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

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer in the year 1739.  

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

Mar 20   Eligio Celestino, composer in the year 1739.  

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   In the year 1739 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 in the year 1739.  

Jul 25   In the year 1739 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 in the year 1739.  

Jul 30   Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ in the year 1739.  

Aug 27   In the year 1739 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   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   Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65 in the year 1739.  

Sep 13   Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1739 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   In the year 1739 russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade  

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

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.  

Oct 19   England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30] on this day in history.  

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

Jan 19   In the year 1739 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   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   Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born in the year 1739.  

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   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1739.  

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