Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica in the year 1739.  

Jan 04   In the year 1739 henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)  

Jan 14   England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo in the year 1739.  

Feb 07   On this day in history joseph Pouteau, composer  

Feb 24   On this day in history battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.  

Mar 16   In the year 1739 george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)  

Mar 20   Eligio Celestino, composer on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1739 dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing  

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

Apr 21   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord on this day in history.  

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

May 06   In the year 1739 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63  

May 12   On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

Jul 06   Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer in the year 1739.  

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

Jul 24   On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday  

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

Jul 26   On this day in history george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

Jul 29   In the year 1739 johannes Ritschel, composer  

Jul 30   Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ in the year 1739.  

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

Sep 07   On this day in history joseph Legros, composer  

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

Sep 12   Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 in the year 1739.  

Sep 13   Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer in the year 1739.  

Sep 18   Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks in the year 1739.  

Sep 23   On this day in history russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade  

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

Oct 03   In the year 1739 the Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.  

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Jan 04   In the year 1739 birth of henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)  

Jan 19   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 25   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)  

Mar 16   George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born in the year 1739.  

Mar 19   In the year 1739 birth of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)  

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   In the year 1739 nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies  

May 06   In the year 1739 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63  

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

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

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

Sep 08   In the year 1739 death of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)