Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica in the year 1739.  

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   In the year 1739 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 10   On this day in history dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing  

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

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

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

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

Jul 06   In the year 1739 freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer  

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

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   On this day in history george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)  

Jul 29   On this day in history johannes Ritschel, composer  

Jul 30   Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Michel Delalande, composer in the year 1739.  

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

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) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 13   In the year 1739 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 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1739 england declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]  

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

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

Jan 25   In the year 1739 birth of charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)  

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

Feb 15   Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born in the year 1739.  

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   Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1739.  

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

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.