1740 deaths

pope of the Catholic Church from 1730 to 1740

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

The fourth Emperor of Russia (1730–1740)

king of Prussia (1688-1740)

General of the Maratha Empire in India (1700-1740)

Queen consort of Spain (1667-1740)

The first nominal Safavid king (1732–1736)

The tenth and last Safavid king (1722–1732)

Italian Baroque composer (1667–1740)

French politician and prince (1692-1740)

Mastani (29 August 1699 – 28 April 1740) was the daughter of Maharaja Chhatrasal Bundela of Bundelkhand. She was the second wife of the Maratha Peshwa (Prime Minister) Baji Rao I. The marriage was arranged to promote diplomatic ties with the Maratha Empire. Her relationship within the Maratha Brahmin family has been subject of both admiration and controversy and well adapted in Indian novels and cinema.

English writer and encyclopaedist

German princess

Czech painter and portrait painter (1667–1740)

Catholic cardinal

Swedish biologist (1660-1740)

German composer and organist

American woman, convicted and posthumously pardoned for witchcraft

Italian writer

Bey of Tunis (1705-1735)

archduchess of Austria, Princess of Bohemia and Hungary

Swedish poet and painter (1663-1740)

Russian noble and politician

Cardinal Archbishop of Milan (1679-1740)

Italian painter (1666-1740)

British noble (1671-1740)

Italian composer

Polish princess

Agaja (also spelled Agadja and also known as Trudo Agaja or Trudo Audati) was a king of the Kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin, who ruled from 1718 until 1740. He came to the throne after his brother King Akaba. During his reign, Dahomey expanded significantly and took control of key trade routes for the Atlantic slave trade by conquering Allada (1724) and Whydah (1727). Wars with the powerful Oyo Empire to the east of Dahomey resulted in Agaja accepting tributary status to that empire and providing yearly gifts. After this, Agaja attempted to control the new territory of the kingdom of

Countess of Nienburg; regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen (1669-1740)

Spanish soldier and colonial administrator (1670-1740)

politician, died 1740

French composer active in England

French presbyter (1670-1740)

khan of Crimean khanate

French naval commander

German magician (1674-1739)

French art collector (1661-1740)

Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

French saint

British soldier, explorer, and colonial administrator (1676–1740)

Nawab of Bengal

Dutch painter (1687-1740)

German poet

German theologian (1672–1740)

Italian botanist (1655-1740)

Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey

Indian mililtary commander

German bishop (1658-1740)

Russian architect

Italian cardinal

German scholar (1721-1740)

Prime Minister of Denamrk (1666-1740)

British publisher and cartographer (1678–1740)

Italian poet and philosopher (1668-1740)

18th century painter from the Northern Netherlands (1670–1742)

Irish Presbyterian minister

British Field Marshal

Italian artist (1656-1740)

British politician and Earl