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Thu Dec 07 2000 at 3:43:13
Born in 1739:
composer
Joseph Boulogne aka
Chevalier de Saint- Georges
,
as a
slave
on
Guadeloupe
.
German
composer
Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf
.
Finnish
writer
Henrik Porthan
.
Czech
composer
Jan Krtitel Vanhal
.
American
Revolutionary War
general
Ethan Allen
.
French
architect
Jean Chalgrin
, designer of the
Arc de Triomphe
.
English naturalist
William Bartram
.
Died in 1739:
French architect
Jean Courtonne
.
German composer
Reinhard Keiser
.
Italian
composer
Benedetto Marcello
.
English
highwayman
Dick Turpin
, hanged for horse stealing and murder.
Creek
Indian chief
Tomochichi
, friend of
James Oglethorpe
.
Japanese
mathematician
Takebe Kenko
.
French
physicist
and mathematician
Charles Francois Du Fay
.
Shoja-un-Din
,
Nawab
of
Bengal
.
Safaraz Khan
succeeds him.
Events of 1739:
David Hume
publishes his major work
A Treatise on Human Nature
.
French naval officer
Pierre Bouvet
discovers an island in the South Atlantic. Today a Norwegian dependency,
Bouvet Øya
is the remotest island in the world.
The British South Sea Company has a limited monopoly on trade with Spain's South American colonies. However, independent traders have been defying both the English and Spanish governments. When Spain begins enforcing trade restrictions, Prime Minister
Horace Walpole
's enemies in
Parliament
use the opportunity to attack him. They trot out an old sea captain named Jenkins whose ship had been boarded by the Spanish in
1731
. During this incident the Spanish cut of part off
Jenkins' ear
. Public outcry forces Walpole to declare
war
against Spain on October 19.
News of war causes a
slave
rebellion
in
South Carolina
. Slavemasters regain control after a bloody battle near the
Stono
river.
French explorers
Pierre
and
Paul Mallet
travel west from the
Illinois
country to
Santa Fe
, exploring the
Rocky Mountains
and naming the
Platte River
.
Austria ends its war with the Ottoman Empire. In the
Treaty of Belgrade
it gives up its claim to
Bosnia
.
(February 24) Iranian adventurer
Nadir Shah
defeats the
Mughal Emperor
Mohammed Shah
at the
Battle of Karnal
. On March 11 he invades
Delhi
and massacres 30,000 inhabitants. Among the plunder brought back to
Tehran
is the
Peacock Throne
. Mohammed Shah is forced to cede Nadir
Afghanistan
.
1738
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How They Were Made
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18th Century
1740
1738
18th century
Horace Walpole Loses His Little Dog
John Rutledge
1817
Stono Rebellion
War of Jenkins' Ear
Bouvet Island
Ethan Allen
Military History
Methods of Abbreviation
1701
1733
Bouvet
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
David Hume
Delhi
Bosnia and Herzegovina
abbot
Philadelphia