Historical Events 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   

Feb 03   In the year 1740 charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1740 matej Sojka, composer   

Feb 15   In the year 1740 ernst Eichner, composer   

Feb 16   On this day in history giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)   

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

Mar 06   Giovanni Meli, Siclian poet (Buccolica) in the year 1740.   

Mar 19   In the year 1740 johann Georg Roser, composer   

Mar 24   In the year 1740 john Antes, composer   

Apr 02   In the year 1740 armand-Gaston Camus, French CEO (Council of 500)   

Apr 04   In the year 1740 wolfgang Nicolaus Haueisen, composer   

Apr 18   In the year 1740 francis Baring, banker/merchant   

Apr 23   Thomas Tickell, poet, dies in the year 1740.   

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) in the year 1740.   

Jun 02   The birth of Marquis de Sade, French author in the year 1740.   

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   Luigi Gatti, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Karel van Poucke, Flemish sculptor in the year 1740.   

Jun 21   Hendrik van Wijn, Dutch archivist (Algemeen Rijksarchief) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   King Frederik II of Prussia ends torture & guarantees religion & freedom of the press in the year 1740.   

Jul 11   Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews in the year 1740.   

Jul 11   Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne on this day in history.   

Jul 17   Prospero Lambertini chosen Pope Benedictus XIV in the year 1740.   

Jul 19   Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Aug 10   Samuel Arnold, composer on this day in history.   

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Feb 03   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history birth of giambattista Bodoni, Saluzzo Italy, printer/typeface designer (Bodoni)   

Feb 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1740 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   Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692) died 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 29   Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) died on this day in history.   

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.