Historical Events In 1739

Jan 01   J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica in the year 1739.   

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

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

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer in the year 1739.   

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   In the year 1739 nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies   

Apr 21   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord on this day in history.   

May 01   On this day in history measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

May 12   Jan Krtitel Vanhal, composer in the year 1739.   

Jul 06   Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 22   In the year 1739 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   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) on this day in history.   

Jul 29   Johannes Ritschel, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 27   On this day in history 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 in the year 1739.   

Sep 07   In the year 1739 joseph Legros, composer   

Sep 09   Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed) in the year 1739.   

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks in the year 1739.   

Sep 23   In the year 1739 russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade   

Sep 24   Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II in the year 1739.   

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   Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer was born in the year 1739.   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 16   In the year 1739 birth of george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 19   In the year 1739 nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies   

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

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   

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.