20th September » The finish of the Walking Purchase which forces the cession of 1.2 million acres (4,860 km²) of Lenape-Delaware tribal land to the Pennsylvania Colony.
4th November » The Teatro di San Carlo is inaugurated.
Famous Birthdays in 1737
19th January » Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
23rd January » John Hancock, American politician, 1st Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1793)
29th January » Thomas Paine, English-American author, activist, and theorist (d. 1809)
9th February » Thomas Paine, English-American philosopher, author, and activist (d. 1809)
25th February » August Wilhelm Hupel, German-Estonian linguist and clergyman (d. 1819)
9th March » Josef Mysliveček, Czech composer (d. 1781)
15th March » Amarindra, Thai wife of Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (d. 1826)
27th April » Edward Gibbon, English historian and politician (d. 1794)
2nd May » William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Irish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1805)
14th May » George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Irish-English politician, List of colonial governors of Grenada or Governor of Grenada (d. 1806)
22nd May » Tethart Philipp Christian Haag, German-Dutch painter (d. 1812)
10th June » Ruth Blay, American murderer (d. 1768)
20th June » Tokugawa Ieharu, Japanese shogun (d. 1786)
15th July » Princess Louise of France (1737–1787) or Princess Louise of France (d. 1787)
31st July » Princess Augusta of Great Britain (d. 1813)
10th August » Anton Losenko, Russian painter (d. 1773)
9th September » Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist (d. 1798)
14th September » Michael Haydn, Austrian composer (d. 1806)
2nd October » Francis Hopkinson, American judge and politician (d. 1791)
31st October » James Lovell (Continental Congress) or James Lovell, American educator and politician (d. 1789)
26th December » Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (d. 1815)
Famous Deaths in History for 1737
17th January » Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, German architect (b. 1662)
29th January » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney,Scottish soldier (b. 1666)
14th February » Charles Talbot, 1st Baron Talbot, English lawyer and politician Lord Chancellor named Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. 1685)
16th March » Benjamin Wadsworth, American clergyman and academic (b. 1670)
4th May » Eustace Budgell, English journalist and politician (b. 1686)