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).

Contents 1 Events of 1740 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 2.1 Unknown dates 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates 4 References

Events of 1740

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.

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.

Undated

• 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, is founded for the first time.

• University of Pennsylvania is founded.

Births

1740 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1740 MDCCXL
Ab urbe condita	2493
Armenian calendar	1189 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ
Bahá'í calendar	-104 – -103
Buddhist calendar	2284
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)
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)
- Jōmon Era	11740
Julian calendar	1785
Korean calendar	4073
Thai solar calendar	2283
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• 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)
• 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)

Unknown dates

• Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (died 1817)
• Jacob Schweppes, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (died 1821).

See also Category: 1740 births.

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)

Unknown dates

• (none)

See also Category: 1740 deaths.

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References

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