* 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.

( 1739 – 1740 )

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.

* Nathan Hale Homestead, first established around 1740 by Deacon Richard Hale ( 1717 – 1802 ), the present structure has been standing since 1776 and was built to house the combined family of Deacon Hale and his second wife Abigail ( Cobb ) Adams.

Attacking Spanish infantry ( about 1740 )

The House of Habsburg (; ), also Hapsburg, and also known as House of Austria is one of the most important royal houses of Europe and is best known for being an origin of all of the formally elected Holy Roman Emperors between 1438 and 1740, as well as rulers of the Austrian Empire and Spanish Empire and several other countries.

* 1740 – Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.

Throughout the 18th century the Royal Navy gradually gained ascendancy over the French Navy, with victories in the War of Spanish Succession ( 1701 – 1714 ), inconclusive battles in the War of Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), victories in the Seven Years ' War ( 1754 – 1763 ), a partial reversal during the American War of Independence ( 1775 – 1783 ), and consolidation into uncontested supremacy during the 19th century from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The prosperity enjoyed during the first two centuries ( 1540 – 1740 ) while contributing to colonial growth ; the placing of extensive regional judicial authority ( Real Audiencia ) as part of its jurisdiction ; and the pivotal role it played at the height of the Spanish Empire-the first modern global empire-helped define a distinctive sense of autonomy and of regional or national identity within Panama well before the rest of the colonies.

* January 12 – Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit ( b. 1740 )

So, again with the aim of probing the Spanish defenses of that city, on March 7, 1740 Vernon left Port Royal in command of two fire-ships, three bombards and a steamer, reaching waters of Cartagena on March 13.

At 3 pm on March 22, 1740, an English fleet composed of ships Strafford, Norwich, Falmouth and Princess Louisa, the Diamond frigate, the bombards Alderney, Terrible and Cumberland, the fireships Success and Eleanor, and transport Goodly and Pompey, under command of Vernon himself, began to bombard the Spanish fortress.

After taking this Vernon news, immediately sent four ships to its fleet to intercept Spanish ships, finally getting these English circumvent controls and enter the port of Cartagena on April 21, 1740, landing there the new governor and several hundred of valuable veteran soldiers.

In 1740 there was an invasion scare when it was believed that a French fleet at Brest and a Spanish fleet at Ferrol were about to combine and launch an invasion attempt on Britain itself.

* Proposals relating to the war in Georgia and Florida, 1740 — a document suggesting strategies by which General James Oglethorpe might defeat the Spanish during the War of Jenkins ' Ear, from the collection of the Georgia Archives.

Similar skirmishes over food continued in different Irish cities throughout the summer of 1740. International war made things worse, as Spanish privateers captured ships trading with Ireland, including vessels bringing grain.

** Luis Galiana y Cervera, Spanish theologian, philologist and writer ( born 1740 )

In 1740, on the eve of the War of the Austrian Succession ( 1740 – 1748 ), he became commander ( with the rank of commodore ) of the squadron sent to attack Spanish possessions in South America in the War of Jenkins ' Ear.

León has fine examples of Spanish Colonial architecture, including the grand Cathedral of the Assumption, built from 1706 to 1740, with two towers added in 1746 and 1779.

Haym Solomon ( or Salomon ) ( April 7, 1740 – January 6, 1785 ) was a Spanish and Portuguese Jew who immigrated to New York from Poland during the period of the American Revolution, he was a broker and helped convert the French loans into ready cash by selling bills of exchange for Robert Morris, the Superintendent of Finance.

The Monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort, Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres ( 0. 4 km² ) of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the northern Atlantic coast of Florida.

When Spain attacked Georgia in 1740, most of the Jewish families fled to Charleston, fearing the Spanish Inquisition.

It happened then that Charlotte Christine father, was thus not only the father in law of the Russian tsarevich, but also the father in law of the now Emperor of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI of Austria, ( October 1, 1685 – October 20, 1740, aged 55 ), the would be supposed King of the mighty Spanish Empire during the Spanish Succession War, a European War involving several of the most politically significant West European Powers.

In 1740, he was captain in the Spanish Army and fought in the War of Austrian Succession.

In England the use of Spanish and Portuguese continued until the mid-18th century: it is notable that the 1740 translation of the prayers was in Spanish, while the 1771 translation by A. Alexander was in ( not very good ) English.