Editing 1737 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; At least 300,000 people are killed when a [[1737 Calcutta Cyclone|tropical cyclone]] strikes the [[Bay of Bengal]] in [[India]] and modern-day [[Bangladesh]]. The storm sends {{convert|12|m|abbr=on}} high waves over the [[Sundarbans]] delta, and overflows the [[Hooghly River]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Davis, Lee|series=Facts on File Science Library|title=Natural Disasters|publisher=Facts On File, Inc|year=2004|page=241}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] &ndash; The first national stage in [[Sweden]] opens, when [[Carl Gyllenborg]]'s play ''Den svenska sprätthöken'' is performed in the [[Swedish language]], by the first native actors, on the stage of ''[[Bollhuset]]'' in [[Stockholm]].<ref>{{cite book|editor=Warme, Lars G.|title=A History of Swedish Literature|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|year=1996|page=114}}</ref>
* [[October 16]] &ndash; An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 9.3 occurs off the shore of [[Russia]]'s [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. Tsunamis up to {{convert|60|m|ft}} high follow in the Pacific ocean.<ref>[http://www.fathom.com/feature/122490/ Tsunami: Where they Happen and Why] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121090008/http://www.fathom.com/feature/122490 |date=November 21, 2008 }}- Fathom</ref>
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The ''[[Teatro di San Carlo]]'', the oldest working [[opera house]] in [[Europe]], is inaugurated in [[Naples|Naples, Italy]].
* [[December 24]] &ndash; General [[Baji Rao I]] of the [[Maratha Empire]] in India defeats the armies of the rulers of [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]], [[Oudh State|Oudh]], [[Bhopal State|Bhopal]] and [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]] in the [[Battle of Bhopal]].
* December &ndash; [[John Wesley]] leaves [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], [[Province of Georgia|Georgia]], and returns to England.