Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1737
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Literature
- March 2: Samuel Johnson and David Garrick set off for London from
Lichfield
Theatre
Art
Music
- Both of London's opera houses fail
- William Boyce conducts the Three Choirs Festival
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Arminio
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Giustino
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Berenice
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel) suffers a stroke and
travels to Aix-la-Chapelle
Science, Technology, & Medicine
- Carolus Linnaeus publishes his classification of plant life in ???
Politics & Law
- Licensing Act regulates the theatres in London
- In Connecticut, the first copper coins are minted in the
North American colonies
Philosophy & Theology
- Jonathan Edwards, A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising
Work of God
- Laurence Sterne takes orders
Milestones
- November: Death of Queen Caroline
- Birth of Edward Gibbon
- Death of Nathanael Johnson, brother of Samuel Johnson
Miscellaneous
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