1730s
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Events and trends

• The Great Awakening - A Protestant religious movement active in the British colonies of North America
• Octant invented (around 1730) independently by John Hadley in Great Britain and Thomas Godfrey in the American colonies.
• In 1737, the City of Richmond, Virginia is founded.

World leaders

• Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
• Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711 - 1740).
• Frederick William I of Prussia, king in Prussia
• Shahs of Persia (Safavid dynasty and Afsharid dynasty)

1. Tahmasp II, 1723-1732
2. Abbas III, 1732-1736
3. Nadir Shah, 1736-1747 (Began the Afsharid dynasty)

• George II King of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760)
• Philip V King of Spain (king from 1700 to 1746)
• Bhonsle Dynasty of the Marathas

1. Shahu

• Peshwa of the Marathas

1. Baji Rao I

• Muhammad Shah(Mughal Empire)