Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   On this day in history j B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica  

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

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 in the year 1739.  

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

May 01   In the year 1739 measles in Thirteen Colonies  

May 06   In the year 1739 bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63  

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

Jul 06   Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 22   Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade in the year 1739.  

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

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

Sep 07   On this day in history joseph Legros, composer  

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

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   Treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks in the year 1739.  

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

Sep 23   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade on this day in history.  

Sep 24   In the year 1739 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.  

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

Jan 19   Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808) was born in the year 1739.  

Jan 25   In the year 1739 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   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 in the year 1739.  

Jan 20   In the year 1739 death of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)  

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

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  

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)