1740 in Russia
| Years in Russia: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 |
| Centuries: | 17th century · 18th century · 19th century |
| Decades: | 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s 1760s 1770s |
| Years: | 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742 1743 |
Events from the year 1740 in Russia
Incumbents
- Monarch – Anna (until 28 October [O.S. 17]),[1][2] Ivan VI (from 28 October [O.S. 17])[3][4]
- Regent – Ernst Johann von Biron (28 October [O.S. 17] – 20 November [O.S. 9]), Sovereign and Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (since 20 November)
Events
- January - The Ice House was built in St. Petersburg.
- 28 October - 2-months old Prince Ivan Antonovich succeeds Empress Anna of Russia as Ivan VI under the regency of Anna's favourite Ernst von Biron.
- 20 November - Biron was arrested by the guards led by Burkhard Christoph von Münnich
- The rulers of the northeast of the Middle Zhuz, including Ablai Khan, concluded an agreement on the Russian protectorate over the Middle Zhuz.
Births
- 29 February - Thomas MacKenzie, admiral, founder of Sevastopol.
- 7 May - Nikolai Arkharov, Governor General of Moscow (1781–1784)
- 28 May - Fedot Shubin, architect
- 23 August [O.S. 12 August] 1740 - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia in 1740–41. (d. 1764)[3][4]
- 21 September [O.S. 10 September] 1740 - Ivan Lepyokhin, Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer. (d. 1802)[5]
Deaths
- 8 July - Artemy Volynsky, Pyotr Yeropkin and Andrey Khrushchyov, statesmen (executed)
- 28 October - Anna, empress of Russia (born 1693)[1][2]
References
- ^ a b "Anna empress of Russia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21.
- ^ a b "Biography of Empress Anna of Russia". Saint-Petersburg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21.
- ^ a b "Ivan VI emperor of Russia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22.
- ^ a b "Biography of Emperor Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna". Saint-Petersburg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22.
- ^ "РОДИЛСЯ ПУТЕШЕСТВЕННИК, ЕСТЕСТВОИСПЫТАТЕЛЬ ИВАН ИВАНОВИЧ ЛЕПЁХИН". Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library. 2020-03-28. Archived from the original on 2019-07-04. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
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