English theatres are placed under control of the lord chamberlain.
Birth of Edward Gibbon, historian.
1738. Conquest of Afghanistan by Nadir (Kuli) Shah.
At Vienna is signed the definitive treaty between Charles VI of Germany and Louis XV of France.
Forming of the first Methodist Society in England, by John Wesley. See "Rise of Methodism," [xiii], [57].
1739. War of Jenkins's Ear between England and Spain; in 1731 an English merchant-vessel was boarded by a Spanish guardship, and the captain, Robert Jenkins, cruelly used, an ear being torn off.
Nadir Shah captures Delhi; he sacks the city and massacres the people. See "Conquests of Nadir Shah," [xiii], [72].
Recovery of Belgrad and Servian territory by the Turks, arranged by treaty between Austria and Turkey.
1740. Death of Frederick William I; accession of Frederick the Great to the Prussian throne. Treachery of the powers which had guaranteed the succession of the Austrian throne to Maria Theresa. See "Frederick the Great Seizes Silesia," [xiii], [108].
A Moravian settlement formed at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.