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Year 1740 (''' 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 1740

January - June

February 20 - The North Carolina General Assembly incorporates the town of Newton as Wilmington , North Carolina , named for Spencer Compton, 1st Earl Of Wilmington , and patron of Royal Governor Gabriel Johnston .

May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I .

July - December

August 17 - Pope Benedict XIV succeeds Pope Clement XII as the 247th Pope .

October 9 - Dutch East India Company massacre leading of 5,000–10,000 Chinese inhabitants victims fell in Batavia . {Link without Title}

October 20 - 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 Jew s) in the colonies receive British Nationality .

Enfield, North Carolina was 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 for the first time.

University Of Pennsylvania is founded.

BIRTHS

February 4 - Carl Michael Bellman , Swedish poet and composer (died 1795 ).

March - Johann Van Beethoven , German musician and father of Ludwig Van Beethoven (died 1792 )

May 7 - Nikolai Arkharov , Russian police chief (d. 1814 )

June 2 - Marquis De Sade , French author (died 1814 )

June 6 - Victor Maitre , French Aristocrat (died 1796 )

August 14 - Pope Pius VII (died 1823 )

August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI Of Russia (died 1764 )

September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi Of Japan (died 1813 )

October 29 - James Boswell , Scottish author (died 1795 )

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--- Juan Andrés , Spanish Jesuit (died 1817 )

--- Johann Jacob Schweppe , inventor and founder of the Schweppes Company (died 1821 ).

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DEATHS

January 5 - Antonio Lotti , Italian composer (born 1667 )

January 27 - Louis Henri, Duc De Bourbon , Prime Minister Of France (born 1692 )

February 6 - Pope Clement XII (born 1652 )

March 23 - Olof Rudbeck The Younger , Swedish scientist and explorer (born 1660 ).

April 23 - Thomas Tickell , English writer (born 1685 )

May 31 - Frederick William I , King In Prussia (born 1688 )

June 1 - Samuel Werenfels , Swiss theologian (born 1657 )

June 6 - Alexander Spotswood , British governor of Virginia Colony (born 1676 )

June 17 - William Wyndham , English politician (born 1687 )

October 5 - Johann Philipp Baratier , German scholar (born 1721 )

October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1685 )

October 28 - Anna, Empress Of Russia (born 1693 )

December 20 - Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon , British military officer and statesman (born 1675 )

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