Timeline January 1730

Events in January 1730 4

• 1715 – 1730 Peter II of Russia (1715-1730) Died 30 January 1730, aged 14 Peter II, grandson of Peter the Great, died of smallpox in Moscow shortly before his planned wedding. His death ended the senior male line of the Romanov dynasty and triggered a succession crisis resolved by the accession of Empress Anna.
• 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 – 1779 Joseph Hewes (1730-1779) Died 10 November 1779, aged 49 Joseph Hewes was a North Carolina merchant and signer of the Declaration of Independence. As a member of the Continental Congress's naval committee, he helped organise the Continental Navy. He died in Philadelphia while still serving in Congress.
• 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.