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Recognised as Decade

1740s

  • 1740-1749
  • 3,653 days
  • 3 leap years
  • 18th century

The 1740s was the decade from 1 January 1740 to 31 December 1749, 3,653 days in total. It contained 3 leap years (1740, 1744, 1748). Counted strictly from year 1 the decade would run 1741 to 1750; this page uses the common reading.

Span of the decade

First day1 January 1740
Last day31 December 1749
Opened on aFriday
Closed on aWednesday
Days in the decade3,653
Weeks in the decade521 and 6 days
Century18th century

The years of the 1740s

1740Leap year, 366 days
1741Common year, 365 days
1742Common year, 365 days
1743Common year, 365 days
1744Leap year, 366 days
1745Common year, 365 days
1746Common year, 365 days
1747Common year, 365 days
1748Leap year, 366 days
1749Common year, 365 days

Leap years

Leap years1740, 1744, 1748
How many3a decade spanning a skipped century leap year has fewer
Common years7

Unix time

Start of the decade-7,258,118,400seconds since 1 January 1970
End of the decade-6,942,499,201the last second of 31 December

Where a decade starts

This page uses1740 to 1749the common reading, grouping years by their shared first three digits
The strict ordinal decade1741 to 1750counting in tens from year 1, the 175th decade runs 1741 to 1750
Which is correctBoth, for different questionsthe first is a naming convention, the second follows from counting; neither is derived from the other

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