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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s Years: 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 - 1737 - 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 Events Benjamin Franklin created the Philadelphia police force - the first city-paid force. In Britain a Licensing Act[?] requires plays to be submitted to the Lord Chamberlain[?] for censorship. Births January 23 - John Hancock, statesman and U.S. revolutionary (+ 1793) January 29 - Thomas Paine, patriot, radical, pamphleteer (+ 1809) April 27 - Edward Gibbon, historian May 20 - William Petty Fitzmaurice, British statesman (+ 1805) Deaths December 19 - James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland Emperor Nakamikado of Japan Gaston de' Medici[?], Last Medici Duke of Tuscany
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s
Years: 1732 1733 1734 1735 1736 - 1737 - 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742
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