1735
Linnaeus Publishes Systema Naturae
A twenty-eight-year-old Swedish botanist named Carl Linnaeus published a slim folio in Leiden that sorted every known plant and animal into kingdom, class…
Death of the Yongzheng Emperor
The Qing emperor who had remade the imperial bureaucracy died suddenly at fifty-six.
Zenger Trial in New York
A German-born printer, John Peter Zenger, was acquitted of seditious libel for printing attacks on the royal governor.
French Geodesic Expeditions
Two French Academy expeditions set out to settle whether the earth was a prolate or oblate spheroid: one to Lapland under Maupertuis…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1735?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1735. The most significant is Linnaeus Publishes Systema Naturae.
What era was 1735 part of?
1735 falls within the Enlightenment (1651-1800). Reason, revolution, and the first global wars.
Which regions saw notable events in 1735?
The events from 1735 span Europe, East Asia and North America.