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1736| 1716–1745 | Japan [political events] | Yoshimune, of the Tokugawa house of Kii, succeeds Ienobu as shogun (military ruler) of Japan. | | c. 1725–c. 1740 | Spain [sports] | Bullfighting grows in popularity in Spain, with Francisco Romero becoming the first famous matador. | | 1730–1807 | UK [newspapers] | The Daily Advertiser is launched in London, England. With its dependence on advertisements, this may be regarded as the first modern newspaper. | | 1736 | UK [gambling and lotteries] | An act is passed to hold a lottery in England to help fund the building of Westminster Bridge. | | 1736 | UK [magic and the occult] | The laws against witchcraft are repealed in England. The last person executed under them was Jane Wenham from the village of Walkern, Hertfordshire, in 1712. | | 19 January 1736 | Scotland [births and deaths] | James Watt, Scottish inventor whose improved steam engine had a major impact on the Industrial Revolution, born in Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (–1819). | | 2 February 1736 | Persia, Safavid Empire [political events] | Nadir Shah becomes king of Persia, succeeding Abbas III, the last member of the Safavid dynasty. | | 14 June 1736 | France [births and deaths] | Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, French physicist who formulated Coulomb's law which relates the forces of electrical charges to the distance between them, born in Angoulême, France (–1806). |
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