Timeline February 1730

Events in February 1730 3

• 1649 – 1730 Pope Benedict XIII (1649-1730) Died 21 February 1730, aged 81 Pietro Francesco Orsini reigned as Pope Benedict XIII from 1724, known for his personal austerity and reliance on favoured advisors who dominated Vatican administration. His pontificate was marked by financial scandal centred on his confidant Cardinal Niccolo Coscia.
• 1730 French forces crush Natchez resistance in Louisiana Colonial campaign follows the 1729 Fort Rosalie massacre French troops and their Choctaw allies besieged the fortified camps of the Natchez people in the Louisiana colony, avenging the 1729 massacre at Fort Rosalie. By early 1730 Natchez military power was broken, and survivors scattered or were sold into slavery, effectively ending the Natchez as an independent nation.
• 1730 Anna of Russia tears up the Conditions Empress reneges on limits set by the Supreme Privy Council Invited to the throne after the death of Peter II, Empress Anna had initially signed the "Conditions" ceding power to Russia's Supreme Privy Council of nobles. Once installed in Moscow with the support of the guards regiments, she publicly tore up the document, restoring autocratic rule and dissolving the council.