Timeline December 1732

Events in December 1732 5

• 1685 – 1732 John Gay (1685-1732) Died 4 December 1732, aged 47 John Gay was an English poet and dramatist best known for The Beggar's Opera (1728), a satirical ballad opera that became one of the most popular works of the 18th-century London stage. He died of a fever in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey.
• 1732 – 1818 Warren Hastings (1732-1818) Died 22 August 1818, aged 85 Warren Hastings served as the first Governor-General of Bengal and effectively the first head of British India. He was impeached by Parliament in 1787 on charges of corruption and mismanagement but was acquitted in 1795 after a seven-year trial. His tenure shaped the early administrative structure of British rule in India.
• 1732 Theatre Royal, Covent Garden opens John Rich opens a new London playhouse Theatrical manager John Rich opened the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden, London, on 7 December 1732, financed largely by the profits of his hit production The Beggar's Opera. The playhouse became one of London's leading theatres and is the direct ancestor of the present Royal Opera House.
• 1732 Poor Richard's Almanack first published Benjamin Franklin launches his almanac in Philadelphia Benjamin Franklin published the first edition of Poor Richard's Almanack in December 1732 under the pseudonym Richard Saunders. The annual almanac became a bestseller in the American colonies and helped build Franklin's fortune and reputation.
• 1732 – 1792 Richard Arkwright (1732-1792) Died 3 August 1792, aged 59 Richard Arkwright was an English inventor and industrialist whose water-powered spinning frame mechanized cotton thread production. His mills established the factory system that became central to the Industrial Revolution. He was knighted in 1786 and died at Cromford, Derbyshire, on 3 August 1792.