Famous Deaths Happened In 1740

Jan 02 On this day in history johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63  

Jan 05 On this day in history antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72  

Jan 27 Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) died in the year 1740.  

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

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 Thomas Tickell, poet, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 25 In the year 1740 death of shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)  

May 15 Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680) died in the year 1740.  

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

Jun 01 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657) died in the year 1740.  

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

Jun 17 In the year 1740 death of sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)  

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

Oct 05 On this day in history death of johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)  

Oct 20 Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies in the year 1740.  

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

Dec 20 Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675) died on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history birth of matej Sojka, composer  

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 In the year 1740 birth of horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist  

Mar 06 On this day in history birth of giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica)  

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