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Historical Figures Who Died in 1740

  • Jan 27 Louis Henri, Duc de Bourbon, Prime Minister of France, dies at 47
  • Feb 6 Clement XII [Lorenzo Corsini], Italian Pope (1730-40) who despite ill health and total blindness (1732) unsuccessfully stemmed decline of papal influence, dies at 87
  • Feb 29 Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal and grandnephew of Pope Alexander VIII, dies at 72
  • Apr 23 Thomas Tickell, English writer and poet, dies at 54
  • Apr 25 Shrimant Baji Rao Vishwanath Bhat, also known as Baji Rao I, a general and Peshwa (b. 1699)
  • May 15 Ephraim Chambers, English encyclopaedist (b. 1680)
  • May 17 Jean Cavalier, French Huguenot chief of the Camisards, dies at 58
  • May 31 Frederik Willem I, King of Prussia (1713-1740), dies at 51
  • Jun 1 Samuel Werenfels, Swiss theologian (b. 1657)
  • Jun 6 Alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony
  • Jun 17 Sir William Wyndham, English politician (b. 1687)
  • Jul 6 Claudius Amyand, French-born British surgeon who performed first appendectomy, dies at about 80
  • Jul 19 Francois van Aerssen, Dutch vice-admiral (Suriname, Algeria), dies at 71
  • Oct 5 Johann Philipp Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)

Charles VI

Oct 20 Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1711-40), dies after falling ill on a hunting trip at 55

Charles VI
Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI
  • Oct 28 Anna Ivanova Romanova, Empress of Russia (1730-40), dies at 47
  • Dec 20 Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English military officer and statesman (b. 1675)
  • Dec 26 Mauritius Louis II earl of Nassau, lt-gen (12 children), dies

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