WHAT HAPPENED IN 1739.
Look what happened the 1739.

Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier. (1. January 1739)

Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah. (13. February 1739)

Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin. (23. February 1739)

Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. (22. March 1739)

Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina. (9. September 1739)

The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, ceding Belgrade to the Ottoman Empire. (18. September 1739)

The Treaty of Nissa is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian-Turkish War, 1736–1739. (3. October 1739)

War of Jenkins' Ear starts: British Prime Minister, Robert Walpole, reluctantly declares war on Spain. (23. October 1739)

Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear. (20. November 1739)