{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1740

Feb 03 Guillaume Lasceux, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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 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 On this day in history birth of giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)  

Mar 19 Johann Georg Roser, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 19 Joseph F Weigl, German/Austrian(?), violin cellist was born in the year 1740.  

Mar 24 John Antes, composer was born in the year 1740.  

Apr 02 On this day in history birth of armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)  

Apr 04 Wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer was born in the year 1740.  

Apr 18 On this day in history birth of francis Baring, banker/merchant  

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

May 07 Nikolai Arkharov, Russian general (d. 1814) was born on this day in history.  

May 09 On this day in history birth of giovanni Paisiello, Italian composer (Barber of Seville)  

Jun 02 In the year 1740 birth of marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine)  

Jun 08 In the year 1740 birth of gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer  

Jun 11 In the year 1740 birth of luigi Gatti, composer  

Jun 18 On this day in history birth of karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor  

Jun 21 On this day in history birth of hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief)  

Jul 27 Jeanne Baré, French explorer (d. 1803) was born on this day in history.  

Aug 10 Samuel Arnold, composer was born in the year 1740.  

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

Aug 15 On this day in history birth of m Claudius, writer  

Aug 15 Matthias Claudius, German poet (d. 1815) was born in the year 1740.  

Aug 23 In the year 1740 birth of ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41)  

Aug 26 In the year 1740 birth of joseph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning)  

Sep 07 Johan Tobias Sergel, Swedish sculptor (d. 1814) was born in the year 1740.  

Sep 12 Johann Heinrich Jung, German author (d. 1817) was born on this day in history.  

Sep 23 In the year 1740 birth of empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)  

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

Oct 14 In the year 1740 birth of joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05)  

Oct 20 In the year 1740 birth of belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women)  

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Jan 02 In the year 1740 johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63  

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

Jan 27 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1740.  

Apr 25 Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699) died on this day in history.