Historical Events In 1739

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

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   On this day in history 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   George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) in the year 1739.  

Mar 20   In the year 1739 eligio Celestino, composer  

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   In the year 1739 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty  

Apr 10   In the year 1739 dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing  

Apr 19   On this day in history nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies  

Apr 21   On this day in history spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord  

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   On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer  

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   In the year 1739 johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73  

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

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 in the year 1739.  

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 in the year 1739.  

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

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

Jan 19   In the year 1739 birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)  

Jan 25   In the year 1739 birth of charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)  

Feb 07   In the year 1739 birth of joseph Pouteau, composer  

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

Mar 05   Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 16   George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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