It was a revision of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739 – 40.

* 1739 – Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer ( d. 1818 )

The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin ( 1739 – 1811 ), in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture ( see, for example, the triumphal Arch of Titus ).

* 1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman ( b. 1705 )

* Edmond Martène ( 1654 – 1739 )

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

* George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( 1739 – 1817 ), elder son of the 3rd Duke

Alexander Gordon ( 1739 – 1792 ), third son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a Lord of Session from 1788 to 1792 under the judicial title of Lord Rockville.

* 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.

* 1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect ( d. 1813 )

* 1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

La Fontaine's model was subsequently emulated by England's John Gay ( 1685 – 1732 ); Poland's Ignacy Krasicki ( 1735 – 1801 ); Italy's Lorenzo Pignotti ( 1739 – 1812 ) and Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi ( 1754 – 1827 ); Serbia's Dositej Obradović ( 1742 – 1811 ); Spain's Félix María de Samaniego ( 1745 – 1801 ) and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa ( 1750 – 1791 ); France's Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian ( 1755 – 94 ); and Russia's Ivan Krylov ( 1769 – 1844 ).

* George Clinton ( vice president ) ( 1739 – 1812 ), Vice President of the United States and Governor of New York

* 1739 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general ( d. 1823 )

* 1739 – George Clinton, American politician, 4th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1812 )

* 1739 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect ( d. 1808 )

* 1739 – 1740, one of the most severe winters in the UK on record.

The War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 48 ) – including King George's War in North America, the War of Jenkins ' Ear ( which actually began formally on 23 October 1739 ), and two of the three Silesian wars – involved most of the powers of Europe over the question of Maria Theresa's succession to the realms of the House of Habsburg.

Their son, another Samuel, was born in 1739 and died in 1740.

After Richardson started the work on 10 November 1739, his wife and her friends became so interested in the story that he finished it on 10 January 1740.

After years of struggle, Richard Newton's statues were accepted on 3 November 1739, and the charter incorporating ' the Principal and Fellows of Hertford College ' ( Principalis et Socii Collegii Hertfordiensis ) was received on 8 September 1740.

Senesino left England in 1736, and appeared in a few more productions in Italy: he sang at Florence from 1737 to 1739, and then in Naples till 1740, making his final appearance in Porpora's Il trionfo di Camilla at the Teatro San Carlo.

Pennies were minted in 1729, 1731, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1739, 1740, 1743, 1746, 1750, 1752 – 1760.

* Anders Johan von Höpken, 1739 – 1740, 1740 – 1741

The site received international attention when Dublin artist Susanna Drury made watercolour paintings of it in 1739 ; they won Drury the first award presented by the Royal Dublin Society in 1740 and were engraved in 1743.

He painted canvases for churches such as that of Verolanuova ( 1735 – 1740 ), for the Scuola dei Carmini ( 1740 – 1747 ), and the Chiesa degli Scalzi ( 1743 – 1744 ; now destroyed ) in Cannaregio, a ceiling for the Palazzi Archinto and Casati-Dugnani in Milan ( 1731 ), the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo ( 1732 – 1733 ), a ceiling for the Gesuati ( Santa Maria del Rosario ) in Venice of St. Dominic Instituting the Rosary ( 1737 – 1739 ), Palazzo Clerici, Milan ( 1740 ), decorations for Villa Cordellini at Montecchio Maggiore ( 1743 – 1744 ) and for the ballroom of the Palazzo Labia, now a television studio in Venice, showing the Story of Cleopatra ( 1745 – 1750 ).

# Bishop François-Louis de Pourroy de Lauberivière ( 1739 – 1740 )

Threepences were produced in 1729, 1731, 1732, 1735, 1737, 1739, 1740, 1743, 1746, and 1760.

The obverse has a left-facing bust of the king ( with an " intermediate head " in 1739 and 1740, and an older head from 1748 ), with the legend ( in 1739 and 1740 ), while the reverse features a single large crowned shield with the quarters containing the arms of England + Scotland, France, Hanover, and Ireland, and the legend -- King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, Duke of Brunswick and Lueneburg, Arch-Treasurer and Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.

Murray's reputation continued to grow ; in 1738, he was involved in 11 of the 16 cases heard in the House of Lords, and in 1739 and 1740 he acted as legal counsel in 30 cases there.

* 3 July 1739 – 8 November 1740: Her Serene Highness Duchess Elisabeth of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

* Le Doyen de Killerine, Killerine, histoire morale composée sur les mémoires d ' une illustre famille d ' Irlande ( Paris, 1735 ; 2nd part, the Hague, 1739, 3rd, 4th and 5th parts, 1740 )

In 1739, Glover published a poem entitled London, or the Progress of Commerce ; and in 1740 he published a ballad, Admiral Hosier's Ghost, popular in its day.

She was captured in 1739 and foundered in 1740.

* 1740 – Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, French general ( d. 1817 )

* 1688 – Frederick William I of Prussia ( d. 1740 )

* 1740 – Pope Pius VII ( d. 1823 )

* 1740 – Matthias Claudius, German poet ( d. 1815 )

The last maker of the family was Nicolo's son, Girolamo Amati, known as Hieronymus II ( February 26, 1649 – February 21, 1740 ).

* 1740 – Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, English merchant banker ( d. 1810 )

* 1752 – Start of Konbaung-Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in Burmese Civil War ( 1740 – 1757 )

* 1740 – War of Jenkin's Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa.

* 1740 – Samuel Arnold, English composer and organist ( d. 1802 )

* 1652 – Pope Clement XII ( d. 1740 )

In 1740, Frederick II, known as Frederick the Great ( 1740 – 1786 ), came to power.

Meanwhile, under the direction of Benedict XIV ( pope 1740 – 1758 ), a special congregation collected much material for an official revision, but nothing was published.

1710 – 14 October 1740 ) was an Italian singer, harpsichordist, and composer whose works bridge the Baroque and Classical periods.

* 1814 – Marquis de Sade, French writer ( b. 1740 )

* 1740 – Arthur Lee, American diplomat ( d. 1792 )

In 1757, he married Mary ( Polly ) Howard ( 1740 – 1770 ).

Elias Boudinot ( ; May 2, 1740 – October 24, 1821 ) was a lawyer and statesman from Elizabeth, New Jersey who was a delegate to the Continental Congress and was elected as a U. S. Congressman for New Jersey following the American Revolutionary War.

* 1740 – Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal ( b. 1667 )

* 1693 – Empress Anna of Russia ( d. 1740 )

* 1740 – Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver ( d. 1813 )

The Royal Navy captured a handful of the new French frigates during the War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ) and were impressed by them, particularly for their inshore handling capabilities.

Frederick William I () ( 14 August 1688 – 31 May 1740 ) was the King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg ( as Frederick William II ) from 1713 until his death.