Information about 1740
| Centuries: | 8th century - 9th century - 10th century |
| Decades: | 850s 860s 870s - 880s - 890s 900s 910s |
| Years: | 885 886 887 - 888 - 889 890 891 |
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Events of
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 an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, 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.
- Spain begins construction on Fort Matanzas in the Matanzas Inlet, approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine, Florida
Births
| Gregorian calendar | 1740 MDCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2493 |
| Armenian calendar | 1189 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ |
| Bah' calendar | -104 – -103 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2284 |
| Chinese calendar | 4376/4436-7-30 (己未年七月三十日) — to — 4377/4437-intercalary 6-9(庚申年閏六月初九日) |
| 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 | 1153 – 1154 |
| Japanese calendar | Genbun 0 (元文0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2400 (皇紀2400年) |
| Julian calendar | 1785 |
| Korean calendar | 4073 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2283 |
- 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)
- May 7 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police chief (d.1814)
- 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)
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- Juan Andrés, Spanish Jesuit (died 1817)
- Johann Jacob Schweppe, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (died 1821).
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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 - Frederick William I, King in 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, Empress of Russia (born 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (born 1675)
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References
- Upper Paleolithic
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- Construction begins on the first church at the monastery of Cluny.
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See also: 1739 in Canada, other events of 1740, 1741 in Canada and the list of 'years in Canada'.
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Events
- 1740s: The Mandan Indians west of the Great Lakes begin to trade in horses descended from those brought to Texas by the Spanish.
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1740 in Great Britain:
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Ashanti Confederacy - Opoku Ware I, Asantehene (1720-1750) Bunyoro - Duhaga, Omukama of Bunyoro (1731-c.1782) Dahomey - Tegbesu, King of Dahomey (1732-1774) Ethiopia - Iyasu II, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1730-1755) Nkore
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1739 colonial governors - Events of 1740 - 1741 colonial governors - Colonial governors by year
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Portugal
- Angola - Joaquim Jacques de Magalhães, Governor of Angola (1738-1748)
- Macau - D. Diogo Pereira, Governor of Macau (1738-1743)
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