Historical Events In 1740

Jan 02   Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1740.   

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

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   Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP in the year 1740.   

Feb 08   On this day in history clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87   

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

Feb 12   Matej Sojka, composer in the year 1740.   

Feb 15   Ernst Eichner, composer in the year 1740.   

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) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Johann Georg Roser, composer in the year 1740.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   Francis Baring, banker/merchant in the year 1740.   

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) on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1740 frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51   

Jun 02   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 11   In the year 1740 luigi Gatti, composer   

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

Jun 21   Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1740 king Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press   

Jul 11   On this day in history czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews   

Jul 11   Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne in the year 1740.   

Jul 17   On this day in history 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   On this day in history samuel Arnold, composer   

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Feb 03   Guillaume Lasceux, composer was born in the year 1740.   

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

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

Feb 15   Ernst Eichner, composer was born in the year 1740.   

Feb 16   Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 19   Johann Georg Roser, composer was born in the year 1740.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1740 antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72   

Jan 27   Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) died on this day in history.   

Feb 08   On this day in history clement XII, [Lorenzo Corsini], blind Pope (1730-40), dies at 87   

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

Feb 29   On this day in history death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)   

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

Apr 25   Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699) died in the year 1740.