Historical Events In 1739

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

Jan 04   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) in the year 1739.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1739 joseph Pouteau, composer   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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   Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies in the year 1739.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jul 06   Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer in the year 1739.   

Jul 22   On this day in history turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade   

Jul 24   On this day in history 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) in the year 1739.   

Jul 29   Johannes Ritschel, composer in the year 1739.   

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   35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal in the year 1739.   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks   

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 in the year 1739.   

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

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   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   On this day in history birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)   

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

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

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) died in the year 1739.