Information about 1740s

Millennia:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
Years:	1740 1741 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746 1747 1748 1749
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Events and trends

Frederick II ascends the throne of Prussia, upon the death of his father "the soldier-king".
Frederick II of Prussia invades the Austrian province of Silesia more or less starting the inevitable conflict known as the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748).
Bonnie Prince Charlie captures Edinburgh. The original version of God Save the Queen (at the time, it was God Save the King) is sung in England as a rallying cry to defeat Bonnie Prince Charlie.

World leaders

Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
Frederick II (later known as "the great") inherited the throne from his father, he ruled prussia from 1740 to 1786 (as King in Prussia from 1740 to 1772 and as King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786)
Maria Theresa of Austria, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary
George II King of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760)
Philip V King of Spain (king from 1700 to 1746)
Ferdinand VI King of Spain (king from 1746 to 1759)
Afsharid dynasty of Persia

Nadir Shah, 1736-1747
Adil Shah, 1747-1748
Ebrahim Afshar, 1748
Shah Rukh, 1748-1750

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1680s 1690s 1700s - 1710s - 1720s 1730s 1740s
1710 1711 1712 1713 1714
1715 1716 1717 1718 1719

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1690s 1700s 1710s - 1720s - 1730s 1740s 1750s
1720 1721 1722 1723 1724
1725 1726 1727 1728 1729

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Manufacture of the earliest surviving pianos.

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s
1730 1731 1732 1733 1734
1735 1736 1737 1738 1739

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s
1750 1751 1752 1753 1754
1755 1756 1757 1758 1759

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Scientific navigation is developed

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1730s 1740s 1750s - 1760s - 1770s 1780s 1790s
1760 1761 1762 1763 1764
1765 1766 1767 1768 1769

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King George III ascends the British throne in 1760.

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Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

1740s 1750s 1760s - 1770s - 1780s 1790s 1800s
1770 1771 1772 1773 1774
1775 1776 1777 1778 1779

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8th century - 9th century - 10th century
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17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
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17th century - 18th century - 19th century
1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s
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17th century - 18th century - 19th century
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1746 1747 1748 - 1749 - 1750 1751 1752

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Frederick II
King of Prussia, Elector of Brandenburg

Frederick II, aged 68, by Anton Graff
Reign 1740 - 1786
Titles Frederick II of Prussia
Frederick IV of Brandenburg
Born January 24 1712
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Prussia (German: (help info ) ^[1]; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Latvian: Prūsija
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Frederick William I (German: Friedrich Wilhelm I) (August 14, 1688 – May 31, 1740) of the House of Hohenzollern, was the King in Prussia from 1713 until his death. He is popularly known as "the Soldier-King" (der Soldatenkönig).
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Silesia (English pronunciation [saɪˈ lɪːʃɐ], Czech: Slezsko; German:
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Battle of Fontenoy by Édouard Detaille. Oil on canvas.

Date December 16 1740 – October 18 1748
Location Europe, North America and India
Casus
belli Rejection of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 after the accession of Maria Theresa of Austria
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Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 – 31 January 1788), known in Scots Gaelic as Teàrlach Eideard Stiùbhairt, was the exiled claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and is now commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie.
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