1740
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| Centuries: | 17th century - 18th century - 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1737 1738 1739 - 1740 - 1741 1742 1743 |
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Year 1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1740
[edit] January - June
- February 20 - The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston.
- May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I.
[edit] July - December
- August 17 - Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.
- October 9 - Dutch East India Company massacre leading of 5,000–10,000 Chinese inhabitants victims fell in Batavia.[1]
- October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). However, her succession to the Holy Roman Empire is contested widely because she is a woman.
- December 16 - Friedrich II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
[edit] Undated
- By an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality.
- Enfield, North Carolina was founded.
- Adam Smith enters Balliol College, Oxford.
- George Whitefield founds the Bethesda Orphanage.
- The song "Rule Britannia" is first performed at Cliveden.
- Hertford College, Oxford, is founded.
- University of Pennsylvania is founded.
- Spain begins construction on Fort Matanzas in the Matanzas Inlet, approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine, Florida
[edit] Births
1740 in other calendars Gregorian calendar 1740
MDCCXLAb urbe condita 2493 Armenian calendar 1189
ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹBahá'í calendar -104 – -103 Berber calendar 2690 Buddhist calendar 2284 Burmese calendar 1102 Chinese calendar 4376/4436-12-3
(己未年十二月初三日)— to —4377/4437-11-13
(庚申年十一月十三日)Coptic calendar 1456 – 1457 Ethiopian calendar 1732 – 1733 Hebrew calendar 5500 – 5501 Hindu calendars - Vikram Samvat 1795 – 1796 - Shaka Samvat 1662 – 1663 - Kali Yuga 4841 – 4842 Holocene calendar 11740 Iranian calendar 1118 – 1119 Islamic calendar 1152 – 1153 Japanese calendar Genbun 5
(元文5年)- Imperial Year Kōki 2400
(皇紀2400年)Korean calendar 4073 Thai solar calendar 2283 - February 4 - Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (died 1795).
- March - Johann van Beethoven, German musician and father of Ludwig van Beethoven (died 1792)
- May 7 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police chief (d.1814)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (died 1814)
- June 6 - Victor maitre, French Aristocrat (died 1796)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (died 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (died 1764)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (died 1813)
- October 29 - James Boswell, Scottish author (died 1795)
- date unknown
- Juan Andrés, Spanish Jesuit (died 1817)
- Johann Jacob Schweppe, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (died 1821).
- See also Category: 1740 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (born 1667)
- January 27 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (born 1692)
- February 6 - Pope Clement XII (born 1652)
- March 23 - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Swedish scientist and explorer (born 1660).
- April 23 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (born 1685)
- May 31 - Frederick William I, King in Prussia (born 1688)
- June 1 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (born 1657)
- June 6 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony (born 1676)
- June 17 - William Wyndham, English politician (born 1687)
- October 5 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (born 1721)
- October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1685)
- October 28 - Anna, Empress of Russia (born 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (born 1675)
- See also Category: 1740 deaths.
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