Famous Personalities Born In 1740

Feb 03 Guillaume lasceux: Composer  

Feb 07 Adam-philippe custine: French earl/general/mp  

Feb 12 Matej sojka: Composer  

Feb 15 Ernst eichner: Composer  

Feb 16 Giambattista bodoni: Saluzzo italy, printer/typeface designer (bodoni)  

Feb 17 Horace b de saussure: Swiss physicist/geologist  

Mar 06 Giovanni meli: Siclian poet (buccolica)  

Mar 19 Johann georg roser: Composer  

Mar 19 Joseph f weigl: German/austrian(?), violin cellist  

Mar 24 John antes: Composer  

Apr 02 Armand-gaston camus: French ceo (council of 500)  

Apr 04 Wolfgang nicolaus haueisen: Composer  

Apr 18 Francis baring: Banker/merchant  

May 02 Elias boudinot: Lawyer/patriot, found amer biblical society  

May 07 Nikolai arkharov: Russian general  

May 09 Giovanni paisiello: Italian composer (barber of seville)  

Jun 02 Marquis de sade: 1st known sadist/writer (justine)  

Jun 08 Gabriele mario piozzi: Composer  

Jun 11 Luigi gatti: Composer  

Jun 18 Karel van poucke: Flemish sculptor  

Jun 21 Hendrik van wijn: Dutch archivist (algemeen rijksarchief)  

Jul 27 Jeanne baré: French explorer  

Aug 10 Samuel arnold: Composer  

Aug 14 Pius vii: [luigi b chiaramonti], bishop of imola/pope (1800-23)  

Aug 15 Matthias claudius: German poet  

Aug 15 M claudius: Writer  

Aug 23 Ivan vi: Emperor of russia 1740-41)  

Aug 26 Joseph montgolfier: France, aeronaut (ballooning)  

Sep 07 Johan tobias sergel: Swedish sculptor  

Sep 12 Johann heinrich jung: German author  

Sep 23 Empress go-sakuramachi of japan: Empress go-sakuramachi of japan (d. 1813)  

Oct 08 Michel-julien mathieu: Composer  

Oct 14 Joannes siberg: Dutch governor-general of neth indies (1801-05)  

Oct 20 Belle van zuylen: Neth/swiss writer (three women)  

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Jan 02 Johann georg weichenberger: Composer,  

Jan 05 Antonio lotti: Italian opera composer,  

Jan 27 Louis henri: Duc de bourbon, prime minister of france (b. 1692)  

Feb 08 Clement xii: [lorenzo corsini], blind pope (1730-40),  

Feb 09 Vincenz lubeck: Composer,  

Feb 29 Pietro ottoboni: Italian cardinal (b. 1667)  

Apr 23 Thomas tickell: Poet,  

Apr 25 Shrimant baji rao vishwanath bhat: Also known as baji rao i, a general and peshwa (b. 1699)