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The 1740s decade ran from January 1, 1740, to December 31, 1749. Many events during this decade sparked an impetus for the Age of Reason. Military and technological advances brought one of the first instances of a truly global war to take place here, when Maria Theresa of Austria’s struggle to succeed … See more
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January–March
• January 8 – All 237 crewmen on the Dutch East India Company ship Rooswijk are drowned, when the vessel strikes the shoals of See more1740
• February 4 – Carl Michael Bellman, Swedish poet, composer (d. 1795)
• February 15 – Juan Andrés, Spanish Jesuit (d. 1817)
• February 16 – Giambattista Bodoni, Italian publisher and engraver (d. 1813 See more1740
• January – Louise Élisabeth de Joybert, politically active Canadian governors' wife (b. 1673)
• January 5 – Antonio Lotti, Italian composer (b. See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license - People also ask
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