1740

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 17th century18th century19th century
Decades: 1710s  1720s  1730s 1740s 1750s  1760s  1770s
Years: 1737 1738 173917401741 1742 1743
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1740 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1740
MDCCXL
Ab urbe condita2493
Armenian calendar1189
ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ
Assyrian calendar6490
Bengali calendar1147
Berber calendar2690
British Regnal year13 Geo. 2  14 Geo. 2
Buddhist calendar2284
Burmese calendar1102
Byzantine calendar7248–7249
Chinese calendar己未(Earth Goat)
4436 or 4376
     to 
庚申年 (Metal Monkey)
4437 or 4377
Coptic calendar1456–1457
Discordian calendar2906
Ethiopian calendar1732–1733
Hebrew calendar5500–5501
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1796–1797
 - Shaka Samvat1662–1663
 - Kali Yuga4841–4842
Holocene calendar11740
Igbo calendar740–741
Iranian calendar1118–1119
Islamic calendar1152–1153
Japanese calendarGenbun 5
(元文5年)
Julian calendarGregorian minus 11 days
Korean calendar4073
Minguo calendar172 before ROC
民前172年
Thai solar calendar2282–2283
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1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter FE) of the Julian calendar, the 1740th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 740th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1740s decade. Note that the Julian day for 1740 is 11 calendar days difference, which continued to be used from 1582 until the complete conversion of the Gregorian calendar was entirely done in 1929.

Events

JanuaryJune

Frederick II comes to power in Prussia.

JulyDecember

Oath of Fealty to Maria Theresa

Date unknown

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Deaths

References

  1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 308. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  2. image: Bird's eye view of Batavia showing the massacre of the Chinese
  3. Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). The Encyclopædia of Oxford. London: Macmillan. p. 182. ISBN 0-333-39917-X.
  4.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1886). "Bingham, Margaret". Dictionary of National Biography 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  5. "The Historical Theater in the Year 400 AD, in Which Both Romans and Barbarians Resided Side by Side in the Eastern Part of the Roman Empire". World Digital Library. 1725. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
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