Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s - 1740s - 1750s 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s
Years: 1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 - 1741 - 1742 1743 1744 1745 1746
Events
- Elizabeth of Russia became czarina.
- January 14 - Benedict Arnold (General in United States' Revolutionary War, turncoat) (+ 1801)
- March 13 - Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- March 25 - Jean Antoine Houdon, sculptor
- October 18 - Choderlos de Laclos, author (+ 1803)
- William Withering, British doctor
- Ali Pasha, Albanian ruler under the Ottoman Empire
- Emperor Momozono of Japan
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
- Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
- Kingdom of Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
- Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)\n