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1740
Year '''1740''' ('''Roman numerals|MDCCXL''') was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).
Events of
January - June
- February 20 - The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington, Royal Colony of North Carolina|North Carolina, named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston.
- May 31 - Frederick II of Prussia|Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Frederick William I of Prussia|Friedrich Wilhelm I.
July - December
- August 17 - Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th pope.
- October 9 - The Dutch East India Company massacres 5,000–10,000 Chinese inhabitants of Jakarta|Batavia.[image: Bird's eye view of Batavia showing the massacre of the Chinese]
- October 20 - Maria Theresa of Austria|Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). However, her succession to the Holy Roman Empire is contested widely because she is a woman.
- December 16 - Friedrich II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
Undated
- By an act of the Parliament of Great Britain, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality.
- Enfield, North Carolina is founded.
- Adam Smith enters Balliol College, Oxford.
- George Whitefield founds the Bethesda Orphanage.
- The song ''Rule Britannia'' is first performed at Cliveden.
- Hertford College, Oxford, is founded.
- University of Pennsylvania is founded.
- Spain begins construction on Fort Matanzas in the Matanzas Inlet, approximately 15 miles south of St. Augustine, Florida.
- Annual British iron production reaches 17,000 tons.
Births
- February 4 - Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet and composer (d. 1795)
- February 16 - Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813)
- March - Johann van Beethoven, German musician and father of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1792)
- May 7 - Nikolai Arkharov, Russian police chief (d. 1814)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
- June 6 - Victor Maitre, French aristocrat (d. 1796)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (d. 1764)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- October 29 - James Boswell, Scottish author (d. 1795)
- ''date unknown''
- Juan Andrés, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1817)
- Cadbury Schweppes|Johann Jacob Schweppe, inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (d. 1821)
- ''See also :Category: 1740 births.''
Deaths
- January 5 - Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
- January 27 - Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France (b. 1692)
- February 6 - Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
- March 23 - Olof Rudbeck the Younger, Swedish scientist and explorer (b. 1660)
- April 23 - Thomas Tickell, English writer (b. 1685)
- May 31 - Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick William I, King in Prussia (b. 1688)
- June 1 - Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
- June 6 - Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony (b. 1676)
- June 17 - Sir William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet|William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
- October 5 - Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)
- October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- October 28 - Anna of Russia|Anna, Empress of Russia (b. 1693)
- December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, British military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
- ''See also :Category: 1740 deaths.''
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