1739

Events

• 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

Births

• January 25 - Charles Franois Dumouriez, French general (died 1823)
• February 15 - Alexandre-Thodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
• July 26 - George Clinton, American soldier and politician (died 1812)
• November 2 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer (died 1799)
• November 20 - Jean-Franois de la Harpe, French critic (died 1803)
• Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (died 1809)
• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, founder of a family of entrepreneurs (died 1817)

Deaths

• April 7 - Dick Turpin, highwayman (hanged)

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