1739
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| Gregorian calendar | 1739 MDCCXXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2492 |
| Armenian calendar | 1188 ԹՎ ՌՃՁԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6489 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1660–1661 |
| Bengali calendar | 1146 |
| Berber calendar | 2689 |
| British Regnal year | 12 Geo. 2 – 13 Geo. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2283 |
| Burmese calendar | 1101 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7247–7248 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4436 or 4229 — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4437 or 4230 |
| Coptic calendar | 1455–1456 |
| Discordian calendar | 2905 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1731–1732 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5499–5500 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1795–1796 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1660–1661 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4839–4840 |
| Holocene calendar | 11739 |
| Igbo calendar | 739–740 |
| Iranian calendar | 1117–1118 |
| Islamic calendar | 1151–1152 |
| Japanese calendar | Genbun 4 (元文４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1663–1664 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 11 days |
| Korean calendar | 4072 |
| Minguo calendar | 173 before ROC 民前173年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 271 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2281–2282 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1865 or 1484 or 712 — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1866 or 1485 or 713 |
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Year 1739 (MDCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.
Events
January–June
- January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the South Atlantic Ocean.
- February 24 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
- March 20 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor.
- May 12 – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol in England, the world's first Methodist meeting house.[1]
- June 2 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm.[2]
July–December
- September 9 – The Stono Rebellion, a slave rebellion, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
- September 18 – The Treaty of Belgrade brings the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39) to an end.
- October 3 – The Treaty of Niš 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 20–22 – War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Porto Bello: British marine forces capture the Panamanian silver exporting town of Portobelo from the Spanish.
Date unknown
- Ecuador becomes a part of New Granada.
- 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of Iwaki in Japan.
- Plinian eruption of Mount Tarumae volcano in Japan.
- The 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 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)
- August 31 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1809)
- 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
- Bénédict Chastanier, French surgeon (d. 1816)
- Samuel Mason, Revolutionary War soldier and early American outlaw (d. 1803)
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)
References
- ^ "History of The New Room". Bristol: The New Room. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ^ "History". Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien. Retrieved September 27, 2011.