Timeline November 1738

Events in November 1738 3

• 1738 Nadir Shah captures Kandahar and invades Mughal territory Persian conquest opens the road to India After a long siege, the Persian ruler Nadir Shah captured the fortress city of Kandahar, eliminating the last independent Afghan stronghold. He then pushed through Afghanistan toward the Mughal Empire, taking Ghazni, Kabul, and Peshawar by the end of the year, setting up the invasion of India completed the following year.
• 1738 – 1822 William Herschel (1738-1822) Died 25 August 1822, aged 83 The German-born British astronomer discovered the planet Uranus in 1781 and compiled extensive catalogs of double stars and nebulae. He also discovered infrared radiation and was knighted for his contributions to astronomy. He died at his home in Slough, England.
• 1738 Treaty of Vienna signed Formal end of the War of the Polish Succession The treaty confirmed Stanislaus Leszczynski's renunciation of the Polish throne in favor of Augustus III, gave the Duchy of Lorraine to the deposed Stanislaus (to pass to France on his death), and transferred Naples and Sicily to the Spanish Bourbon Don Carlos. Francis Stephen of Lorraine received Tuscany in compensation.