Editing 1730 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 8]] &ndash; [[Congregation Shearith Israel]], the first [[synagogue]] in [[New York City]], is dedicated.
* [[May 9]] (April 28 O.S.) &ndash; The coronation of [[Anna of Russia]] as [[Empress of Russia]] takes place in [[Saint Petersburg]]. 
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend]], retires from his role in the government of Great Britain, leaving [[Robert Walpole]] as sole and undisputed leader of the Cabinet (i.e., prime minister). In the new [[Walpole ministry]], [[Sir William Strickland, 4th Baronet]], becomes Secretary at War, and [[Henry Pelham]] is Paymaster of the Forces; [[Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington]] briefly becomes Lord Privy Seal.
* [[June 1]] &ndash; Enslaved woman [[Sally Basset]] is put on trial for murder in [[Bermuda]]; she will eventually be convicted and [[Death by burning|burned at the stake]].
* [[June 19]] &ndash; At the urging of [[Sir William Gooch, 1st Baronet|Sir William Gooch]], the [[Virginia House of Burgesses]] passes the [[Tobacco Inspection Act of 1730|Virginia Tobacco Inspection Act]] to regulate the quality of [[Tobacco in the American Colonies|tobacco in Virginia]], 46 to 5.<ref>Daniel Avery, [https://kar.kent.ac.uk/72161/1/141ConfirmationCopy.pdf ''United Interests: William Gooch, the Frontier, and the Politics of Virginia, 1720-1750'']{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (University of Kent, 2019) p31</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/misc/tob_ware.txt |format=TXT |title=Virginia Public Tobacco Warehouses, 1730/31 |website=Files.usgwararchives.net |access-date=2016-01-05 |archive-date=June 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604082810/http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/misc/tob_ware.txt |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[June 27]] &ndash; French explorer Alphonse de Pontevez, commanding the frigate ''Le Lys'', claims an [[Indian Ocean]] [[atoll]] for France and names it after himself as the [[Alphonse Atoll]]. The next day, he claims and names the [[St. François Atoll]].