What happened in 1739?

Fifth Russo-Turkish War

Wars & Conflicts

1735-1739 part of the Russo-Turkish Wars

War of Jenkins' Ear

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

1739–1748 conflict between Britain and Spain

Battle of Karnal

Wars & Conflicts · Karnal

1739 part of the Persian Invasion of India

Battle of Grocka

Wars & Conflicts · Grocka City Municipality

1739 battle

Battle of Porto Bello

Wars & Conflicts · Portobelo

1739 battle

Capture of Belgrade

Wars & Conflicts · Belgrade

1739 siege

Battle of Stavuchany

Wars & Conflicts · Stavchany

1739 battle of the Russo-Turkish war

Travancore–Dutch War

Wars & Conflicts · Kerala

1739–1753 war

Raid on Quistello

Wars & Conflicts · Quistello

1739 raid (battle of Quistello)

Battle of Vasai

Wars & Conflicts · Vasai

1739 conflict between the Portuguese and Maratha Empires in India

Stono Rebellion

Wars & Conflicts · Province of South Carolina

Slave rebellion in colony of South Carolina, 1739

Treaty of Belgrade

Politics & Government

1739 treaty between Austria and the Ottomans

Charles François de Cisternay du Fay died

People · Paris

French chemist

Nicholas Saunderson died

People · Cambridge

English mathematician (1682–1739)

Leonty Magnitsky died

People · Moscow

Russian mathematician

Takebe Katahiro died

People · Edo

Japanese mathematician

Eustachio Manfredi died

People · Bologna

Italian mathematician, astronomer and poet (1674–1739)

Nicolas Sarrabat died

People · Paris

French astronomer

Jacobus Wittichius died

People · Leiden

German-Dutch philosopher

Giovanni Battista Nauclerio died

People · Naples

Italian architect and engineer

Jean Pigeon died

People · Paris

18th century French physicist (1654–1739)

Henry Farquharson died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian mathematician

Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach died

People · Jena

German organist, child of J. S. Bach

Santiago de Murcia died

People · Madrid

Spanish guitarist and composer (1673-1739)

Matthias Buchinger died

People · Cork

German magician (1674-1739)

Francesco Alborea died

People · Vienna

Italian composer and cellist

Johann Ernst Bach died

People · Arnstadt

German organist

Gottfried Grünewald died

People · Darmstadt

German organist and composer

Carlo Ignazio Monza died

People · Vercelli

Italian composer

Gregory Potyomkin born

People · Chizhevo

Born in Chizhevo. Russian military leader and politician (1739–1791).

George Clinton born

People · Little Britain

Born in Little Britain. Vice president of the United States from 1805 to 1812 (1739–1812).

Charles François Dumouriez born

People · Cambrai

Born in Cambrai. French general (1739–1823).

Johann Beckmann born

People · Hoya

Born in Hoya. German philosopher, economist and agronomist.

John Robison born

People · Scotland

Born in Scotland. Scottish physicist and mathematician (1739–1805).

Henrik Gabriel Porthan born

People · Viitasaari

Born in Viitasaari. Finnish professor and rector (1739–1804).

Saliha Sultan died

People · Istanbul

Died in Istanbul. Queen mother (valide sultan) of the Ottoman Empire from September 20, 1730, to September 21, 1739 (1680–1739).

Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony born

People · Wermsdorf

Born in Wermsdorf. Roman Catholic archbishop (1739-1812).

Bouvet Island

Exploration & Discovery

Norwegian uninhabited subantarctic volcanic island

Synagogue in Stawiski

Religion & Belief Systems

Honen Dalim

Religion & Belief Systems · Oranjestad

Former synagogue in Sint Eustatius

Synagogue in Ledeč nad Sázavou

Religion & Belief Systems

Santa Maria del Mazzaro

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Mazzarino, Italy

Heilig Kreuz

Religion & Belief Systems · Albersbach

Filial church in Albersbach, Markt Indersdorf, Germany

St. Georg

Religion & Belief Systems · Eismerszell

Filial church in Eismerszell, Germany

St. Leonhard (Kienraching)

Religion & Belief Systems

Our Lady of Kazan church

Religion & Belief Systems

Minor Basilica of the Holy Child

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic minor basilica in Cebu City, Philippines

Convento di Santa Maria ad Nives di Palazzolo

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Rocca di Papa, Italy

Temple of St. Luke

Religion & Belief Systems

Greek Catholic temple and national cultural monument in the village of Tročany, Bardejov district, Slovakia

Siniloan Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic parish church in Siniloan, Laguna, Philippines

Penghu Sanguan Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

The Temple of Three Great Emperor-Officials, Penghu, Taiwan

Lingyun Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Buddhist temple in Wugu, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Village church Rädel

Religion & Belief Systems · Rädel

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

St. Mauritius and St. Andreas (Kleinneuhausen)

Religion & Belief Systems

Chiesa di Santa Croce

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Treviso, Italy

San Giovanni Battista

Religion & Belief Systems · Oneglia

Church building in Imperia, Italy

Saint Paul's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church in Norfolk, Virginia

All Saints' Episcopal Church, Waccamaw

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Madonna del Rosario Church and Chapel of Santa Maria dei Greppi at Magliasina

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Caslano in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland

Zur Schmerzhaften Muttergottes

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Schwabmünchen, Germany

Saint Amandus Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Ingelmunster

Church in Ingelmunster, Belgium

St. Martin Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic church in Deubach (Ichenhausen)

St. Remigius

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Schleching, Germany

Shintoku-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto

christ catholic church of St. George

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Zuzgen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Khram Ilii Proroka

Religion & Belief Systems

Tula, Russia

rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential building in Oberlunkhofen in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church-owned residential building in Buchrain, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Rectory in Chrastava

Religion & Belief Systems

Pfarrhäuser der Dreifaltigkeitskirche

Religion & Belief Systems · Berlin-Mitte

Royal Mint of Denmark

Economy & Trade · Copenhagen

National mint (coin manufacturer) of Denmark

1739 Yinchuan–Pingluo earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

M8.0 earthquake in China

Church of Saint Ildefonso

Architecture & Engineering · Freguesia de Santo Ildefonso

18th-century church in Oporto

Holy Trinity Church

Architecture & Engineering · Berlin-Mitte

Baroque Protestant church in Berlin

Basilica of the Holy Christ, Outeiro

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Bragança, Bragança District, Portugal

Église Notre Dame de l'Assomption, Metz

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Moselle, in France

John Wesley's New Room

Architecture & Engineering

Grade I listed church in Bristol, England, UK

Bernardston Congregational Unitarian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Fort Assumption

Architecture & Engineering

18th century French military base in present day Tennessee

Igreja da Ordem Terceira da Santíssima Trindade

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Salvador, Bahia

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Clarté de Plonévez-Porzay

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel located in Finistère, in France

Chapelle des Pénitents noirs

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel in Avignon, France

St. Michael’s Chapel, Nitra

Architecture & Engineering

Kotzen Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Havelské město

Former theatre and opera house in Prague (1739-1783 )

Kingdom of Serbia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Belgrade

Kingdom of Serbia ceased to exist, having been centered at Belgrade.