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 |
| 1740 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature (Poetry) - Music - Science |
| Countries: Canada - Great Britain - Mexico |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
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 - The Dutch East India Company massacres 5,000–10,000 Chinese inhabitants of 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 is 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.
- Annual British iron production reaches 17,000 tons.
[edit] Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1740 MDCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2493 |
| Armenian calendar | 1189 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -104 – -103 |
| Berber calendar | 2690 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2284 |
| Burmese calendar | 1102 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7248 – 7249 |
| Chinese calendar | 己未年十二月初三日 (4376/4436-12-3) — to —
庚申年十一月十三日(4377/4437-11-13) |
| 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) |
| Korean calendar | 4073 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2283 |
- February 4 - Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (d. 1795)
- February 16 - Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
- March - Johann van Beethoven, German musician and father of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1792)
- May 7 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police chief (d. 1814)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
- June 6 - Victor Maitre, French aristocrat (d. 1796)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (d. 1764)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- October 29 - James Boswell, Scottish author (d. 1795)
- date unknown
- Juan Andrés, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1817)
- Johann Jacob Schweppe, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (d. 1821)
- See also Category: 1740 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 5 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
- January 27 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
- February 6 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
- March 23 - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Swedish scientist and explorer (b. 1660)
- April 23 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
- May 31 - Frederick William I, King in Prussia (b. 1688)
- June 1 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- June 6 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony (b. 1676)
- June 17 - William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
- October 5 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
- October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- October 28 - Anna, Empress of Russia (b. 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
- See also Category: 1740 deaths.
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