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1737| 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. | | 29 January 1737 | America, England [births and deaths] | Thomas Paine, British-born American political pamphleteer whose writings influenced the American Revolution, born in Thetford, Norfolk, England (–1809). | | 27 April 1737 | England [births and deaths] | Edward Gibbon, English historian, author of The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, born in Putney, England (–1794). | | 9 September 1737 | Papal States [births and deaths] | Luigi Galvani, Italian physician who investigated electrical conduction in living tissues, born in Bologna, Papal States, Italy (–1798). | | 18 December 1737 | Italy [births and deaths] | Antonio Stradivari, Italian violin-maker, dies in Cremona, Duchy of Milan (c. 93). |
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