Editing 1736 (section)

=== July–September ===
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1735–39)]]: Russian forces under [[Peter Lacy]] storm the Ottoman fortress of [[Azov]]. <ref>Chris Cook and Philip Broadhead, ''The Routledge Companion to Early Modern Europe, 1453-1763'' (Taylor & Francis, 2012) p.126 </ref>
* [[August 12]] &ndash; A fire in [[Saint Petersburg]], capital of the Russian Empire, destroys 2,000 buildings, the city's post office, and several palaces.<ref>"Fires, Great", in ''The Insurance Cyclopeadia: Being an Historical Treasury of Events and Circumstances Connected with the Origin and Progress of Insurance'', Cornelius Walford, ed. (C. and E. Layton, 1876) p50</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; An Edinburgh crowd drags [[John Porteous (soldier)|John Porteous]] out of his cell in Tolbooth Prison, and [[lynching|lynches]] him.
* [[September 29]] &ndash; The [[Gin Act 1736]] goes into effect, placing a steep tax on the sale of gin and license requirements for its sale, with the intent of reducing consumption of the liquor in Britain.  Widely ignored, the Act is repealed in 1743. <ref>W. H. Wilkins, ''Caroline, the Illustrious Queen-Consort of George II. and Sometime Queen-Regent: A Study of Her Life and Time'', Volume 2  (Longmans, Green, 1901) p20</ref>
* [[September 30]] &ndash; The [[Lebanese Council of 1736]] begins, a major turning point in the reform of the [[Maronite Church]]. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by [[Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani]] discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.<ref>{{cite book |last1=O’Mahony |first1=Anthony |editor1-last=Angold |editor1-first=Michael |title=The Cambridge History of Christianity - Volume 5: Eastern Christianity |date=2008 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-81113-2|pages=519–520 |language=en |chapter=Syriac Christianity in the modern Middle East}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Moosa |first1=Matti |title=The Maronites in History |date=2005 |publisher=Gorgias Press |location=New York |isbn=1-59333-182-7|pages=270–272 |language=en}}</ref>