1739
Millennium: 2nd millenniumCenturies: 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: Great Britain -
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
Births - Deaths - Works
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).
Events of 1739
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.
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.
Undated
- The first Bible in Estonian is published.
- Ecuador becomes a part of New Granada.
- 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki.
Births
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
- 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)
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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