9th » Dutch East Indies Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin 1740 Batavia massacre massacring ethnic Chinese Indonesians Chinese in Jakarta Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a Java War (1741–1743) two-year-long war throughout Java.
20th » Maria Theresa of Austria Maria Theresa takes the throne of Holy Roman Empire Austria. Kingdom of France France, Kingdom of Prussia Prussia, Electorate of Bavaria Bavaria and Electorate of Saxony Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 Pragm
Famous Birthdays on October in 1740
20th » Isabelle de Charrière, Dutch author and poet (d. 1805)
29th » James Boswell, Scottish-English lawyer and author (d. 1795)
Famous Deaths for October 1740
5th » Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar (b. 1721)