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  • Portrait de Marie Leczinska

  • Dardanus

  • Camp des troupes françaises en marche pour la Bohême entre Nuremberg et Erlastejen

  • Portrait de Mademoiselle Sallé, dansant

  • La nouvelle Justine, ou Les malheurs de la vertu.

Rameau and his work

Birth of Alexandre, Rameau's second son; baptised the following day in the presence of his illustrious godparents.

Les Fêtes d'Hébé performed at  Versailles, Concert de la Reine, 14 and 19 March.  

Les Indes galantes performed at Versailles, Concert de la Reine, 2 and 4 May.

Première of Arlequin Dardanus, a parody by Favart of Rameau's Dardanus.

Rameau and his period

Beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748).

Birth of Paisiello in Roccaforzata. 

Bach commences work on Die Kunst der Fuge.

Retirement of the dancer Marie Sallé.

Birth of the Marquis de Sade in Paris.