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   On this day in history england & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo   

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   In the year 1739 eligio Celestino, composer   

Mar 20   In the year 1739 nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.   

Apr 05   French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty in the year 1739.   

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   Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord in the year 1739.   

May 01   Measles in Thirteen Colonies on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1739.   

Jul 22   Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade 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   

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   On this day in history michel Delalande, composer   

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

Sep 03   On this day in history george Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46   

Sep 07   Joseph Legros, composer in the year 1739.   

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   On this day in history treaty of Belgrade-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks   

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   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   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) was born in the year 1739.   

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

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

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

Feb 15   In the year 1739 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 in the year 1739.   

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

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   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   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 on this day in history.   

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