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=== April–June ===
 
=== April–June ===
* [[April 14]] – Saint [[Serapion of Algiers]], the first Mercedarian (of the  [[Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy]] is canonized by [[Pope Benedict XIII]].
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* [[April 14]] – Saint [[Serapion of Algiers]], the first Mercedarian (of the  [[Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy]]) is canonized by [[Pope Benedict XIII]].
 
* [[April 29]] – [[John Essington (MP for New Romney)|John Essington]], a member of the British House of Commons, is expelled from Commons after a successful petition to have him unseated.  Essington, deep in debt, dies in Newgate Prison less than year later.   
 
* [[April 29]] – [[John Essington (MP for New Romney)|John Essington]], a member of the British House of Commons, is expelled from Commons after a successful petition to have him unseated.  Essington, deep in debt, dies in Newgate Prison less than year later.   
* [[April 30]] – The 82 survivors of the wreckage of the Dutch East India Company frigate [[Zeewijk (1725)|''Zeewijk'']] arrive in the new ship that they had built, ''Sloepie'', at their original destination of [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (now [[Jakarta]] in [[Indonesia]].
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* [[April 30]] – The 82 survivors of the wreckage of the Dutch East India Company frigate [[Zeewijk (1725)|''Zeewijk'']] arrive in the new ship that they had built, ''Sloepie'', at their original destination of [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]] (now [[Jakarta]] in [[Indonesia]].)
 
* [[May 16]] – Saint [[Margaret of Cortona]], the patron saint of the falsely accused, homeless people and mental illness sufferers, is canonized.
 
* [[May 16]] – Saint [[Margaret of Cortona]], the patron saint of the falsely accused, homeless people and mental illness sufferers, is canonized.
* [[May 25]] – [[Pope Gregory VII]] (Hildebrand of Sovana), who served as pontiff from 1073 to 1085, is canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.
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* [[May 25]] – [[Pope Gregory VII]] (Hildebrand of Sovana), who was pontiff from 1073 to 1085, is canonized as a Roman Catholic saint.
 
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] invents the [[overdraft]], allowing [[Edinburgh]] merchant William Hogg cash credit (in the amount of £1,000) for his creditors to be paid by the bank until Hogg receives expected revenue to repay the amount owed, plus interest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7839823.stm</ref>
 
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[The Royal Bank of Scotland]] invents the [[overdraft]], allowing [[Edinburgh]] merchant William Hogg cash credit (in the amount of £1,000) for his creditors to be paid by the bank until Hogg receives expected revenue to repay the amount owed, plus interest.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7839823.stm</ref>
 
* [[June 14]] &ndash; The [[Congress of Soissons]] opens at the French town of [[Soissons]] to negotiate a treaty between [[Great Britain]] and [[Spain]].  <ref>Abel Boyer, The Political State of Great Britain, Volume XXXV, Containing the Months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, MDCCXXVIII (1728) p565</ref>  The treaty, which is concluded on November 9, 1729, recognizes the Spanish royal family's rule of parts of Italy, and Britain's possession of [[Gibraltar]] and [[Menorca]].   
 
* [[June 14]] &ndash; The [[Congress of Soissons]] opens at the French town of [[Soissons]] to negotiate a treaty between [[Great Britain]] and [[Spain]].  <ref>Abel Boyer, The Political State of Great Britain, Volume XXXV, Containing the Months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, MDCCXXVIII (1728) p565</ref>  The treaty, which is concluded on November 9, 1729, recognizes the Spanish royal family's rule of parts of Italy, and Britain's possession of [[Gibraltar]] and [[Menorca]].   

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References

  1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7839823.stm
  2. Abel Boyer, The Political State of Great Britain, Volume XXXV, Containing the Months of January, February, March, April, May, and June, MDCCXXVIII (1728) p565
  3. Lutz Richter-Bernburg, Persian Medical Manuscripts at the University of California, Los Angeles: A Descriptive Catalogue (Malibu: Udena Publications, 1978) p. 155
  4. Old Fort William in Bengal: A Selection of Official Documents Dealing with Its History, ed. by C. R. Wilson (Government of India, 1906) p. 127
  5. Delambre, J. B. (1827). Histoire de l'astronomie au dix-huitième siècle. Paris: Bachelier.