1740
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| Centuries: | [[{{{cp}}}]] · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 |
| 1740 in topic: |
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| Archaeology - Architecture - Art - Literature - Music |
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| Canada - Mexico - Science |
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| Establishments - Disestablishments |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1740 MDCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2493 |
| Armenian calendar | 1189 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4436 – 4437 己未 – 庚申 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1732 – 1733 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5500 – 5501 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1795 – 1796 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1662 – 1663 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4841 – 4842 |
| Iranian calendar | 1118 – 1119 |
| Islamic calendar | 1153 – 1154 |
1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year beginning on a Friday in the 18th century.
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[edit] Events
- By the act of English parliament, 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, founded for first time.
- University of Pennsylvania founded.
[edit] January
[edit] February
- 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.
[edit] March
[edit] April
[edit] May
- May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I.
[edit] June
[edit] July
[edit] August
- August 17 - Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 245th pope.
[edit] September
[edit] October
- 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.
[edit] November
[edit] December
- December 16 - Friedrich II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
[edit] Births
- Jacob Schweppes, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (died 1821).
- 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)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (died 1814)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (died 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (died 1846)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (died 1813)
- October 29 - James Boswell, Scottish author (died 1795)
- Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (died 1817)
[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 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of 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 I of Russia (born 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (born 1675)
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