1740 in Russia

none in Russia Events from the year 1740 in Russia Incumbents Monarch – Anna (until 28 October 17), Ivan VI (from 28 October 17)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-VI Ivan VI emperor of Russia Encyclopaedia Britannica https://web.archive.org/web/20190822010816/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ivan-VI 2019-08-22http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/ivan-vi-and-anna-leopoldovna/ Biography of Emperor Ivan VI and Anna Leopoldovna Saint-Petersburg.com https://web.archive.org/web/20190822011508/http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/ivan-vi-and-anna-leopoldovna/ 2019-08-22 Regent – Ernst Johann von Biron (28 October 17 – 20 November 9), Sovereign and Grand Duchess Anna Leopoldovna (since 20 November) Events July 2016 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 July 2016 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 1740 12 August - Ivan VI, Emperor of Russia in 1740–41. (d. 1764) 21 September 1740 10 September - Ivan Lepyokhin, Russian naturalist, zoologist, botanist and explorer. (d. 1802)https://www.prlib.ru/history/619556 РОДИЛСЯ ПУТЕШЕСТВЕННИК, ЕСТЕСТВОИСПЫТАТЕЛЬ ИВАН ИВАНОВИЧ ЛЕПЁХИН 2020-03-28 Boris Yeltsin Presidential Library live https://web.archive.org/web/20190704155204/https://www.prlib.ru/history/619556 2019-07-04 2020-03-28 Deaths July 2016 8 July - Artemy Volynsky, Pyotr Yeropkin and Andrey Khrushchyov, statesmen (executed) 28 October - Anna, empress of Russia (born 1693)https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-empress-of-Russia Anna empress of Russia Encyclopaedia Britannica https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232526/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Anna-empress-of-Russia 2019-08-21http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/anna-ioannovna/ Biography of Empress Anna of Russia Saint-Petersburg.com https://web.archive.org/web/20190821232855/http://www.saint-petersburg.com/royal-family/anna-ioannovna/ 2019-08-21 References 1740 1740 Category:1740 in the Russian Empire Category:Years of the 18th century in the Russian Empire Category:1740 by country