Events January–March January 21 – Russia and Persia sign the Treaty of Riascha at Resht. Based on the terms of the agreement, Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories. February 9 – The Swedish East India Company begins its profitable first expedition to China, departing Gothenburg on the ship Friedericus Rex Sueciae under the command of Colin Campbell. February 14 – Henry Fielding's comedy The Modern Husband premieres at the Royal Theatre on Drury Lane in London. February 25 – John Stackhouse is appointed by the British East India Company as the new President of the Bengal Presidency and serves for seven years. February 27 – Herat Campaign: General Nader Shah of Persia (now Iran) suppresses the rebellion by Zulfiqar Khan in the city of Herat in what is now Afghanistan. "Herat I 1731-1732/Afghan Wars", in Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, by Tony Jaques (Greenwood Press, 2007) p445 March 19 – Chamaraja Wodeyar VII becomes the new Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India, now the state of Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. March 3 – English Captain Charles Gough rediscovers Gough Island in the South Atlantic. March 30 – MPs John Birch and Denis Bond are expelled from the House of Commons of Great Britain after using their positions on the Commission for Forfeited Lands to make fraudulent sales.
Events January–March January 21 – Russia and Persia sign the Treaty of Riascha at Resht. Based on the terms of the agreement, Russia will no longer establish claims over Persian territories. February 9 – The Swedish East India Company begins its profitable first expedition to China, departing Gothenburg on the ship Friedericus Rex Sueciae under the command of Colin Campbell. February 14 – Henry Fielding's comedy The Modern Husband premieres at the Royal Theatre on Drury Lane in London. February 25 – John Stackhouse is appointed by the British East India Company as the new President of the Bengal Presidency and serves for seven years February 27 – Herat Campaign: General Nader Shah of Persia (now Iran) suppresses the rebellion by Zulfiqar Khan in the city of Herat in what is now Afghanistan. "Herat I 1731-1732/Afghan Wars", in Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: F-O, by Tony Jaques (Greenwood Press, 2007) p445 March 19 – Chamaraja Wodeyar VII becomes the new Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India, now the state of Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. March 3 – English Captain Charles Gough rediscovers Gough Island in the South Atlantic. March 30 – MPs John Birch and Denis Bond are expelled from the House of Commons of Great Britain after using their positions on the Commission for Forfeited Lands to make fraudulent sales.