1740
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| Years: 1737 1738 1739 - 1740 - 1741 1742 1743 |
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| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s |
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1740 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
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Events
- May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- 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.
- By the act of English parliament, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality
- Adam Smith enters Balliol College, Oxford
- George Whitefield founds the Bethesda Orphanage
- The song "Rule Britannia" is first performed at Cliveden
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Births
- March - Johann van Beethoven, German musician and father of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1792)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (d. 1846)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1817)
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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)
- April 23 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
- May 31 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. 1688)
- June 1 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- June 6 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
- June 17 - William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
- October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- October 28 - Anna I of Russia (b. 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
