Historical Events In 1739

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

Jan 04   On this day in history henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1739 nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies   

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 in the year 1739.   

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

Jul 06   In the year 1739 freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer   

Jul 22   Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday on this day in history.   

Jul 25   Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73 in the year 1739.   

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

Jul 29   On this day in history 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   In the year 1739 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal   

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

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 03   In the year 1739 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 on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 15   Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813) was born on this day in history.   

Mar 05   Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819) was born in the year 1739.   

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   Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659) died on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1739.   

Jul 25   Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73 in the year 1739.   

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.