Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   On this day in history j B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica   

Jan 04   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) in the year 1739.   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   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   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 in the year 1739.   

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   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

May 12   On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

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   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.   

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 in the year 1739.   

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   Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) in the year 1739.   

Sep 12   Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 in the year 1739.   

Sep 13   On this day in history giuseppe Sigismondo, composer   

Sep 18   On this day in history 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   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade in the year 1739.   

Sep 24   Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II in the year 1739.   

Oct 03   In the year 1739 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 in the year 1739.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)   

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 in the year 1739.   

Mar 05   Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1739 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)   

Mar 19   In the year 1739 birth of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)   

Jan 20   In the year 1739 death of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)   

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

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

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

Jul 24   In the year 1739 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   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.