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   England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo on this day in history.   

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

Mar 20   In the year 1739 eligio Celestino, composer   

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

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

May 01   In the year 1739 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

May 12   Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer on this day in history.   

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   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   

Jul 26   On this day in history george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

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   In the year 1739 michel Delalande, composer   

Sep 01   35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal in the year 1739.   

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   In the year 1739 reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65   

Sep 13   In the year 1739 giuseppe Sigismondo, composer   

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   On this day in history 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.   

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

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

Jan 25   On this day in history birth of charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)   

Feb 07   On this day in history birth of joseph Pouteau, composer   

Feb 15   Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born in the year 1739.   

Mar 05   In the year 1739 birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)   

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

Mar 19   In the year 1739 birth of charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)   

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

Apr 07   Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706) died in the year 1739.   

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   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   

Sep 03   George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   On this day in history death of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)