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Year 1731 (MDCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of 1731[]
January - June[]
- March 16 - Treaty of Vienna signed between the Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, the Dutch Republic and Spain.
July - December[]
- December 17 - George Lockhart, writer, spy and politician, is killed in a duel.
Undated[]
- John Bevis observes the Crab Nebula for the first time.
- Royal Colony of North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733 and later incorporated as Wilmington in 1740.
- Royal theatre of Mantua (Italy) built by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena.
Births[]
| Gregorian calendar | 1731 MDCCXXXI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2484 |
| Armenian calendar | 1180 ԹՎ ՌՃՁ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -113 – -112 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2275 |
| Coptic calendar | 1447 – 1448 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1723 – 1724 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5491 – 5492 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1786 – 1787 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1653 – 1654 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4832 – 4833 |
| Holocene calendar | 11731 |
| Iranian calendar | 1109 – 1110 |
| Islamic calendar | 1143 – 1144 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2391 (皇紀2391年) |
| Julian calendar | 1776 |
| Korean calendar | 4064 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2274 |
- February - Charles Churchill, English poet (died 1764)
- February 11 - George Washington, First President USA born
- May 8 - Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London and abolitionist (died 1809)
- June 21 - Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (died 1802)
- August - Henry Constantine Jennings, English gambler and collector (died 1819)
- October 10 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (died 1810)
- November 9 -Benjamin Banneker, American surveyor of the District of Columbia (died 1806)
- November 15 - William Cowper, English poet (died 1800)
- December 8 - František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer (died 1799)
- December 12 - Erasmus Darwin, English scientist and grandfather of Charles Darwin (died 1802)
- See also 1731 births.
Deaths[]
- January 6 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (born 1672)
- January 21 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (born 1669)
- January 27 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (born 1655)
- February 22 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1638)
- March 8 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (born 1688)
- April 24 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (born 1660)
- May 1 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (born 1677)
- August 27- Eudoxia Lopukhina, divorced wife of Peter the Great of Russia (b. 1669)
- December 26 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (born 1672)
- December 29 - Brook Taylor, English mathematician (born 1685)
- See also 1731 deaths.
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People of the year 1731 at Familypedia
111 people were born in 1731
64 children were born to the 43 women born in 1731
86 people died in 1731
6850 people lived in 1731
| Father | Mother | |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Hendriks (1663-bef1753) | Heinrich Jansz (c1640-) | Engel Pieters (c1640-) |
| Geertje Jans (1713-1752) | Jan Jacobsz | Aacht Cornelis |
| Lijsbeth Remberts (1707-1748) | Rembert Jansz (1678-) | Agnes Schuijf (1676-) |
| Maritje Jacobs (1690-1744) | ||
| Neeltje Claassen (c1780-1743) | ||
| Niesje Jans (1699-1764) | Jan Bartsz (1666-1728) | Lijsebeth Jans (-) |
| Reijnouwtje Davids (c1723-aft1753) | ||
| Teunis Sijmensz (1674-1733) | Simon Laurentsz (1653-1728) | Divera Teunis (-c1700) |
| Trijn Andries (1690-1746) | ||
| Maartje Meijnderts (-1732) | Meijndert Andreas (-) | Reijnildis Gerbrands |
| Mary Abbe (1712-1735) | Ebenezer Abbe (1683-1758) | Mary Elizabeth Allen (1688-1766) |
| Benjamin Abbot (1686-1748) | Benjamin Abbot (1661-1703) | Sarah Farnham (1661-bef1726) |
| John Abbot (1674-1754) | John Abbot (1648-1721) | Sarah Barker (1647-1729) |
| John Abbot (1704-1793) | John Abbot (1674-1754) | Elizabeth Harnden (1756-1693) |
| Elizabeth Abbott (1721-1782) | John Abbott (-) | Elizabeth Birege (-) |
| ... further results | ||
Events of the year 1731 at Familypedia
98 people were married in 1731.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Lydia Adams (1706-1771) | Caleb Pond (1697-1771) |
| Mary Elizabeth Airey (1700-1754) | John Covington (1710-1767) |
| Sarah Allyn (1708-1794) | Nathaniel Stillman (1691-1770) |
| Roger Amidon (1702-1757) | Elizabeth Hunkins (1715-1747) |
| Gerrit Appelman (1705-1781) | Anne van Hoogkarspel (1708-1734) + Willempje aan de Noorderdijk (c1714-1753) |
| Mary Ball (1708-1789) | Augustine Washington (c1694-1743) |
| Samuel Barnard (1699-1762) | Susanna Harrington (1711-1790) |
| John Barrett (1708-1786) | Sarah Gerrish (1711-1798) |
| Hopestill Bent (1708-1772) | Beulah Rice (1716-) + Anna Bemis (1714-1793) |
| Engele Berends (1712-bef1733) | Jan Hendriks Starink (1710-) |
| Lydia Bigelow (1702-) | Jacob Pratt (1697-1720) + Martin Pratt (1703-) |
| Joseph Bingham (1709-1787) | Ruth Post (1711-1796) |
| Mary Bliss (1712-) | Joseph Peck (1702-1738) + Moses Fuller (1715-1766) |
| Hannah Bostwick (1711-) | Benjamin Benedict (1706-1779) |
| Elizabeth Bushnell (1715-1742) | John Perkins (1709-1761) |
| ... further results | |
There were 0 military battles in 1731.