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Born on Thursday January 14, 1740
- ArenD DuiJndam, Noordwijk († 1740)
- Cornelia Claasd Joosten, Abbekerk, Nederland († 1817)
- Cornelia Kaashoek, Sint Annaland
- Charles Louis ACCOU, Houthem,7781,Hainaut,Wallonie,Belgique († 1804)
- Ahasuerus Twin Tweeboom, Herwijnen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Coenraad Andries Bus, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Ahasuerus Tweeboom, Herwijnen
- Cornelia Frijters, Terheijden,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Bastiaan Meijerink, Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Cornelia Cums, Sint Huibrechts Lille
Died on Thursday January 14, 1740
- Elisabeth Schoonbaert (76), Ardooie, West-Vlaanderen, België
- Aldegondis Joost Fabri, Hoogeloon
- Ahasuer Tweeboom (1)
- Dionysius Brull (78), Eygelshoven (L)
- Dionisius Brull (55), Eijgelshoven, Limburg, Nederland
- Antonius Bossaers (93), Hove
- Angélique HOUDART (80), Bénifontaine,62410,Pas-de-Calais,Hauts-de-France,FRANCE
- Godefridus Lintermans (72)
- Jan Sourij (3), Rotterdam
- Jean Cardon (49), Troisvilles (F)
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from January 14, 1740 at Delpher
Born on January 14
- 1684 » Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer († 1742)
- 1699 » Jakob Adlung, German organist, historian, and theorist († 1762)
- 1700 » Picander, German poet and playwright († 1764)
- 1702 » Emperor Nakamikado of Japan († 1737)
- 1705 » Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, French sailor, explorer, and politician († 1786)
- 1741 » Benedict Arnold, American-British general († 1801)
- 1767 » Maria Theresa of Austria († 1827)
- 1780 » Henry Baldwin, American judge and politician († 1844)
- 1792 » Christian de Meza, Danish general († 1865)
- 1793 » John C. Clark, American lawyer and politician († 1852)
Died on January 14
- 1676 » Francesco Cavalli, Italian organist and composer (b. 1602)
- 1679 » Jacques de Billy, French mathematician and academic (b. 1602)
- 1701 » Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese daimyō (b. 1628)
- 1742 » Edmond Halley, English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist (b. 1656)
- 1753 » George Berkeley, Anglo-Irish philosopher and author (b. 1685)
- 1766 » Frederick V of Denmark (b. 1723)
- 1776 » Edward Cornwallis, English general and politician, Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1713)
- 1786 » Meshech Weare, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
- 1786 » Michael Arne, English organist and composer (b. 1741)
- 1823 » Athanasios Kanakaris, Greek politician (b. 1760)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1740
- This page is only available in Dutch.Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
- April 8 » War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMSPrincess.
- June 13 » Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
- June 26 » A combined force of Spanish, free blacks and allied Indians defeat a British garrison at the Siege of Fort Mose near St. Augustine during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
- August 17 » Pope Benedict XIV, previously known as Prospero Lambertini, succeeds Clement XII as the 247th Pope.
- October 9 » Dutch colonists and Javanese natives begin massacring the ethnic Chinese population in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000.
- October 20 » France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction, and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.
Weather January 14, 1740
The temperature on January 14, 1740 was about -2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken.