Historical Events In 1739

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

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   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) in the year 1739.   

Mar 20   On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer   

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   In the year 1739 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

Apr 10   In the year 1739 dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing   

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

Apr 21   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord on this day in history.   

May 01   Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Aug 27   On this day in history michel Delalande, composer   

Sep 01   In the year 1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal   

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1739 reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65   

Sep 13   On this day in history giuseppe Sigismondo, composer   

Sep 18   Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks in the year 1739.   

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   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   In the year 1739 birth of henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)   

Jan 19   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born in the year 1739.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)   

Apr 07   Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706) died on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday   

Jul 25   On this day in history johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73   

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   In the year 1739 death of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)