History
1739
General
Population: 761 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Jonathan Swift, Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia (anti-Machiavelli work), David Hume (human nature),
JF Gronobvius (Virginia flora),
Art includes Chardin "Saying Grace"
Music includes Handel (oratories), Johann Mattheson (treatise on music conducting), Rameau (opera)
- Science: John Winthrop IV publishes "notes on sunspots"
- Deaths: Composer Reinhard Keiser, Artist Cosmas Damian Asam, Dramatist Geroge Lillo, Highwayman Dick Turpin,
Americas
- General: Outbreak of War of Jenkins' Ear – Spain and Britain fight for control of N American and Caribbean waters - Ear cut off in skirmish at sea
British expedition under Admiral Edward Vernon sacks Porto Bello, but fails to take Cartagena
- New Grenada: Splits from Peru
Asia
- India: Nadir Shah of Persia invades India and New Delhi taking away Peacock throne of the Moghuls and Koh-i-nor diamond to Persia - thousands massacred
Famine
Europe
- General: End of war between Russia and Turkey
Treaty of Belgrade ends Austro-Russian War against Turkey
First camellias arrive in Europe from Far East
Native Americans and French ship American fossils back to Europe
War of Jenkins' Ear between Britain and Spain eventually rolls into War of Austrian Succession
- France: Famine
- Great Britain: George Dance builds Mansion House in London
Foundling Hospital established in London
- Holy Roman Empire: As Turks approach Belgrade Charles VI HRE sign peace treaty
- Ireland: Potato crop destroyed by frost
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Sultan Mahmud I orders restoration of the Hagia Sophia – medrese (madrasa) added
- Persia: Peacock Throne of Shah Jahan taken to Persia
General
- Natives: Native Americans and French ship American fossils back to Europe
- Politics: War of Jenckins' Ear leads to British taking several Spanish possessions
- Religion: Moravian church founded in America by Bishop A.G. Spengenberg
"First Great Awakening" begins (Whitfield)
Methodists begin open-air preaching led by John Wesley - Methodist Church founded
East
- Massachusetts: Measles outbreak
South
- General: Hostilities between Georgia and Spanish Florida
- South Carolina: Stonto Rebellion – unsuccessful slave rebellion leads to hangings
West and Pacific
- New Mexico: Mallet brothers reach Santa Fé from the East