1739

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	17th century 18th century 19th century
Decades:	1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s 1750s
Years:	1736 1737 1738 1739 1740 1741 1742

1739 in various calendars

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

1739 (MDCCXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1739th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 739th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1730s decade. As of the start of 1739, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Events

January–June

• January 1 – Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Battle of Karnal.

• 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.
• June 2 – The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden.

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.

War of Jenkins' Ear.

• 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, 4th Vice President of the United States, American soldier and politician (d. 1812)
• August 31 – Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1809)
• September 17 – John Rutledge, Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1800)
• 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
  • Antonio Cachia, Maltese architect, engineer and archaeologist (d. 1813)
  • Bénédict Chastanier, French surgeon (d. 1816)
  • Samuel Mason, Revolutionary War soldier and early American outlaw (d. 1803)
  • Karoline Kaulla, German banker (d. 1809)

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)