Historical Events In 1740

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

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1740 giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)   

Feb 17   Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist on this day in history.   

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

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

Mar 24   On this day in history john Antes, composer   

Apr 02   Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500) on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1740.   

May 02   Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found Amer Biblical Society on this day in history.   

May 09   Giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.   

May 31   Frederick-William I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Jun 02   On this day in history marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)   

Jun 02   On this day in history the birth of Marquis de Sade, French author   

Jun 06   In the year 1740 alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony   

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

Jun 11   Luigi Gatti, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jun 21   In the year 1740 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   On this day in history jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne   

Jul 17   On this day in history prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV   

Jul 19   On this day in history francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71   

Aug 10   Samuel Arnold, composer in the year 1740.   

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

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   Ernst Eichner, composer was born in the year 1740.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1740 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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)