Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer on this day in history.   

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

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   On this day in history dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing   

Apr 19   Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

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

May 01   Measles in Thirteen Colonies in the year 1739.   

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

May 12   On this day in history jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   In the year 1739 caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ   

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   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   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   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 on this day in history.   

Sep 23   Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade in the year 1739.   

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

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

May 06   Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 08   In the year 1739 death of yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)