Historical Events In 1739

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

Jan 04   In the year 1739 henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)  

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

Feb 07   In the year 1739 joseph Pouteau, composer  

Feb 24   Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah in the year 1739.  

Mar 16   On this day in history george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)  

Mar 20   In the year 1739 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   On this day in history french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

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

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

Apr 21   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord in the year 1739.  

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

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

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   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.  

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

Jul 26   In the year 1739 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   In the year 1739 michel Delalande, composer  

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

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 in the year 1739.  

Sep 07   In the year 1739 joseph Legros, composer  

Sep 09   On this day in history 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   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   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.  

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Jan 04   In the year 1739 birth of henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)  

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 in the year 1739.  

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   George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born in the year 1739.  

Mar 19   Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) died on this day in history.  

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   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   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 in the year 1739.  

Sep 08   On this day in history death of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)