

• February 1 - King August II of Poland