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...
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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...
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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%...
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of Austria (Maria Carolina Ernestina Antonia Johanna Josefa; 12 January 1740 – 25 January 1741) was the third child and daughter of Empress Maria Theresa...
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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...
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First Silesian War (redirect from First Silesian War (1740–42))
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...
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The 1740 Batavia massacre (Dutch: Chinezenmoord, lit. 'Murder of the Chinese'; Indonesian: Geger Pacinan, lit. 'Chinatown tumult') was a massacre and pogrom...
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Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (born 1737) (redirect from Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737-1740))
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...
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Potzdam Musket (redirect from Potzdam musket 1740)
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...
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Bubble Act (redirect from Bubble Schemes, Colonies Act 1740)
Its provisions were extended later by the Bubble Schemes (Colonies) Act 1740 (14 Geo. 2. c. 37) to include its colonies, particularly Massachusetts. The...
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The War of the Austrian Succession was a European conflict fought between 1740 and 1748, primarily in Central Europe, the Austrian Netherlands, Italy, the...
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(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...
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Sea, with major operations largely ended by 1742. It was related to the 1740 to 1748 War of the Austrian Succession. The name was coined in 1858 by British...
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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...
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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...
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1740 Paavo Nurmi, provisional designation 1939 UA, is rare-type asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 13 kilometers in diameter...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Battle of Pitnak (redirect from Battle of Fetang (1740))
The Battle of Pitnak was fought in 1740 between Nader Shah and Ilbars Khan II, the ruler of the Khiva Khanate. Fought in Pitnak, now in Uzbekistan, the...
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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...
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1734 1735 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 1750 … In literature 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 Art Archaeology...
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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...
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French ship Tonnant (1743) (redirect from French ship Tonnant (1740))
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...
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occupied by the Habsburgs from 1440 until their extinction in the male line in 1740, and, as the Habsburg-Lorraines, from 1765 until its dissolution in 1806...
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James Brenton (soldier) (redirect from James Brenton (1740-1782))
County, Kentucky (then Kentucky County, Virginia). He married Rebecca Scott (1740–1771) abt. 1763 in Frederick County, Virginia, and then married Mary Woodfield...
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf miʃɛl mɔ̃ɡɔlfje]; 26 August 1740 – 26 June 1810) and Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier (French pronunciation: [ʒak...
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article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1740. Autumn – John Cleland leaves government service in Bombay to return to Britain...
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