What Happened in 1732

Major Events

  • Jan 21 Russia and Persia sign the Treaty of Riascha
  • Jan 29 Paris churchyard of Saint-Medard closed after Jansenistic ritual
  • Feb 1 Parliament of Ratisborn accepts Pragmatic Sanctions
  • Feb 2 King Frederik Willem I moves Lutherans towards East-Prussia
  • Feb 20 Estates of Holland ratifies Treaty of Vienna
  • Feb 26 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia
  • May 12 Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus sets off from Uppsala on a six-month journey to Lapland
  • Jun 9 Royal charter for Georgia granted to British military officer and philanthropist soldier James Oglethorpe
  • Aug 1 Foundations laid for Bank of England
  • Aug 13 Voltaire's tragic play "Zaire" premieres in Paris
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1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, St Joseph's, Philadelphia

February 26, 1732


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