1740s
The 1740s was a decade that began on 1 January 1740 and ended on 31 December 1749.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s – 1740s – 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- The War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748)
World leaders
- Louis XV of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
- Afsharid dynasty of Persia
- Nadir Shah, 1736–1747
- Adil Shah, 1747–1748
- Ebrahim Afshar, 1748
- Shah Rukh, 1748–1750
- George II of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760)
- Philip V of Spain (king from 1700 to 1746)
- Ferdinand VI of Spain (king from 1746 to 1759)
- Pope Benedict XIV
Births
- Marquis de Sade, French writer
- Pope Pius VII
- Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States
Deaths
- Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last of the Medicis
- Alexander Pope, English writer
- Jonathan Swift, Irish writer
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