- 1739
Year 1739 (MDCCXXXIX) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of theGregorian calendar (or acommon year starting on Monday of the 11-day slowerJulian calendar ).Events of 1739
January - June
*January 1 -Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorerJean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier .
*February 24 -Battle of Karnal : The army of Iranian rulerNadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India,Muhammad Shah .
*March 20 -Nadir Shah occupiesDelhi inIndia and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of thePeacock Throne , including theKoh-i-Noor .July - December
*September 9 - TheStono Rebellion erupts near Charleston.
*September 18 - TheTreaty of Belgrade brings theRusso-Turkish War (1735–1739) to an end.
*October 3 - TheTreaty of Nissa is signed.
*October 17 - TheFoundling Hospital is created inLondon byroyal charter .
*October 23 -War of Jenkins' Ear :Great Britain declares war onSpain .
*November 21 - The British capture theSouth America n silver exporting town of Portobelo from the Spanish.Undated
* The first Bible in Estonian is published.
*Ecuador becomes a part of New Granada.
* 84,000 farmers revolt in the province ofIwaki .Births
*January 25 -Charles François Dumouriez , French general (d.1823 )
*February 15 -Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart , French architect (d.1813 )
*March 19 -Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance , Third Consul of France (d.1824 )
*July 26 - George Clinton, American soldier and politician (d.1812 )
*November 2 -Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian composer (d.1799 )
*November 20 -Jean-François de la Harpe , French critic (d.1803 )
*December 14 -Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours , French politician (d.1817 )
*"date unknown" -Johann Augustus Eberhard , German theologian and philosopher (d.1809 ): "See also ."
Deaths
*January 20 -Francesco Galli Bibiena , Italianarchitect /designer (b.1659 )
*April 7 -Dick Turpin , English highwayman (hanged) (b.1705 )
*April 19 -Nicholas Saunderson , English scientist and mathematician (b.1682 )
*July 24 -Benedetto Marcello , Italian composer (b.1686 )
*September 8 -Yuri Troubetzkoy , Governor of Belgorod (b.1668 )
*September 12 -Ernest Louis, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b.1667 )
*October 18 -Antônio José da Silva , Brazilian-born dramatist (b.1705 ): "See also ."
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