Historical Events Happened In 1740

Aug 13 Hunger strike in Rotterdam on this day in history. Share it »

Aug 14 On this day in history pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23) Share it »

Aug 15 On this day in history m Claudius, writer Share it »

Aug 23 Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) on this day in history. Share it »

Aug 26 Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on this day in history. Share it »

Aug 26 On this day in history the birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon Share it »

Oct 08 Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 08 On this day in history michel-Julien Mathieu, composer Share it »

Oct 09 On this day in history neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia Share it »

Oct 14 On this day in history joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05) Share it »

Oct 17 Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 20 Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 20 Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 20 Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 26 Ernest Louis Muller, composer on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 28 On this day in history anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 Share it »

Oct 28 Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17] on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 29 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 29 The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on this day in history. Share it »

Oct 31 On this day in history william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) Share it »

Nov 24 On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor Share it »

Dec 13 On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer Share it »

Dec 16 On this day in history prussian Libya falls to Silezie Share it »

Dec 26 On this day in history mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies Share it »

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Feb 03 On this day in history birth of guillaume Lasceux, composer Share it »

Feb 07 On this day in history birth of adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP Share it »

Feb 12 Matej Sojka, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »

Feb 15 Ernst Eichner, composer was born on this day in history. Share it »

Feb 16 On this day in history birth of giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) Share it »

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist Share it »

Mar 06 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) was born on this day in history. Share it »

Mar 19 On this day in history birth of johann Georg Roser, composer Share it »

Jan 02 On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 Share it »

Jan 05 On this day in history antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 Share it »

Jan 27 On this day in history death of louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) Share it »

Feb 08 Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87 on this day in history. Share it »

Feb 09 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 on this day in history. Share it »

Feb 29 Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) died on this day in history. Share it »

Apr 23 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on this day in history. Share it »

Apr 25 Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699) died on this day in history. Share it »