Historical Events
- Jan 1 J B C Bouvet de Lozier discovers Bouvet Island, near Antarctica
- Jan 14 Britain and Spain sign 2nd Convention of Pardo
- Feb 24 Battle of Karnal: Army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah
- Mar 20 Iranian ruler Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne
- Apr 5 French and Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI sign secret treaty
- Apr 7 Dick Turpin executed in England for horse stealing
- Apr 21 Spain & Naples-Austria sign peace accord
- Jul 10 King George II authorises the Admiralty Board to seek maritime reprisals against Spain (War of Jenkin's Ear)
- Jul 22 Ottoman Empire defeats Austria at Crocyka (Krotzka) in Serbia and then successfully lays siege to Belgrade
- Jul 30 Caspar Wistar begins glass manufacturing in Allowaystown, New Jersey
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Famous People Who Died in 1739
- Jan 20 Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect and designer, dies at 80
- Apr 7 Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1706)
- Apr 19 Nicholas Saunderson, mathematician, dies
- May 6 Bernardus Smijtegelt, Dutch vicar (Gekrookte Reed), dies at 63
- Jul 24 Benedetto Marcello, Italian author and composer (Lettera Famigliare), dies on 53rd birthday
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