Historical Events In 1739

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

Jan 04   Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 07   Joseph Pouteau, composer in the year 1739.   

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   On this day in history george Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)   

Mar 20   On this day in history eligio Celestino, composer   

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   In the year 1739 french emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty   

Apr 10   In the year 1739 dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing   

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

Apr 21   In the year 1739 spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord   

May 01   In the year 1739 measles in Thirteen Colonies   

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

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

Jul 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73   

Jul 26   In the year 1739 george Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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   In the year 1739 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   On this day in history birth of henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)   

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

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

Feb 15   On this day in history birth of alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)   

Mar 05   On this day in history birth of benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)   

Mar 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history death of dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)   

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

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

Jul 24   Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday in the year 1739.   

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   Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668) died on this day in history.