PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1730 – 1739

The world in the 1730s

From 1730 to 1739 the atlas holds 553 states standing at some time. 72 things began - Greenland, Cobalt and Bouvet Island among them - and 19 ended; 141 people were born and 79 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1730: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17301731: 9 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other17311732: 7 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17321733: 10 began — 6 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17331734: 11 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17341735: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17351736: 7 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17361737: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17371738: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17381739: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1739

What began in the 1730s

By kind, the best known first.

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 30

and 22 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 2

Treaties 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 6

Trade and piracy 1

What ended in the 1730s

States 8

Wars and battles 6

Unrest and atrocity 4

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 141

and 125 more in the atlas.

Died 79

and 63 more in the atlas.

States of the 1730s

The states that stood at some time in the 1730s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1730.

Europe: 216 statesEurope216Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 129 statesSouth Asia129East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe216 states

and 208 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia129 states

and 121 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 58 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 8 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown26 states

and 18 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1710 – 1759: every state, war and life of the 1730s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1735: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.