Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   In the year 1739 j B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica   

Jan 04   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) on this day in history.   

Jan 14   On this day in history england & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo   

Feb 07   In the year 1739 joseph Pouteau, composer   

Feb 24   In the year 1739 battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.   

Mar 16   George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) on this day in history.   

Mar 20   In the year 1739 eligio Celestino, composer   

Mar 20   On this day in history nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.   

Apr 05   French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on this day in history.   

Apr 10   Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing in the year 1739.   

Apr 19   Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1739 spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord   

May 01   Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

May 06   On this day in history bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

May 12   In the year 1739 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

Jul 06   On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer   

Jul 22   Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday in the year 1739.   

Jul 25   Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73 in the year 1739.   

Jul 26   In the year 1739 george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

Jul 29   Johannes Ritschel, composer in the year 1739.   

Jul 30   On this day in history caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ   

Aug 27   Michel Delalande, composer in the year 1739.   

Sep 01   In the year 1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal   

Sep 03   On this day in history george Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46   

Sep 07   In the year 1739 joseph Legros, composer   

Sep 09   Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) in the year 1739.   

Sep 12   In the year 1739 reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65   

Sep 13   Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer in the year 1739.   

Sep 18   Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks in the year 1739.   

Sep 18   On this day in history turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks   

Sep 23   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II in the year 1739.   

Oct 03   The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739 on this day in history.   

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Jan 04   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) was born in the year 1739.   

Jan 19   In the year 1739 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)   

Jan 25   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born in the year 1739.   

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer was born on this day in history.   

Feb 15   In the year 1739 birth of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)   

Mar 05   In the year 1739 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)   

Mar 16   On this day in history birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)   

Mar 19   Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824) was born in the year 1739.   

Jan 20   In the year 1739 death of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)   

Apr 07   Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706) died in the year 1739.   

Apr 19   On this day in history nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies   

May 06   Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 in the year 1739.   

Jul 24   In the year 1739 benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday   

Jul 25   In the year 1739 johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73   

Sep 03   In the year 1739 george Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46   

Sep 08   Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) died in the year 1739.