Baltimore, Maryland, founded.
Opening of the first railway, between Manchester and Liverpool, England.
1731. An earthquake convulses Chile for twenty-seven days; Santiago nearly engulfed.
Origin of Methodism by the preaching of Wesley and Whitefield.
1732. Oglethorpe founds a settlement in Georgia. See "Settlement of Georgia," [xiii], [44].
Franklin establishes the first subscription library in the United Colonies.
Expulsion of the Protestants from Salzburg.
1733. Death of Augustus II of Poland; War of the Polish Succession between Austria and France.
Invention in England of the fly-shuttle for weaving, by John Kay, aided by Arkwright.
1734. Austrian campaign against France and Sardinia in Northern Italy; Philip V enters Naples and proclaims himself king. Battle of Bitonto; defeat of the Austrians, May 25; Capua falls in November.