A D 1735: Benjamin Franklin

An exhaustive catalogue of events in the life of Benjamin Franklin for 1735 can be found here.

European Leaders in 1735

Denmark–Norway
Christian VI, King of Denmark (1730–1746)
[P-M 1. Ivar Eriksen Rosencrantz (1730–1735)
2. Johan Ludvig (1735–1751)]

France – Louis XV, King of France (1715–1774)

Great Britain
George II, King of Great Britain (1727–1760)
[P-M – Robert Walpole (1721–1742)]

Holy Roman Empire
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711–1740)

Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
Mahmud I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1730–1754)
[Grand Vizier 1. Hekimoglu Ali Pasha (1732–1735)
2. Gürcü Ismail Pasha (1735)]

Portugal – John V, King of Portugal (1706–1750)

Prussia – Frederick William I, King of Prussia (1713–1740)

Russia – Anna Ivanovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (1730–1740)

Spain – Philip V, King of Spain (1700–1724, 1724–1746)

Sweden – Age of Liberty
Frederick I, King, also Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720–1751)
[P-M – Arvid Horn (1710–1738)]

Tuscany – Gian Gastone de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1723–1737)

United Provinces
Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
Grand Pensionary of Holland – Simon van Slingelandt (1727–1736)
Friesland – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Friesland (1711–1751)
Groningen – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Groningen (1729–1751)
Guelders – Willem IV, Stadtholder of Guelders (1722–1751)

Venice – Alvise Pisani Doge of Venice (1735–1741)

How old were they in 1735?

91 Antonio Stradivari
79 Edmond Halley
73 Samuel Wesley
68 Jonathan Swift
67 Johan Albert Fabricius
66 Susanna Wesley
65 Turlough Carolan
64 Colley Cibber
62 Joseph Addison
61 Jethro Tull
61 Isaac Watts
59 Robert Walpole
57 Antonio Vivaldi
55 Ebenezer Erskine
54 Georg Telemann
51 Griffith Jones
50 J S Bach
50 George Berkeley
50 G F Handel
49 Gabriel Fahrenheit
47 Alexander Pope
41 Voltaire
38 William Hogarth
38 John Gill
38 Gerhard Tersteegen
38 Canaletto
37 James Oglethorpe
35 Count Von Zinzendorf
33 Philip Doddridge
32 Queen Caroline
32 Jonathan Edwards
32 John Wesley
30 Dick Turpin
29 Benjamin Franklin
28 Countess of Huntingdon
28 Charles Wesley
28 C Linnaeus
27 William Pitt (Elder)
27 William Grimshaw
26 Samuel Johnson
23 Frederick the Great
22 David Hume
21 George Whitefield
21 C W Gluck
19 Thomas Gray
18 Williams Pantycelyn
18 John Berridge
18 David Garrick
17 Thomas Chippendale
17 David Brainerd
16 Leopold Mozart
15 Hywel Harris
15 Bonnie Prince Charlie
14 Daniel Rowland
13 Adam Smith
12 Samuel Davies
12 Peter Williams
11 Emmanuel Kant
10 Robert Clive
10 Giacomo Casanova
08 Thomas Gainsborough
07 Robert Adam
07 Oliver Goldsmith
07 James Cook
06 Edmund Burke
05 Josiah Wedgwood
04 William Cowper
04 Erasmus Darwin
03 Joseph Haydn
03 George Washington
02 Joseph Priestley
01 Joseph Wright of Derby
01 George Romney
01 Daniel Boone

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