PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1740 – 1749

The world in the 1740s

From 1740 to 1749 the atlas holds 576 states standing at some time. 110 things began - Euler's formula, War of the Austrian Succession and Eagle Nebula among them - and 23 ended; 154 people were born and 74 died.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1740: 9 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17401741: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17411742: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other17421743: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other17431744: 11 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17441745: 20 began — 10 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17451746: 12 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other17461747: 20 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other17471748: 11 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other17481749: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1749

What began in the 1740s

By kind, the best known first.

States 33

and 25 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 52

and 44 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 5

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 8

Works and ideas 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1740s

States 7

Wars and battles 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

Born 154

and 138 more in the atlas.

Died 74

and 58 more in the atlas.

States of the 1740s

The states that stood at some time in the 1740s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1740.

Europe: 214 statesEurope214Middle East and North Africa: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 135 statesSouth Asia135East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe214 states

and 206 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

and 70 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia135 states

and 127 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

and 62 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 8 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown25 states

and 17 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1720 – 1769: every state, war and life of the 1740s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1745: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.