1740s

The 1740s was a decade that began on 1 January 1740 and ended on 31 December 1749.

Millennium:	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
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

• The War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748)

World leaders

• Louis XV of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
• Afsharid dynasty of Persia
  • Nadir Shah, 1736–1747
  • Adil Shah, 1747–1748
  • Ebrahim Afshar, 1748
  • Shah Rukh, 1748–1750
• George II of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760)
• Philip V of Spain (king from 1700 to 1746)
• Ferdinand VI of Spain (king from 1746 to 1759)
• Pope Benedict XIV

Births

• Marquis de Sade, French writer
• Pope Pius VII
• Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States

Deaths

• Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, the last of the Medicis
• Alexander Pope, English writer
• Jonathan Swift, Irish writer