Page 2: Historical Events In 1740

Aug 13   In the year 1740 hunger strike in Rotterdam   

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

Aug 15   In the year 1740 m Claudius, writer   

Aug 23   Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia 1740-41) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning) on this day in history.   

Aug 26   The birth of Joseph Montgolfier, With his brother invented the hot air balloon on this day in history.   

Oct 08   Chinese assault on Diestpoort Batavia in the year 1740.   

Oct 08   On this day in history michel-Julien Mathieu, composer   

Oct 09   Neth gov-general Adriaen Valckenier allows murder of 8000 Chinese inhabitants of Batavia on this day in history.   

Oct 14   Joannes Siberg, Dutch governor-general of Neth Indies (1801-05) on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Ivan VI becomes Czar of Russia in the year 1740.   

Oct 20   Belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Three Women) in the year 1740.   

Oct 20   Karl VI, German emperor (1711-40), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 20   Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary & Bohemia on this day in history.   

Oct 26   Ernest Louis Muller, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 28   Anna Ivanova Romanova, empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47 in the year 1740.   

Oct 28   On this day in history ivan VI becomes czar of Russia [OS=Oct 17]   

Oct 29   In the year 1740 james Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer   

Oct 29   The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on this day in history.   

Oct 31   In the year 1740 william Paca, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence)   

Nov 24   On this day in history john Bacon, English sculptor   

Dec 13   Franz Xaver Schnitzer, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 16   Prussian Libya falls to Silezie in the year 1740.   

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

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Feb 03   On this day in history birth of guillaume Lasceux, composer   

Feb 07   On this day in history 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 in the year 1740.   

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

Mar 19   In the year 1740 birth of johann Georg Roser, composer   

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

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

Jan 27   In the year 1740 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   In the year 1740 vincenz Lubeck, composer, dies at 85   

Feb 29   On this day in history death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)   

Apr 23   In the year 1740 thomas Tickell, poet, dies   

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)