1739
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| Years: 1736 1737 1738 - 1739 - 1740 1741 1742 |
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| Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s - 1730s - 1740s 1750s 1760s |
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| Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1739 in topic: Lists of leaders: |
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Events
- January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
- March 20 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor
- September 9 - Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston
- September 18 - Treaty of Belgrade signed
- October 3 - Treaty of Nissa signed
- October 23 - Great Britain declares war on Spain. This becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear
- November 21 - The British capture the South American silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish
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Births
- January 25 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
- February 15 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
- 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)
- Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1809)
- Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French politician (d. 1817)
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Deaths
- April 7 - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1705)
- April 9 - Nicolas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (b. 1682)
- July 24 - Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
- September 8 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
- October 18 - Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)
