Necrology 1740
This is a list of famous people who died in 1740 . The entries are made alphabetically within the individual data. Animals can be found in the necrology for animals .
January
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2nd | Johann Georg Weichenberger | Austrian lutenist and composer | 63 | |
| January 5th | Antonio Lotti | Italian composer | ||
| 13th January | William Turner | English singer (tenor) and composer | ||
| 13th January | Hieronymus Ubelbacher | Provost of Stift Dürnstein, initiator of the baroque renovation | ||
| January 16 | Christian Heinrich Behm | Abbot in the Amelungsborn monastery | 77 | |
| January 20th | Nicolaus Comnenus Papadopoli | Italian canon lawyer and historian of Greek origin | 85 | |
| 21th January | Jacques Cassard | French privateer | 60 | |
| 22nd of January | Giberto Borromeo | Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church | 68 | |
| January 25th | Geminiano Giacomelli | Italian opera composer | 47 | |
| January 27th | Louis IV Henri de Bourbon, prince de Condé | French Prince of the Blood, President of the Regency Council, Grand Chamberlain of the Royal House | 47 |
February
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1st | Georg Melchior by Ludolf | German jurist and assessor at the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Wetzlar | 72 | |
| February 8 | Clement XII. | Pope (1730-1740) | 87 | |
| February 9 | Vincent Lübeck | German composer of the baroque | 85 | |
| 14th of February | Ludwig von Wattenwyl | Swiss politician and military person | ||
| February 15th | Rupert Gruber | German Benedictine, canon in the Gars monastery, scholar | 50 | |
| 19th of February | Wulf Jasper von Brockdorff | German major general | 66 | |
| February 23 | Taco Hajo van den Honert (theologian) | German reformed theologian | 73 | |
| February 28 | Pietro Ottoboni | Italian cardinal, patron and librettist | 72 | |
| February | Jacob Vanderlint | British timber merchant and economic writer |
March
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th March | Joseph of Rudolphi | Abbot and master chef | 73 | |
| 8th of March | Christoph Semler | Founder of the first German secondary school | 70 | |
| 9th March | Christfried Kirch | German astronomer and calendar maker | 45 | |
| March 12th | Gisela Agnes von Rath | Regent of the Principality of Anhalt-Köthen | 70 | |
| March 12th | August Jakob Heinrich von Suckow | Commanding general and military president of the provincial administration of the Temescher Banat | ||
| March 13th | Michelangelo Tilli | Italian doctor and botanist | 84 | |
| the 14th of March | Vitus Georg Tönnemann | German Jesuit | ||
| March 16 | Christoph Andreas Johann Szembek | Bishop of Warmia | 59 | |
| March 18th | François Descurain | French pharmacist and botanist | 81 | |
| March 23 | Olof Rudbeck the Younger | Swedish anatomist and botanist | 80 | |
| 25th March | Gabriel von Bömeln | Mayor of Gdansk | 81 | |
| March 31 | Johann Christoph Meurer | German general superintendent | 71 | |
| March | Georg Wilhelm Saxer | German organist and composer |
April
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 6th | Jacques Lallemant | French Roman Catholic clergyman, Bishop of Sées | 49 | |
| 7th of April | Joachim von Brawe | German diplomat | 76 | |
| April 14th | Franz Ludwig Stadlin | Swiss Jesuit and imperial court watchmaker at court in China | 81 | |
| April 16 | José de Armendáriz | Spanish grandee, viceroy of Peru | ||
| April 21 | Antonio Balestra | Italian painter | 73 | |
| April 21 | Johann Gottlob Pfeiffer | German Protestant theologian, orientalist and composer | ||
| April 21 | Thomas Tickell | English poet and scholar | 54 | |
| April 23 | Daniel Croner | Transylvanian theologian and organist | 84 | |
| April 25 | Hans Wolf von Buchwitz and Buchau | Dutch major general and commander of Luxembourg | ||
| April 25 | Simon Sasslaber | Austrian master stonemason of the Baroque | ||
| April 27 | Johann Joachim Kretzschmar | German sculptor | 62 | |
| April 29 | Cristoforo Benedetti | Italian baroque sculptor |
May
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7th | Adolf Friedrich von Bassewitz | German-Swedish officer, signed the peace treaty between Sweden and Great Britain in 1719 as the Royal British-Brunswick-Lüneburg Ambassador | ||
| May 14th | Christoph Ehrenreich from the Trenck | Prussian major general, heir to Groß-Scharlack and Schackulack | 63 | |
| May 15 | Ephraim Chambers | English writer | ||
| 17th of May | Jean Cavalier | Chief leader of the Camisards in the Cevennes War and English governor of Jersey | ||
| May 19th | Theophilus of Corte | French religious and saint | 63 | |
| May 22 | Claude-Louis de La Chatre | Bishop of Agde | 41 | |
| May 22 | Gerhard Werner Teschemacher | Mayor of Elberfeld | 73 | |
| 30th May | Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüssler | Countess of Ballenstedt | 57 | |
| 31. May | Friedrich Wilhelm I. | King in Prussia (1713–1740) | 51 |
June
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1st | Samuel Werenfels | reformed theologian | 83 | |
| June 5th | Johann Georg Abicht | German Lutheran theologian and linguist | 68 | |
| June 5th | Henry Gray, 1st Duke of Kent | British peer and politician | 68 | |
| June 5th | Thomas Onslow, 2nd Baron Onslow | English nobleman and politician | ||
| June 7th | Maria Elisabeth of Austria | Habsburg princess | 3 | |
| June 12 | Johann Franz Schenk von Stauffenberg | Prince-Bishop of Constance and Augsburg | 82 | |
| 15th June | Joseph Jenckes | British politician | ||
| 17th of June | William Wyndham, 3rd Baronet | British statesman and nobleman | ||
| June 24th | Serafino Cenci | Italian clergyman, Archbishop of Benevento and Cardinal | 64 | |
| June 24th | Woldemar Freiherr von Löwendal | Saxon minister and entrepreneur | 79 | |
| June 27th | Johann Georg Steigerthal | Physician, personal physician to George I of England | 74 |
July
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th July | John Wanton | British politician and officer | 67 | |
| July 6th | Claudius Amyand | French surgeon | ||
| 8th of July | Pyotr Mikhailovich Jeropkin | Russian architect | ||
| July 12 | Gerhard von Dernath | Holstein-Gottorfischer diplomat, Privy Councilor and Field Marshal | ||
| 16th of July | Johann Kupetzky | Czech and Slovak painter | ||
| 16th of July | Maria Anna of the Palatinate | Queen of Spain | 72 | |
| July 19 | Christian Christophersen Sehested | Chancellor of Denmark | 74 | |
| 21 July | Johann Evangelist Holzer | German-Austrian Rococo painter | 30th | |
| 24th July | Erhard Friedrich von Wedel-Jarlsberg | Danish general, commanding general in Norway, supreme commander of Oldenburg, founder of the Wedel-Evenburg-Gödens line | 71 |
August
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4th of August | Wilhelm Heinrich von Thulemeyer | Royal Prussian Minister of Justice, from 1731 Prussian State and War Minister | 57 | |
| August 14th | Johann Christian Lünig | German lawyer, historian and publicist | 77 |
September
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 19th | Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva | Brazilian bandeirante | ||
| September 22 | Johann Georg Kannhäuser | Bavarian builder and plasterer | ||
| 25th of September | Charlotte Wilhelmine Amalie Alexandrina von Nassau-Hadamar | Princess of Nassau-Hadamar, by marriage Countess of Merode | 37 | |
| September 27th | Johann Friedrich Grael | German builder | 33 |
October
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1 | Georg Rudolph von Glaubitz | royal-Prussian lieutenant general | ||
| 5th October | Jean-Philippe Baratier | Child prodigy and linguistic genius | 19th | |
| 5th October | Friedrich sacrifice money | German Lutheran theologian | 71 | |
| October 11th | Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst | Duchess of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | 60 | |
| October 12th | Joachim Friedrich von Flemming | Saxon, later Brandenburg, military leader and governor of Leipzig | 75 | |
| October, 16th | Brandan Meibom | German botanist and director of the botanical garden in Helmstedt | 62 | |
| the 20th of October | Charles VI | Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia and Hungary | 55 | |
| the 20th of October | Rupert Neß | 52nd Abbot of Ottobeuren | 69 | |
| October 21 | Charles du Bois | English merchant and botanist | ||
| October 22nd | Johann Christoph Frauendorff | German librettist, lawyer and mayor | 76 | |
| October 27 | Charles du Plessis d'Argentré | French bishop | 67 | |
| 28th of October | Anna | Russian Tsarina and former Duchess of Courland and Zemgale | 47 |
November
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 4th | Peter Friedrich Arpe | Lawyer and author of numerous legal and historical works | 58 | |
| November 8th | Ulrich Friedrich von Suhm | Diplomat and a friend of Frederick the Great | 49 | |
| 22nd of November | Georg Gsell | Swiss baroque painter, art advisor and art dealer | 67 | |
| November 24th | Georg Wilhelm Vestner | German medalist and die cutter | 63 | |
| 25. November | Engelke von Bülow | Danish court official and bailiff | 49 | |
| November 28th | Günther XLIII. | Prince of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen | 62 | |
| November 28th | Johann Adolf von Metsch | Reich Vice Chancellor | 68 |
December
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd of December | Wilhelm Ludwig Bardili | Mayor of Heilbronn | 72 | |
| 3rd of December | Jakob Weidle | Winemaker | 70 | |
| 9th of December | Johann Gottlieb Michaelis | Saxon secret chamberlain and collection inspector | 36 | [1] |
| 11th December | Sidonia Hedwig Fencing Man | German poet | 26th | |
| December 14th | Johann Amman | Swiss doctor and botanist | 32 | |
| 15th December | Georg Haner | Transylvanian Lutheran theologian and church historian | 68 | |
| 23rd of December | Daniel Waterland | English theologian | 57 | |
| 24th of December | Rütger from Scheven | Düren entrepreneur, paper manufacturer | ||
| 25 December | Jean Soanen | French bishop of the Catholic Church | 93 | |
| December 26th | Moritz Ludwig II of Nassau-LaLecq | Mr. von Lek and Beverweerd | ||
| December | Andreas Steinböck | Austrian master stonemason and baroque sculptor |
Date unknown
| Day | Surname | Profession known as | Age | receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbas III. | Shah of Persia | |||
| Anton von Blankensee | Prussian colonel and head of the regiment | |||
| Hans Balthasar Burckhardt | Swiss entrepreneurs and politicians | |||
| François Chauvon | French Baroque composer | |||
| Pierre Crozat | French financier, art collector and patron | |||
| Abraham Frencel | Sorbian Lutheran clergyman historiographer | |||
| Amalie Wilhelmine von Königsmarck | Sister of the mistress of Augustus the Strong | |||
| Gregor Lederwasch III | Austrian painter | |||
| Granny Nanny | Jamaican maroon and freedom fighter | |||
| Bogislaw Ulrich von Puttkamer | Prussian manor owner and district administrator of the Stolp district | |||
| Johann Adam Remele | German painter | |||
| Siegmund von Sack | Royal Prussian Major General, Commander of Kolberg Fortress and Chief of Garrison Battalion No. 3 | |||
| Christoph Scheurl from Defersdorf in Heuchling | German lawyer, Nuremberg councilor and councilor of the Prince of Schwarzenberg | |||
| Johann Parum Schultze | Dorfschulze in Süthen in the Hanoverian Wendland | |||
| Peter von Sivers | Russian naval officer and admiral of Danish (originally Holstein) descent | |||
| Tahmasp II | Shah of Persia | |||
| Adolph Heinrich von Winterfeld | Prussian district administrator |