1730 in the Netherlands

Events from the year 1730 in the Dutch Republic

Events

  • Utrecht sodomy trials, a purge of homosexuals issued by the States of Holland
  • Naval shipworms damaged wooden dike supports, threatened the Netherlands' flood defense and prompted engineering improvements.[1]

Births

  • December 8 - Jan Ingenhousz, physiologist, biologist and chemist
  • December 22 - Egbert de Vrij Temminck, prominent regent in Amsterdam

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Sundberg, Adam (2015-01-01). "Molluscan Explosion: The Dutch Shipworm Epidemic of the 1730s". doi:10.5282/RCC/7307. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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