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   In the year 1739 england & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo  

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   On this day in history george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)  

Mar 20   On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer  

Mar 20   Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne in the year 1739.  

Apr 05   French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty in the year 1739.  

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 06   In the year 1739 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   On this day in history turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade  

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

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

Jul 26   In the year 1739 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 on this day in history.  

Aug 27   On this day in history michel Delalande, composer  

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

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

Sep 07   In the year 1739 joseph Legros, composer  

Sep 09   Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65  

Sep 13   Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1739 treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks  

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   In the year 1739 grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II  

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.  

Oct 19   England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30] 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   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of joseph Pouteau, composer  

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   In the year 1739 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 19   Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies in the year 1739.  

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

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

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

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

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