* 1738 – Premiere in London, England, Great Britain of Serse, an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel.

* 1738 – Jacques François Dugommier, French general ( d. 1794 )

* 1683 – Jean-Joseph Mouret, French composer ( d. 1738 )

* 1738 – Leopold Hofmann, Austrian composer ( d. 1793 )

* 1738 – Real Academia de la Historia (" Royal Academy of History ") is founded in Madrid.

* 1738 – William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ( d. 1809 )

Herman Boerhaave (, 31 December 1668 – 23 September 1738 ) was a Dutch botanist, humanist and physician of European fame.

There is some controversy over the identity of the disease, but in its virulent form, after the Great Plague of Marseille in 1720 – 1722, the Great Plague of 1738 ( which hit Eastern Europe ), and the Russian plague of 1770-1772, it seems to have gradually disappeared from Europe.

* 1738 – Richard Montgomery, Irish-born soldier ( d. 1775 )

* 1738 – Jan Antonín Koželuh, Bohemian composer ( d. 1814 )

* 1789 – Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware ( b. 1738 )

* 1684 – Matthias Braun, Czech sculptor ( d. 1738 )

By John Singleton Copley ( 1738 – 1815 )

Karl Friedrich ruled Baden 1738 – 1811 Baden sported perhaps the best government of the smaller states.

Karl Friedrich ruled well for 73 years ( 1738 – 1811 ) and was an enthusiast for The Enlightenment ; he abolished serfdom in 1783.

* 1738 – Canadian explorer Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de La Vérendrye reaches the western shore of Lake Michigan.

* 1820 – King George III of the United Kingdom ( b. 1738 )

* 1738 – Isaac de Beausobre, French pastor ( b. 1659 )

* 1663 – Franz Xaver Murschhauser, German composer and theorist ( d. 1738 )

* 1738 – John Singleton Copley, American painter ( d. 1815 )

* 1738 – Jacques Delille, French poet and translator ( d. 1813 )

* 1738 – Mary Katharine Goddard, American printer and publisher ( d. 1816 )

* 1738 – Ethan Allen, American military leader ( d. 1789 )

* John Brown ( North Carolina ) ( 1738 – 1812 ), pioneer and statesman

It was continued by various writers and grew to twenty-one volumes ( 1633 – 1738 ), including illustrations by the beautiful copperplate engravings of Matthäus Merian ( 1593 – 1650 ).

After Lady Walpole died, Walpole married his mistress, Maria Skerritt, before 3 March 1738.

His father, Claude Babeuf, had deserted the French Army in 1738 for that of Maria Theresa of Austria, rising, it is said, to the rank of major.

# Prince Carlo Francesco Maria Augusto of Savoy, Duke of Aosta ( 1738 – 1745 ) died in childhood ;

In 1738 he married the Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, an educated, cultured woman who gave birth to thirteen children, eight of whom reached adulthood.

* Maria Amalia Christina Franziska Xaveria Flora Walburga ( b. Dresden, 24 November 1724-d. Buen Retiro, 27 September 1760 ); married on 19 June 1738 to Charles VII, King of Naples, later King Charles III of Spain.

He married Maria Skerret in early 1738, thus The Vyne's table could seem have been ordered before c1736-37 ).

Robert Yates was born January 27, 1738, in Schenectady, New York, the oldest of 12 children of merchant Joseph Yates and Maria Dunbar.

* Ferdinand Maria Innocenz ( 1699 – 1738 ), Imperial Field Marshal

In 1738, he was created Cardinal Priest, and three years later, he became pro-librarian of the Vatican Library to Cardinal Angelo Maria Quirini, whom he would succeed him as librarian in 1755.

In 1738 Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, the last descendant of the family, married Ercole d ' Este, the last male heir of the Duchy of Modena.

Already under Maria Teresa road links between the Duchy of Modena to Massa Carrara were significantly improved: in these road reform attempts belongs the construction of the famous Via Vandelli, starting as early as 1738.

He became betrothed to Eva Maria Malmgren of Hofterup ( between Malmö and Landskrona ), a churchwarden ’ s daughter, in 1738.

Her oldest sister Maria Amalia Christina married the future Charles III of Spain in 1738 and had a large family.

As noted, her oldest sister Maria Amalia had married a Spanish prince, Infante Carlos, in 1738.

* Princess Maria Grigorievna Yusupova ( died 1738 ), Lady-in-Waiting at the Court of Empress Catherine I, forced to take monastic vows by her elder brothers in order to inherit her part of family estates, unmarried and without any issue

Galitzine's wife, whom married in January 1684, was Anna Ivanovna Sukina ( February 8, 1672 – October 7, 1738 ).

The four daughters were Phebe ( b. 1738 ), Sarah ( 1742 – 1800 ), Anna ( 1744 – 1773 ) and Mary ( b. 1753 ).

Anna married her first cousin Moses Brown ( 1738 – 1836 ).