1731
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| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s |
| Years: | 1728 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 1734 |
| 1731 in topic: |
| Arts |
| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
| Other topics |
| Canada - Mexico - Science |
| Lists of leaders |
| Colonial governors - State leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Works category |
| Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1731 MDCCXXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2484 |
| Armenian calendar | 1180 ԹՎ ՌՃՁ |
| Chinese calendar | 4367/4427-11-23 (庚戌年十一月廿三日) — to —
4368/4428-12-3(辛亥年十二月初三日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1723 – 1724 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5491 – 5492 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1786 – 1787 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1653 – 1654 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4832 – 4833 |
| Iranian calendar | 1109 – 1110 |
| Islamic calendar | 1144 – 1145 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōhō 16 (享保16年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2391 (皇紀2391年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11731 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2274 |
[edit] Events
- Downing Street becomes the official residence of the United Kingdom's Prime Minister when Robert Walpole moves in.
- North Carolina Governor George Burrington asks the North Carolina General Assembly to pass an act establishing a town on the Cape Fear River in what is seen as a political move to shift the power away from the powerful Cape Fear plantation class. The town is laid out in 1733 and later incorporated as Wilmington in 1740.
- Royal theatre of Mantua (Italy) built by Ferdinando Galli Bibiena.
[edit] Births
- February - Charles Churchill, English poet (died 1764)
- May 8 - Beilby Porteus, Bishop of London and abolitionist (died 1809)
- June 21 - Martha Washington, First Lady of the United States (died 1802)
- October 10 - Henry Cavendish, English scientist (died 1810)
- November 9 -Benjamin Banneker, American surveyor of the District of Columbia (died 1806)
- November 15 - William Cowper, English poet (died 1800)
- December 8 - František Xaver Dušek, Czech composer (died 1799)
- December 12 - Erasmus Darwin, English scientist and grandfather of Charles Darwin (died 1802)
[edit] Deaths
- January 6 - Étienne François Geoffroy, French chemist (born 1672)
- January 21 - Thomas Woolston, English theologian (born 1669)
- January 27 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (born 1655)
- February 22 - Frederik Ruysch, Dutch physician and anatomist (born 1638)
- March 8 - Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor (born 1688)
- April 24 - Daniel Defoe, English writer (born 1660)
- May 1 - Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (born 1677)
- December 26 - Antoine Houdar de la Motte, French writer (born 1672)
- December 29 - Brook Taylor, English mathematician (born 1685)
