Explore 184 historical events from 1740–1749.
Shneur Zalman of Liadi, commonly known as the Alter Rebbe or Baal Hatanya, was a rabbi and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism. He wrote many works a…
Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (died 1812)
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky was a field marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as a military officer and a diplomat under the reign of three Roman…
Mikhail Kutuzov, Russian field marshal (died 1813)
Tomaso Antonio Vitali was an Italian composer and violinist of the mid to late Baroque era. The eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali, he is chiefly known for a Chaconne in G mino…
Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Italian violinist and composer (born 1663)
François Marie de Broglie, 1st Duke of Broglie was a French Royal Army officer and diplomat.
François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie, French general (born 1671)
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related co…
War of the Austrian Succession: French forces defeated those of the Pragmatic Allies at the Battle of Fontenoy in the Au
The War of the Austrian Succession, 1740 to 1748, was a conflict between the European great powers, fought primarily in Europe, the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea. Related co…
War of the Austrian Succession: French victory at the Battle of Melle enabled their subsequent capture of Ghent from…
Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to t…
Bonnie Prince Charlie raised the Jacobite standard at Glenfinnan, Scotland, in an attempt to regain the British throne…
James Sullivan was an American lawyer and politician in Massachusetts. He was an early associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, served as the state's attorney…
James Sullivan, American lawyer and politician, 7th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1808)
The Six Nations land cessions were a series of land cessions by the Haudenosaunee and Lenape to Europeans during the late 17th and 18th centuries. They ceded large amounts of land,…
The Treaty of Lancaster, in which the Iroquois cede lands between the Allegheny Mountains and the Ohio River to the…
Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of (Schleswig-)Holstein-Plön, was a princess of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön, a cadet branch of the Danish royal family. She was born…
Princess Charlotte Amalie Wilhelmine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (died 1770)
Major Patrick Ferguson was a British Army officer who designed the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the A…
Patrick Ferguson, Scottish soldier, designed the Ferguson rifle (died 1780)
Elbridge Thomas Gerry was an American Founding Father, merchant, politician, and diplomat, who as a member of the Second Continental Congress, signed the Declaration of Independenc…
Elbridge Gerry, American merchant and politician, 5th Vice President of the United States (died 1814)
Heinrich Christian Boie was a German author. In 1781, he was appointed as landfoged of North Dithmarschen.
Heinrich Christian Boie, German author and poet (died 1806)
Giulio Maria della Somaglia was an Italian cardinal. and Secretary of State under Pope Leo XII. He was known as a staunch zelante cardinal who helped enforce an authoritarian regim…
Giulio Maria della Somaglia, Italian cardinal (died 1830)
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was Queen of Great Britain and Ireland as the wife of King George III from their marriage on 8 September 1761 until her death in 1818. The Acts of…
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, German-born Queen to George III of the United Kingdom (died 1818)
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of …
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (died 1829)
Alexandrine-Jeanne Le Normant d’Étiolles was the daughter of Madame de Pompadour, the maîtresse-en-titre of King Louis XV of France. She died in childhood.
Alexandrine Le Normant d'Étiolles, daughter of Madame de Pompadour (died 1754)
Pierre François André Méchain was a French astronomer and surveyor who, with Charles Messier, was a major contributor to the early study of deep-sky objects and comets.
Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (died 1804)
Johann Gottfried von Herder was a German philosopher, theologian, pastor, poet, and literary critic. Herder is associated with the Age of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar…
Johann Gottfried Herder, German poet, philosopher, and critic (died 1803)
Anders Celsius was a Swedish astronomer, physicist and mathematician. He was professor of astronomy at Uppsala University from 1730 to 1744, but traveled from 1732 to 1735 visiting…
Anders Celsius, Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (born 1701)
Alexander Pope was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. An expone…
Alexander Pope, English poet, essayist, and translator (born 1688)
André Campra was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wr…
André Campra, French composer and conductor (born 1660)
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, was a British landowner and politician who represented Hereford in the English and British House of Commons from 1698 until 1714, when he succee…
James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Radnorshire (born 1673)
John Cruger was an immigrant to colonial New York with an uncertain place of birth, but his family was originally Danish. In New York from at least 1696, he became a prosperous mer…
John Cruger, Danish-American businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of New York City (born 1678)