Editing 1736 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 14]]
** The [[Porteous Riots]] erupt in [[Edinburgh]] (Scotland), after the execution of smuggler Andrew Wilson, when [[town guard]] Captain [[John Porteous (soldier)|John Porteous]] orders his men to fire at the crowd. Porteous is arrested later.
** German adventurer Theodor Stephan Freiherr von Neuhoff is crowned King [[Theodore of Corsica]], 25 days after his arrival on Corsica on March 20.<ref name=Corsica>{{cite book|first=L. H.|last=Caird|title=The History of Corsica|location=London|publisher=T. Fisher Unwin|year=1899|pages=93–97}}</ref> His reign ends on November 5 when he flees the island.
* [[April 19]] &ndash; A fire in [[Stony Stratford]], England, consumes 53 houses.<ref>{{cite book|title=The British Chronologist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=68lOAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Stony+Stratford%22+fire+1736&pg=PT80|year=1789}}</ref>
* [[April]] &ndash; The [[Genbun]] era begins in Japan. The era of [[Kyōhō Reforms]] ends.
* [[May 8]] &ndash; [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]], marries [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha]].
* [[May 22]] &ndash; King [[George II of Great Britain]] departs for Europe as part of his duties as [[Elector of Hanover]]; his wife, [[Caroline of Ansbach|Caroline, Queen Consort]] rules on his behalf as the Regent for the last time until his return on January 14, 1736.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=George II|title=An Index of Dates, Comprehending the Principal Facts in the Chronology and History of the World, from the Earliest to the Present Time|first=J. Willoughby|last=Rosse|location=London|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|year=1858|page=347}}</ref> 
* [[May 26]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ackia]]: British and [[Chickasaw]] Native Americans defeat French troops.
* [[June 8]] &ndash; [[Leonhard Euler]] writes to James Stirling describing the [[Euler–Maclaurin formula]], providing a disconnection between [[integral]]s and [[sums]].
* [[June 19]] &ndash; A [[French Academy of Sciences]] expedition, led by [[Pierre Louis Maupertuis]], with [[Anders Celsius]], begins work on measuring a [[meridian arc]] in [[Meänmaa]], Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lapinkavijat.rovaniemi.fi/maupertuis/index_eng.html|title=Degree measurements by de Maupertuis in the Tornionlaakso Valley 1736-1737|last=Piippola|first=Takalo|date=July 30, 2002|access-date=2012-05-06}}</ref>
* [[June 24]] &ndash; [[Witchcraft Act 1735]] ([[9 Geo. 2]]. c. 5) in Great Britain comes into effect, criminalizing claimants accusing people of practising witchcraft or of possessing magical powers, intended to end legal [[witch trials in the early modern period]] in the country.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=215–216|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>