Page 2: Historical Events In 1740

Aug 13   On this day in history hunger strike in Rotterdam   

Aug 14   Pius VII, [Luigi B Chiaramonti], bishop of Imola/Pope (1800-23) in the year 1740.   

Aug 15   On this day in history m Claudius, writer   

Aug 23   On this day in history ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)   

Aug 26   On this day in history joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)   

Aug 26   The birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon in the year 1740.   

Oct 08   On this day in history chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia   

Oct 08   Michel-Julien Mathieu, composer in the year 1740.   

Oct 09   In the year 1740 neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia   

Oct 14   Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05) in the year 1740.   

Oct 17   In the year 1740 ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia   

Oct 20   Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) on this day in history.   

Oct 20   In the year 1740 karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies   

Oct 20   In the year 1740 maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia   

Oct 26   Ernest Louis Muller, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 28   On this day in history anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47   

Oct 28   Ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17] on this day in history.   

Oct 29   James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on this day in history.   

Oct 29   The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist in the year 1740.   

Oct 31   William Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence) on this day in history.   

Nov 24   John Bacon, English sculptor in the year 1740.   

Dec 13   On this day in history franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer   

Dec 16   In the year 1740 prussian Libya falls to Silezie   

Dec 26   In the year 1740 mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies   

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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 in the year 1740.   

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of matej Sojka, composer   

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

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

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

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

Mar 19   On this day in history birth of johann Georg Roser, composer   

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   In the year 1740 death of louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)   

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

Feb 09   In the year 1740 vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85   

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

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

Apr 25   On this day in history death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)