1740s
George II's later reign
The 1740s refers to the decade spanning 1740 through 1749.
Like other decade terms, it functions as a noun or adjective to locate events, styles, or people in time: The 1740s saw major European conflicts, a 1740s farmhouse.
The S is sometimes rendered with an apostrophe (1740's), though the form without is now standard.
Hat with triangular silhouette
- panniersPaired cargo baskets
- hoopskirtStiffened underskirt framework
- waistcoatSleeveless torso garment
- jabotDecorative neckline ruffle
stomacher · corset · brocade · damask · embroidery · Rococo · pompadour · snuffbox
Large-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- frontierEdge of settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
indigenous · missionaries · fortifications · Caribbean · tobacco · sugar
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- HumeScottish Enlightenment philosopher
- EncyclopédieComprehensive Enlightenment-era French reference
Montesquieu · rationalism · empiricism · deism · secularism · salons · reason · skepticism
tricorne
Hat with triangular silhouette
- panniersPaired cargo baskets
- hoopskirtStiffened underskirt framework
- waistcoatSleeveless torso garment
jabot · stomacher · corset · brocade · damask · embroidery · Rococo · pompadour · snuffbox · fan
plantation
Large-scale farming operation
- mercantilismTrade policy favoring exports
- frontierEdge of settlement
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
colonists · indigenous · missionaries · fortifications · Caribbean · tobacco · sugar
Voltaire
French Enlightenment satirist
- RousseauFrench surname, philosopher or painter
- DiderotPhilosopher who assembled comprehensive knowledge
- HumeScottish Enlightenment philosopher
Montesquieu · Encyclopédie · rationalism · empiricism · deism · secularism · salons · reason · skepticism · coffeehouse
Prussia
Former German kingdom
mid-century
Halfway through a hundred
- pre-revolutionaryBefore a political overthrow
1740s2020s
Third decade, 21st century
2010s · 21st century · the present · modern times · contemporary era
1740s1790s
Final eighteenth-century decade
1780s · 1860s · Napoleonic era · 1770s · 1910s
1740sdigital age
Epoch of computerized life
2020s · Industrial Revolution · modern era · Victorian era · 1890s