Timeline May 1737

Events in May 1737 5

• 1655 – 1737 Ferdinand Kettler (1655-1737) Died 4 May 1737, aged 81 Ferdinand Kettler was the last Duke of Courland from the Kettler dynasty, and he spent most of his reign living in Danzig. His death without heirs allowed Ernst Johann von Biron to take the duchy.
• 1655 – 1737 Ferdinand Kettler (1655-1737) Died 4 May 1737, aged 81 Ferdinand Kettler was the last Duke of Courland from the Kettler dynasty, and he spent most of his reign living in Danzig. His death without heirs allowed Ernst Johann von Biron to take the duchy.
• 1737 – 1794 Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) Died 16 January 1794, aged 56 English historian best known for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a landmark work of narrative history. He served briefly as a member of Parliament and spent his later years in Lausanne, Switzerland. He died in London at age 56.
• 1737 Trinity Fire in Moscow cracks the Tsar Bell A great fire sweeps Moscow and damages the giant bell A large fire swept through Moscow and reached the Kremlin while the newly cast Tsar Bell was still in its casting pit. Water thrown on the hot metal cracked it and broke off an 11-tonne piece. The bell was never rung and is now displayed in the Kremlin.
• 1737 Trinity Fire in Moscow cracks the Tsar Bell A great fire sweeps Moscow and damages the giant bell A large fire swept through Moscow and reached the Kremlin while the newly cast Tsar Bell was still in its casting pit. Water thrown on the hot metal cracked it and broke off an 11-tonne piece. The bell was never rung and is now displayed in the Kremlin.