1740 deaths

Dutch colonial governor (1676-1740)

Nawab of Bengal

Danish politician (1660-1740)

British composer and singer

Danish military officer (1674-1740)

Jewish jester (c. 1665 – c.1740)

Paulista explorer (1672-1740)

Queen consort of Kartli

Danish military officer, diplomat and landowner

Dutch-South-African poet

Swiss artist (1673-1740)

Italian jurist of religious law and historian of Greek origin

consort of Ottoman sultan Ahmed III

French sculptor

Italian composer

Duchess consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön

Swedish countess

Italian painter of the Baroque period (1694-1740)

German theologian and priest (1659-1740)

Flemish painter, engraver, draughtsman and tapestry designer (1668-1740)

French bishop

Eastern Orthodox saint

Swiss theologian

Welsh writer (b. Flintshire 1685)

English poet and man of letters (1685-1740)

Italian painter (1679-1740)

English artist known for portrait miniatures (1682-1740)

Georgian prince (1683-1740)

English politician, died 1740

British barrister and British Member of Parliament

Scottish Earl

Bishop of Senez

Dutch actress

German astronomer

Georgian royal (1670-1740)

Dutch officer, 1669-1740

Nawab of the Carnatic

Medieval Odia poet & Odissi musician

French noblewoman

Austrian diplomat

Austrian painter (1689-1740)

Italian painter (1658-1740)

French writer

Austrian artist (1709-1740)

Greek painter