Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   In the year 1739 j B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica   

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

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

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer in the year 1739.   

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   In the year 1739 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   On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

Apr 10   Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing on this day in history.   

Apr 19   In the year 1739 nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies   

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   In the year 1739 turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade   

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.   

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 in the year 1739.   

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

Sep 07   On this day in history joseph Legros, composer   

Sep 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks   

Sep 23   In the year 1739 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 in the year 1739.   

Jan 19   In the year 1739 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)   

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

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer was born in the year 1739.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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