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| 1738 |
| | | John Christopher builds the ‘Star and Garter’ tavern at the top of Petersham Common | |
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| 1738 |
| | | In the Treaty of Vienna, France accepts the Pragmatic Sanction of Charles VI – the last of the European powers to do so | |
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| 1739 |
| | | Britain declares war on Spain, partly in a mood of indignation over Captain Jenkins' ear | |
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| 1739 |
| | | The Persian ruler Nadir Shah enters Delhi and removes much of the accumulated treasure of the Mughal empire | |
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| 1739 |
| | | David Hume publishes his Treatise of Human Nature, in which he applies to the human mind the principles of experimental science | |
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| 1739 |
| | | English highwayman Dick Turpin is convicted of stealing two horses, in Yorkshire, and is hanged | |
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| 1740 |
| | | Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador become the Spanish viceroyalty of New Granada, with Bogota as the capital | |
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| 1740 |
| | | Frederick II, inheriting the throne in Prussia, establishes a cultured and musical court | |
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| c. 1740 |
| | | A charismatic leader, Baal Shem Tov, develops Hasidism in Poland as an influential revivalist movement within Judaism | |
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| c. 1740 |
| | | Italian dramatist Carlo Goldoni makes a success of plays in the ancient commedia dell'arte tradition | |
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