1731

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:
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture -
Art - Literature - Music - Science
Countries: Canada
Great Britain - Mexico
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1731 (MDCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

[edit] Events of 1731

John Bevis observes the Crab Nebula for the first time.
Royal Colony of 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.

February - Charles Churchill, English poet (died 1764)
February 11 - George Washington, First President USA born
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)

See also Category: 1731 births.