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).
Events of
January - June
July - December
Undated
Births
- See also :Category: 1740 births.
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.
References