Historical Events In 1740

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

Jan 05   Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 in the year 1740.   

Feb 03   Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily on this day in history.   

Feb 03   In the year 1740 guillaume Lasceux, composer   

Feb 07   In the year 1740 adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP   

Feb 08   In the year 1740 clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87   

Feb 09   Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1740.   

Feb 12   Matej Sojka, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Ernst Eichner, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)   

Feb 17   Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist in the year 1740.   

Mar 06   Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the year 1740 johann Georg Roser, composer   

Mar 24   In the year 1740 john Antes, composer   

Apr 02   On this day in history armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)   

Apr 04   In the year 1740 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

Apr 18   Francis Baring, banker/merchant on this day in history.   

Apr 23   On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

May 02   On this day in history elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society   

May 09   Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) in the year 1740.   

May 31   Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 in the year 1740.   

Jun 02   In the year 1740 marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

Jun 02   The birth of Marquis de Sade, French author in the year 1740.   

Jun 06   Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony on this day in history.   

Jun 08   Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer in the year 1740.   

Jun 11   In the year 1740 luigi Gatti, composer   

Jun 18   In the year 1740 karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor   

Jun 21   On this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)   

Jun 22   On this day in history king Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press   

Jul 11   Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews on this day in history.   

Jul 11   Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne on this day in history.   

Jul 17   In the year 1740 prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV   

Jul 19   Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Samuel Arnold, composer in the year 1740.   

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Feb 03   Guillaume Lasceux, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1740 birth of adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP   

Feb 12   In the year 1740 birth of matej Sojka, composer   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of ernst Eichner, composer   

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

Feb 17   Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist was born in the year 1740.   

Mar 06   In the year 1740 birth of giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)   

Mar 19   Johann Georg Roser, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1740 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63   

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

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

Feb 08   Clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87 in the year 1740.   

Feb 09   On this day in history vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85   

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

Apr 23   On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

Apr 25   In the year 1740 death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)