Events January–March January 12 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, becomes the first Field Marshal of Great Britain. January 23 – The Civil Code of 1734 is passed in Sweden. January 26 – Stanislaus I of Poland abdicates his throne. February 12 – Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor marries Maria Theresa of Austria, ruler of the Habsburg Empire. March 8 – Nader Shah, founder of the Afsharid dynasty, is crowned Shah of Iran on a date selected by court astrologers. March 31 – Bellevue Hospital is founded in New York. April–June April 14 – The Porteous Riots erupt in Edinburgh (Scotland), after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when town guard Captain John Porteous orders his men to fire at the crowd. Porteous is arrested later. April 14 – German adventurer Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff is crowned King Theodore of Corsica, 25 days after his arrival on Corsica on March 20. His reign ends on November 5 when he flees the island. April 19 – A fire in Stony Stratford, England, consumes 53 houses. April – The Genbun era begins in Japan. The era of Kyōhō Reforms ends. May 8 – Frederick, Prince of Wales, marries Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. May 22 – King George II of Great Britain departs for Europe as part of his duties as Elector of Hanover; his wife, Caroline, Queen Consort rules on his behalf as the Regent for the last time until his return on January 14, 1736. May 26 – Battle of Ackia: British and Chickasaw Native Americans defeat French troops. June 8 – Leonhard Euler writes to James Stirling describing the Euler–Maclaurin formula, providing a connection between integrals and sums. June 19 – A French Academy of Sciences expedition, led by Pierre Louis Maupertuis, with Anders Celsius, begins work on measuring a meridian arc in Meänmaa, Finland. June 24 – Witchcraft Act of 1735 in Great Britain comes into effect, criminalizing claimants accusing people of practising witchcraft or of possessing magical powers, intended to end legal witch trials in the early modern period in the country. July–September July 1 – Russo-Turkish War (1735–39): Russian forces under Peter Lacy storm the Ottoman fortress of Azov. August 12 – A fire in Saint Petersburg, capital of the Russian Empire, destroys 2,000 buildings, the city's post office, and several palaces. September 7 – An Edinburgh crowd drags John Porteous out of his cell