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| Decades: 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s | |
| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century | |
Events
- May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I.
- October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). However, her succession to the Holy Roman Empire is contested widely because she is a woman.
- December 16 - Friedrich II of Prussia invades the Habsburg possession of Silesia, starting the War of the Austrian Succession.
- By the act of English parliament, alien immigrants (including Huguenots and Jews) in the colonies receive British nationality
- Adam Smith enters Balliol College, Oxford
- George Whitefield founds the Bethesda orphanage
- The song Rule Britannia is first performed at Cliveden
Births
- March - Johann van Beethoven, German musician and father of Ludwig van Beethoven (d. 1792)
- June 2 - Marquis de Sade, French author (d. 1814)
- August 14 - Pope Pius VII (d. 1823)
- August 23 - Emperor Ivan VI of Russia (d. 1846)
- September 29 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
- Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1817)
Deaths
- January 5, Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. 1667)
- February 6, Pope Clement XII (b. 1652)
- May 31 - King Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia (b. 1688)
- October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1685)
- October 28 - Anna I of Russia (b. 1693)af:1740
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