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1740 in Great Britain

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1740 in Great Britain:
Other years
1738 | 1739 | 1740 | 1741 | 1742
Countries of the United Kingdom
Scotland
Sport
1740 English cricket season

Events from the year 1740 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

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Events

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Thomas Coram, painted by William Hogarth, 1740

Unknown dates

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Births

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Deaths

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See also

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References

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  2. ^ "Monthly Mean Central England Temperature". Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  3. ^ van Duivenvoorde, Wendy (2015). Dutch East India Company Shipbuilding: The Archaeological Study of Batavia and Other Seventeenth-Century VOC Ships. Texas A&M University Press. p. 145.
  4. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 308. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  5. ^ Hamilton, Sidney Graves (1903). Hertford College. University of Oxford college histories. London: Robinson.
  6. ^ Pack, A. J. (1982). Nelson's Blood: the story of naval rum. Havant: K. Mason. ISBN 0-85937-279-0.
  7. ^ "Icons, a portrait of England 1700–1750". Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  8. ^ Chalmers, Mark (September 2016). "Whatman – Springfield Paper Mill, Maidstone". Archive (91). Witney: Lightmoor Press: 52–65.