Historical Events In 1740
Friday, 26 July 2024
Jan 02 On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63
Jan 05 Antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72 in the year 1740.
Feb 03 Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily on this day in history.
Feb 03 In the year 1740 guillaume Lasceux, composer
Feb 07 In the year 1740 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 Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1740.
Feb 12 Matej Sojka, composer on this day in history.
Feb 15 Ernst Eichner, composer on this day in history.
Feb 16 On this day in history giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)
Feb 17 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist in the year 1740.
Mar 06 Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) on this day in history.
Mar 19 In the year 1740 johann Georg Roser, composer
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 In the year 1740 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer
Apr 18 Francis Baring, banker/merchant on this day in history.
Apr 23 On this day in history thomas Tickell, poet, dies
May 02 On this day in history 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 In the year 1740 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 in the year 1740.
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 on this day in history.
Jul 17 In the year 1740 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 Samuel Arnold, composer in the year 1740.
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