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) on this day in history.  

Jan 14   England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo in the year 1739.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.  

Apr 05   French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1739 spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord  

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

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

May 12   In the year 1739 jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

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

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

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) on this day in history.  

Jul 29   In the year 1739 johannes Ritschel, composer  

Jul 30   On this day in history caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ  

Aug 27   Michel Delalande, composer on this day in history.  

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

Sep 03   In the year 1739 george Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46  

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   On this day in history reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65  

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

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   Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II in the year 1739.  

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

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   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   Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) died in the year 1739.  

Apr 07   On this day in history death of dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)  

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

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

Sep 08   Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) died on this day in history.