Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century – 18th century – 19th century
Decades:	1700s  1710s  1720s  – 1730s –  1740s  1750s  1760s
Years:	1736 1737 1738 – 1739 – 1740 1741 1742

1739 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science

Countries:   Canada – Great Britain –

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Year 1739 (MDCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar).

Contents 1 Events of 1739 1.1 January–June 1.2 July–December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths

[edit] Events of 1739

[edit] January–June

• January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• February 24 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• March 20 – Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor.

[edit] July–December

• September 9 – The Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston.
• September 18 – The Treaty of Belgrade brings the Russo-Turkish War (1735–1739) to an end.
• October 3 – The Treaty of Nissa is signed.
• October 17 – The Foundling Hospital is created in London by royal charter.
• October 23 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Great Britain declares war on Spain.
• November 21 – The British capture the South American silver exporting town of Portobelo from the Spanish.

[edit] Undated

• The first Bible in Estonian is published.
• Ecuador becomes a part of New Granada.
• 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki.

[edit] Births

1739 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1739 MDCCXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2492
Armenian calendar	1188 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-105 – -104
Berber calendar	2689
Buddhist calendar	2283
Burmese calendar	1101
Byzantine calendar	7247 – 7248
Chinese calendar	戊午年十一月廿二日 (4375/4435-11-22) — to — 己未年十二月初二日 (4376/4436-12-2)
Coptic calendar	1455 – 1456
Ethiopian calendar	1731 – 1732
Hebrew calendar	5499 – 5500
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1794 – 1795
- Shaka Samvat	1661 – 1662
- Kali Yuga	4840 – 4841
Holocene calendar	11739
Iranian calendar	1117 – 1118
Islamic calendar	1151 – 1152
Japanese calendar	Genbun 4 (元文4年)
Korean calendar	4072
Thai solar calendar	2282
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• January 25 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
• February 15 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
• March 16 – George Clymer, American politician and Founding Father (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)

[edit] Deaths

• January 20 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect/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)

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