1740 in Russia

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

1. "Anna empress of Russia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21.
2. "Biography of Empress Anna of Russia". Saint-Petersburg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-21.
3. "Ivan VI emperor of Russia". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22.
4. "Biography of Emperor Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna". Saint-Petersburg.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-22.
5. "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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