Today in History for Year 1739

Months in Year 1739: January February March April May July August September October November

Historical Events

Events 1 - 17 of 17

Jan 1st - J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
Jan 14th - England & Spain signs 2nd Convention of Pardo
Feb 24th - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
Mar 20th - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
Apr 5th - French emperor Karel VI sign secret treaty
Apr 7th - Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
Apr 21st - Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
Jul 22nd - Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia & threaten Belgrade
Jul 30th - Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, NJ
Sep 1st - 35 Jews sentenced to life in prison in Lisbon Portugal
Sep 9th - Slave revolt in Stono SC led by Jemmy (25 whites killed)
Sep 18th - Turkey & Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks
Sep 23rd - Russia & Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade
Oct 3rd - The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736-1739.
Oct 19th - England declares war on Spain [OS=Oct 30]
Oct 23rd - War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain.
Oct 30th - England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear [NS=Oct 19]

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 21 of 21

Jan 4th - Henrik C Cras, Dutch lawyer (Laudatio Hugonis Grotii)
Jan 19th - Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect (d. 1808)
Jan 25th - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
Feb 7th - Joseph Pouteau, composer
Feb 15th - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
Mar 5th - Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge, doctor, Massachusetts militia officer, member of the Massachusetts legislature (d. 1819)
Mar 16th - George Clymer, US merchant (signed Decl of Ind, Constitution)
Mar 19th - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
Mar 20th - Eligio Celestino, composer
May 12th - Johann Baptist (Jan Krtitel) Vanhal, composer
Jul 6th - Freidrich Wilhelm Rust, composer
Jul 26th - George Clinton, NY, (D-R) 4th VP (1805-12)
Jul 29th - Johannes Ritschel, composer
Aug 27th - Michel Delalande, composer
Sep 7th - Joseph Legros, composer
Sep 13th - Giuseppe Sigismondo, composer
Sep 13th - Grigory Potemkin, army officer, statesman, Catherine II's lover, OS
Sep 17th - John Rutledge, 2nd (appointed) Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
Sep 24th - Grigorij A Potemkin, Monarch of Tauris/friend of Catherine II
Oct 27th - Franz Ignaz Kaa, composer
Nov 2nd - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 11 of 11

Jan 20th - Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (b. 1659)
Apr 7th - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
Apr 19th - Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
May 6th - Bernardus Smijtegelt, vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
Jul 24th - Benedetto Marcello, composer, dies on 53rd birthday
Jul 25th - Johannes van der Hagen, vicar/genealogy/chronologist, dies at 73
Sep 3rd - George Lillo, English dramatist (Fatal Curiosity), dies at 46
Sep 8th - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
Sep 12th - Reinhard Keiser, Germ conductor/composer (Markus-Passion), dies at 65
Oct 18th - Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)
Nov 12th - Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71