Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1740. 1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday...

1740 Broadway (formerly the MONY Building or Mutual of New York Building) is a 26-story building on the east side of Broadway, between 55th and 56th Streets...

The Irish Famine of 1740–1741 (Irish: Bliain an Áir, meaning the Year of Slaughter) in the Kingdom of Ireland, is estimated to have killed between 13%...

The 1740s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1749 BC to December 31, 1740 BC. 1749 BC–Samsu-iluna succeeds Hammurabi as king of Babylon. However, his...

(August 28, 1740 – October 31, 1820) was an American merchant who founded the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. Lynch was born on August 28, 1740, in Albemarle...

Schlesischer Krieg) was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1740 to 1742 and resulted in Prussia's seizing most of the region of Silesia (now...

Events from the year 1740 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Charles de la Boische...

Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (5 February 1737 – 7 June 1740) was the eldest child and daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Francis I, Holy Roman...

of Austria (Maria Carolina Ernestina Antonia Johanna Josefa; 12 January 1740 – 25 January 1741) was the third child and daughter of Empress Maria Theresa...

until the military reforms of the 1840s. Four models were produced—in 1723, 1740, 1809 and 1831. Potzdam, just outside Berlin, had been Frederick the Great...

The year 1740 in science and technology involved some significant events. Jean Paul de Gua de Malves publishes his work of analytic geometry, Usages de...

The 1740s (pronounced "seventeen-forties") decade ran from January 1, 1740, to December 31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1740. Autumn – John Cleland leaves government service in Bombay to return to Britain...

Events from the year 1740 in Scotland. Secretary of State for Scotland: vacant Lord Advocate – Charles Erskine Solicitor General for Scotland – William...

The Bridges Acts The Bridges Acts 1740 to 1815 was the collective title of the following Acts: The Bridges Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 38) The Bridges Act...

of 1735–1740 refers to a rebellion by the Bashkirs against the Russian Empire. It started in 1735, but was put down by Russian troops in 1740 after a...

Its provisions were extended later by the Bubble Schemes (Colonies) Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 37) to include its colonies, particularly Massachusetts. The...

The 1740 Batavia massacre (Dutch: Chinezenmoord, lit. 'Murder of the Chinese'; Indonesian: Geger Pacinan, lit. 'Chinatown tumult') was a massacre and pogrom...

The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the...

The Scottish Town in the Age of Enlightenment, 1740–1820 is a book by Scottish historians Bob Harris and Charles McKean. It was first published in August...

Barrière – 6 Cello Sonatas, Livre 4 (Paris: Composer) (Likely composed 1737–1740) Michel Blavet – 6 Flute Sonatas, Op. 3 Louis de Caix d'Hervelois – Pièces...

County, Kentucky (then Kentucky County, Virginia). He married Rebecca Scott (1740–1771) abt. 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia, and then married Mary Woodfield...

1564 but reunited 101 years later. It became extinct in the male line in 1740, but continued through the female line as the House of Habsburg-Lorraine...

sea on 11 June 1740 at an initial cost to include fitting of £23,378.16.5d. With the outbreak of the War of Austrian Succession (1740–48), she was commissioned...

1899, Penn's board of trustees formally adopted a third founding date of 1740, in response to a petition from Penn's General Alumni Society. Penn was chartered...

of Independence. She was broken up in 1780. Constructed in Toulon between 1740 and 1744, she was armed with 80 cannons. Tonnant was the flagship of Louis...

John Cartwright (17 September 1740 – 23 September 1824) was an English naval officer, Nottinghamshire militia major and prominent campaigner for parliamentary...

1734–c.1736) Kikulwe, Kabaka (c.1736–c.1738) Mawanda. (c.1738–c.1740) Mwanga I, Kabaka (c.1740–c.1741) Namuggala, Kabaka (c.1741–c.1750) Kyabaggu, Kabaka (c...

13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure...

August [O.S. 12 August] 1740 – 16 July [O.S. 5 July] 1764), also known as Ioann Antonovich, was Emperor of Russia from October 1740 until he was overthrown...