Deaths on January 27

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

Died on January 27, 1740

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1692)

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon, or Louis Henri I, Prince of Condé (18 August 1692 – 27 January 1740), was head of the Bourbon-Condé cadet branch of the France's reigning House of Bourbon from 1710 to his death, and served as prime minister to his kinsman Louis XV from 1723 to 1726. Despite succeeding as head of the House of Condé in 1709 as Prince of Condé, he never used that name, preferring the title Duke of Bourbon, and was known at court as Monsieur le Duc. As a member of the reigning House of Bourbon, he was a prince du sang.

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Events on 1740

8 Apr

Action of 8 April 1740
War of Jenkins' Ear: Three British ships capture the Spanish third-rate Princesa, taken into service as HMS Princess.
13 Jun

Siege of St. Augustine (1740)
Georgia provincial governor James Oglethorpe begins an unsuccessful attempt to take Spanish Florida during the Siege of St. Augustine.
11 Jul

Jews
Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
9 Oct

1740 Batavia massacre
Dutch colonists and various slave groups begin massacring ethnic Chinese in Batavia, eventually killing 10,000 and leading to a two-year-long war throughout Java.
20 Oct

War of the Austrian Succession
Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony refuse to honour the Pragmatic Sanction and the War of the Austrian Succession begins.

Deaths on January 27

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

Died on January 27, 1740

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Events on 1740

Action of 8 April 1740

Siege of St. Augustine (1740)

Jews

1740 Batavia massacre

War of the Austrian Succession