Historical Events In 1739

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

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

Jan 14   England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1739 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

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

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

Apr 21   On this day in history spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord  

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

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 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   Johannes Ritschel, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 30   In the year 1739 caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ  

Aug 27   Michel Delalande, composer on this day in history.  

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   Joseph Legros, composer in the year 1739.  

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

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   In the year 1739 turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks  

Sep 23   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade in the year 1739.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 19   On this day in history england declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]  

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

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 in the year 1739.  

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

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

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

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  

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 on this day in history.