1740
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 citizenship Adam Smith enters Balliol College, Oxford George Whitefield founds the Bethesda orphanage The song Rule Britannia is first performed at Cliveden
BirthsMarch - Johann van Beethoven, father of composer Ludwig van BeethovenJune 2 - Marquis de Sade, aristocrat and authorAugust 14 - Pope Pius VIIAugust 23 - [baby] Emperor Ivan VI of RussiaJuan Andres, Spanish JesuitEmpress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan
Deaths January 5, Antonio Lotti, composer February 6, Pope Clement XII May 31 - Friedrich Wilhelm I, King of Prussia October 20 - Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor October 28 - Anna Ivanova (Anna I of Russia)
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