1739

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

* 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)

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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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