What is 1734?
{{Year nav|1734}} {{Year in various calendars|1734}} {{Year article header|1734}} == Events == * [[January 8]] – Premiere of [[George Frideric Handel]]'s opera ''[[Ariodante]]'' at the [[Royal Opera House]], [[Covent Garden]]. * [[June 17]] – French troops take [[Philippsburg]], but the Duke of Berwick is killed * [[June 21]] – In [[Montreal]] in [[New France]], a black slave known by the French name of [[Marie-Joseph Angélique]], was [[torture]]d then [[hanging|hanged]] by the [[France|French]] authorities in a public ceremony that involved her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. * [[June 30]] – [[Russia]]n troops take [[Gdansk|Gdańsk]] ([[German language|German]]: Danzig) which had been besieged since October [[1733]]. Gdańsk is captured after the failure of a [[France|French]] expedition to relieve the city {{births}} [[Category:1734| ]]