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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 .

ian 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 - Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston .

September 18 - Treaty Of Belgrade brings the Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739 to an end.

October 3 - Treaty Of Nissa signed.

October 17 - The Foundling Hospital is created in London by Royal Charter .

October 23 - Great Britain declares war on Spain . This becomes known as the War Of Jenkins' Ear .

November 21 - The British capture the South America n silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish.

Undated

First Bible in Estonian is published.

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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