Historical Events In 1740

Jan 02   Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 03   Guillaume Lasceux, composer in the year 1740.   

Feb 07   Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 12   In the year 1740 matej Sojka, composer   

Feb 15   On this day in history ernst Eichner, composer   

Feb 16   Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) in the year 1740.   

Feb 17   On this day in history horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist   

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

Mar 19   In the year 1740 johann Georg Roser, composer   

Mar 24   In the year 1740 john Antes, composer   

Apr 02   In the year 1740 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   Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on this day in history.   

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   Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony in the year 1740.   

Jun 08   In the year 1740 gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer   

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 in the year 1740.   

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

Jul 19   In the year 1740 francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71   

Aug 10   In the year 1740 samuel Arnold, composer   

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Feb 03   In the year 1740 birth of guillaume Lasceux, composer   

Feb 07   Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 15   In the year 1740 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   On this day in history birth of giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)   

Mar 19   In the year 1740 birth of johann Georg Roser, composer   

Jan 02   Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 on this day in history.   

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

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 29   In the year 1740 death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)   

Apr 23   Thomas Tickell, poet, dies in the year 1740.   

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