Year by year · 18th century

1737

1737 in world history: 2 events, 5 births and 3 deaths. 1,230 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 7 October

    A cyclone and storm surge devastate Calcutta and Bengal

    A violent cyclone struck the Hooghly delta, wrecking ships and much of Calcutta. Contemporary reports put the dead at 300,000, a figure modern historians consider greatly exaggerated.

    Bengal
ProfileState1054 states with a known seat in 1737Open the atlas at 1737 →

In the profiles

Born in 1737 5

Died in 1737 3

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