1740s

Events and trends

 * ascends the throne of, upon the death of his father "".
 * Frederick II of Prussia invades the Austrian province of more or less starting the inevitable conflict known as the  (-).
 * captures . The original version of  (at the time, it was God Save the King) is sung in  as a rallying cry to defeat Bonnie Prince Charlie.

World leaders

 * (king from to )
 * (later known as "the great") inherited the throne from his father, he ruled prussia from 1740 to 1786 (as from 1740 to 1772 and as  from 1772 until his death in 1786)
 * , Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary
 * (king from to )
 * (king from to )
 * (king from to )
 * of
 * , 1736-1747
 * , 1747-1748
 * , 1748
 * , 1748-1750
 * 1720-1748
 * Dynasty of the
 * 1)  1707-1749
 * of the
 * 1) 1740-1761