1738

1738 (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1738th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 738th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1730s decade. As of the start of 1738, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1700s  1710s  1720s  – 1730s –  1740s  1750s  1760s
Years:	1735 1736 1737 – 1738 – 1739 1740 1741

1738 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1738 MDCCXXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2491
Armenian calendar	1187 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԷ
Assyrian calendar	6488
Balinese saka calendar	1659–1660
Bengali calendar	1145
Berber calendar	2688
British Regnal year	11 Geo. 2 – 12 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar	2282
Burmese calendar	1100
Byzantine calendar	7246–7247
Chinese calendar	丁巳年 (Fire Snake) 4434 or 4374     — to — 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4435 or 4375
Coptic calendar	1454–1455
Discordian calendar	2904
Ethiopian calendar	1730–1731
Hebrew calendar	5498–5499
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1794–1795
- Shaka Samvat	1659–1660
- Kali Yuga	4838–4839
Holocene calendar	11738
Igbo calendar	738–739
Iranian calendar	1116–1117
Islamic calendar	1150–1151
Japanese calendar	Genbun 3 (元文３年)
Javanese calendar	1662–1663
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar	4071
Minguo calendar	174 before ROC 民前174年
Nanakshahi calendar	270
Thai solar calendar	2280–2281
Tibetan calendar	阴火蛇年 (female Fire-Snake) 1864 or 1483 or 711     — to — 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1865 or 1484 or 712

Events

• November 13 – Treaty of Vienna

Births

• Ethan Allen – January 21
• Lord Charles Cornwallis – December 31

Deaths

• Charles Townshend – June 21