Historical Events In 1740
Monday, 06 February 2023
Jan 02 In the year 1740 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
Jan 05 Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 on this day in history.
Feb 03 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily in the year 1740.
Feb 03 In the year 1740 guillaume Lasceux, composer
Feb 07 In the year 1740 adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP
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 12 On this day in history matej Sojka, composer
Feb 15 On this day in history ernst Eichner, composer
Feb 16 Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) on this day in history.
Feb 17 In the year 1740 horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist
Mar 06 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) in the year 1740.
Mar 19 Johann Georg Roser, composer on this day in history.
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 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer in the year 1740.
Apr 18 On this day in history francis Baring, banker/merchant
Apr 23 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on this day in history.
May 02 In the year 1740 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 Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) on this day in history.
Jun 02 The birth of Marquis de Sade, French author in the year 1740.
Jun 06 In the year 1740 alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
Jun 08 Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer on this day in history.
Jun 11 In the year 1740 luigi Gatti, composer
Jun 18 Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor in the year 1740.
Jun 21 On this day in history hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)
Jun 22 King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press in the year 1740.
Jul 11 Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews in the year 1740.
Jul 11 On this day in history jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne
Jul 17 Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on this day in history.
Jul 19 In the year 1740 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71
Aug 10 Samuel Arnold, composer in the year 1740.
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