1740
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| 1740 by topic: | |
| Arts and Sciences | |
| Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science | |
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| Canada – Denmark – France – Great Britain – Ireland – Norway – Russia – Scotland – Sweden – | |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1740 MDCCXL |
| Ab urbe condita | 2493 |
| Armenian calendar | 1189 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6490 |
| Bengali calendar | 1147 |
| Berber calendar | 2690 |
| British Regnal year | 13 Geo. 2 – 14 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2284 |
| Burmese calendar | 1102 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7248–7249 |
| Chinese calendar |
己未年 (Earth Goat) 4436 or 4376 — to — 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4437 or 4377 |
| Coptic calendar | 1456–1457 |
| Discordian calendar | 2906 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1732–1733 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5500–5501 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1796–1797 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1661–1662 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4840–4841 |
| Holocene calendar | 11740 |
| Igbo calendar | 740–741 |
| Iranian calendar | 1118–1119 |
| Islamic calendar | 1152–1153 |
| Japanese calendar |
Genbun 5 (元文５年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1664–1665 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4073 |
| Minguo calendar | 172 before ROC 民前172年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 272 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2282–2283 |
1740 (MDCCXL) was a leap year starting on Friday (dominical letter CB) of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Tuesday (dominical letter FE) of the Julian calendar, the 1740th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 740th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1740s decade. As of the start of 1740, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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