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

Feb 07   In the year 1739 joseph Pouteau, composer  

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

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   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   On this day in history dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing  

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

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

May 01   In the year 1739 measles in Thirteen Colonies  

May 06   Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

May 12   Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 06   Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade in the year 1739.  

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

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Sep 13   On this day in history giuseppe Sigismondo, composer  

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   On this day in history 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   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   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   In the year 1739 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)  

Mar 19   On this day in history birth of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)  

Jan 20   Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) died on this day in history.  

Apr 07   In the year 1739 death of dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)  

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

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

Jul 24   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1739.