Historical Events In 1739

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

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

Jan 14   On this day in history england & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo   

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   Eligio Celestino, composer on this day in history.   

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

Apr 10   In the year 1739 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 01   In the year 1739 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

May 12   Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer in the year 1739.   

Jul 06   On this day in history freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer   

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   Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jul 26   George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12) on this day in history.   

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   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 in the year 1739.   

Sep 07   Joseph Legros, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 09   In the year 1739 slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)   

Sep 12   Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1739 turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks   

Sep 23   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade in the year 1739.   

Sep 24   On this day in history grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II   

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   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   On this day in history birth of joseph Pouteau, composer   

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)   

Mar 05   In the year 1739 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)   

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

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

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

May 06   On this day in history bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63   

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   

Sep 03   On this day in history george Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46   

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