What Happened in 1736

Major Events

  • Mar 31 Bellevue Hospital founded in a New York City almshouse - 1st public hospital in the US
  • Apr 20 French mathematician Pierre Louis Maupertuis begins Lapland expedition to measure latitude and shape of the earth, joined by fellow scientists Anders Celsius, Charles Etienne Louis Camus, Alexis Clairaut, and Pierre-Charles Le Monnier
  • May 20 Royal Approval is given by King George II to construct the original Westminster Bridge across the River Thames in London
  • May 26 Battle of Ackia (Louisiana), British & Chickasaw Indians defeat French
  • Dec 3 Astronomer Anders Celsius takes measurements that confirm Newton's theory that the earth was an ellipsoid rather than the previously accepted sphere

Famous Weddings in 1736

  • Feb 12 Maria Theresa Habsburg marries French Stefanus (emperor Francois I)