Historical Events In 1740

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

Jan 05   In the year 1740 antonio Lotti, Italian opera composer, dies at about 72   

Feb 03   Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily on this day in history.   

Feb 03   On this day in history guillaume Lasceux, composer   

Feb 07   Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP on this day in history.   

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

Feb 09   Vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1740.   

Feb 12   Matej Sojka, composer on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1740 ernst Eichner, composer   

Feb 16   Giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 24   John Antes, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500) in the year 1740.   

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

Apr 18   Francis Baring, banker/merchant in the year 1740.   

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) 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   Marquis de Sade, 1st known sadist/writer (Justine) on this day in history.   

Jun 02   In the year 1740 the birth of Marquis de Sade, French author   

Jun 06   Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony in the year 1740.   

Jun 08   Gabriele Mario Piozzi, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 11   In the year 1740 luigi Gatti, composer   

Jun 18   Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor on this day in history.   

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

Jun 22   King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press on this day in history.   

Jul 11   In the year 1740 czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews   

Jul 11   Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne in the year 1740.   

Jul 17   Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV on this day in history.   

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

Aug 10   On this day in history samuel Arnold, composer   

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Feb 03   Guillaume Lasceux, composer was born in the year 1740.   

Feb 07   Adam-Philippe Custine, French earl/general/MP was born in the year 1740.   

Feb 12   In the year 1740 birth of matej Sojka, composer   

Feb 15   Ernst Eichner, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 16   In the year 1740 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   Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 02   Johann Georg Weichenberger, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1740.   

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

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   Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) died in the year 1740.   

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

Apr 25   Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699) died in the year 1740.