Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1739 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   In the year 1739 eligio Celestino, composer  

Mar 20   In the year 1739 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 in the year 1739.  

Apr 21   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord in the year 1739.  

May 01   On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies  

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

May 12   Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer in the year 1739.  

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   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.  

Jul 25   On this day in history johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73  

Jul 26   George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) in the year 1739.  

Jul 29   Johannes Ritschel, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ on this day in history.  

Aug 27   On this day in history michel Delalande, composer  

Sep 01   35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal on this day in history.  

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 in the year 1739.  

Sep 07   In the year 1739 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 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 18   Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 19   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born in the year 1739.  

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)  

Feb 07   In the year 1739 birth of joseph Pouteau, composer  

Feb 15   Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jul 25   Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 in the year 1739.  

Sep 08   Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) died on this day in history.