Editing 1739 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Bouvet Island]] is discovered by French explorer [[Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier]], in the South Atlantic Ocean.
* [[January 3]] &ndash; A [[1739 Yinchuan-Pingluo earthquake|7.6 earthquake]] shakes the [[Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region]] in [[China]] killing 50,000 people.
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Karnal]]: The army of [[History of Iran#Nader Shah and his successors|Iranian]] ruler [[Nader Shah]] defeats the forces of the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor of [[History of India#The Mughal era|India]], [[Muhammad Shah]].
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]], India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]], including the [[Koh-i-Noor]].

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 7]] &ndash; English highwayman [[Dick Turpin]] is executed by hanging for [[horse theft]].
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[John Wesley]] lays the foundation stone of the [[New Room, Bristol]] in England, the world's first [[Methodist]] meeting house.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of The New Room|url=http://www.newroombristol.org.uk/History|publisher=The New Room|location=Bristol|access-date=2011-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817211537/http://newroombristol.org.uk/History|archive-date=August 17, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] &ndash; (June 2 [[Old Style]]); The [[Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]] is founded in [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]].<ref>{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Kungl. Vetenskapsakademien|url=http://www.kva.se/en/About-the-academy/History/|access-date=2011-09-27}}</ref>

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 9]] &ndash; The first group purporting to represent an [[England cricket team|all-England cricket team]], consisting of 11 players from various parts of England, comes to [[Kent]] and loses to the renowned Kent team, led by [[Lord John Sackville]].<ref>{{cite book |first=H. T. |last=Waghorn |author-link=H. T. Waghorn |title=Cricket Scores, Notes, etc. (1730–1773) |publisher=[[Blackwood (publishing house)|Blackwood]] |year=1899 |pages=22–23}}</ref>
* [[July 12]] &ndash; The [[British East India Company]] signs a treaty with the [[Maratha Confederacy|Maratha Empire]] to gain the right of free trade within the territory.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sailendra Nath Sen |title=Anglo-Maratha Relations, 1785–96 |publisher=[[Popular Prakashan]] |year=1994 |page=1}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] retakes [[Belgrade]] from [[Austria]]'s [[Habsburg monarchy]] after winning the [[Battle of Grocka]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Eric A. |last=Lund |title=War for the Every Day: Generals, Knowledge, and Warfare in Early Modern Europe, 1680-1740 |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] |year=1999}}</ref> 
* [[August 20]] &ndash; The [[Viceroyalty of New Granada]], incorporating modern-day Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela is re-established by the royal ''[[Real cédula|cedula]]'' of King [[Philip V of Spain]], 16 years after it had been dissolved, and adds the territory of [[Panama]] as well.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Vicente |last1=Santamaría de Paredes |first2=Harry Weston |last2=Van Dyke |title=A Study of the Question of Boundaries Between the Republics of Peru and Ecuador |publisher=B.S. Adams |year=1910 |page=60}}</ref>
* [[September 9]] &ndash; The [[Stono Rebellion]], a [[slave rebellion]], erupts near [[Charleston, South Carolina]].
* [[September 18]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Belgrade]] brings the [[Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735–39)]] to an end.

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Niš (1739)|Treaty of Niš]] is signed.
* [[October 12]] &ndash; The town of [[Utuado, Puerto Rico]] was founded by Sebastian de Morfi.
* [[October 17]] &ndash; The [[Foundling Hospital]] is created in London by [[royal charter]].
* [[October 23]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]]: Great Britain declares war on Spain.  
* [[November 20]]&ndash;[[November 22|22]] &ndash; [[War of Jenkins' Ear]] &ndash; [[Battle of Porto Bello (1739)|Battle of Porto Bello]]: British marine forces capture the [[Panama]]nian silver-exporting town of [[Portobelo]] from the Spanish.
* [[December 30]]&ndash; Months of unseasonably cold weather begin in Ireland, precipitating the [[Irish Famine (1740–41)|Irish Famine of 1740]], known as ''Bliain an Áir'' ("The Year of Slaughter").  A January 5 dispatch from Dublin to the ''Stamford Mercury'' says "Since last Wednesday we have had the most violent cold Weather that was ever known in this Kingdom; hard Frost began that evening, which has continued ever since with a very stormy Wind at South-East."<ref>{{cite book |first1=Christine |last1=Kinealy |author-link1=Christine Kinealy |first2=Gerard |last2=Moran |title=The History of the Irish Famine |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2019}}</ref> At least 13% of Ireland's population dies of starvation in the year that follows.<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Cathal |editor-last=Póirtéir |title=The Great Irish Famine |publisher=[[Mercier Press]] |year=1955 |pages=53–55}}</ref>

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* [[Ecuador]], part of [[Real Audiencia of Quito]], becomes a part of [[Viceroyalty of New Granada|New Granada]], instead of [[Viceroyalty of Peru|Peru]].
* 84,000 farmers revolt in the province of [[Iwakitaira Domain|Iwaki]] in Japan.
* A [[Plinian eruption]] of [[Mount Tarumae]] [[volcano]] occurs in Japan.
* The first Bible in [[Estonian language|Estonian]] is published.
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