Years: 1727 1728 1729 - 1730 - 1731 1732 1733

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

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1730 in literature 1730 in music 1730 in science List of state leaders in 1730 List of religious leaders in 1730

Events

• Pope Clement XII elected
• September 17 - Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Ahmed III (1703-1730) to Mahmud I (1730-1754)
• Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia) became czarina

Births

• July 12 - Josiah Wedgwood, potter (died 1795)
• July 26 - Charles Messier, astronomer (died 1817)
• November 23 - William Moultrie, American General
• William Hamilton, British diplomat and antiquary (died 1803)
• Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, British Whig politician, prime minister 1765-66 and 1782 (died 1782)
• Louis-Auguste, Baron de Breteuil, the last Prime Minister of the French Absolute Monarchy under Louis XVI (died 1807)

Deaths

• February 23 - Pope Benedict XIII
• March 20 - Adrienne Lecouvreur, French actress (b. 1692)
• October 15 - Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, French explorer
• Peter II of Russia (born 1715)