1739 in Great Britain
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Events from the year 1739 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Incumbents
- Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom
- Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig
Events
- 14 January - Britain and Spain sign the Convention of Pardo.[1]
- 16 January - First performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul in London.[1]
- 4 April - First performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt.[1]
- 17 October - The Foundling Hospital is created in London by Thomas Coram.[1]
- 23 October - Britain declares war on Spain. This becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.[1]
- 21 November - The British capture the South American silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish.[1]
- December to February 1740 - The 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter in southern England.[2]
Publications
- David Hume's anonymous A Treatise on Human Nature.[2]
Births
- 6 January - David Dale, philanthropist (died 1806)
- 26 January - George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (died 1817)
- 4 February - John Robison, physicist (died 1805)
- 25 March - Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (died 1767)
- 16 May - Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk (died 1779)
- 5 November - Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton (died 1819)
- 4 December - Henry Temple, 2nd Viscount Palmerston (died 1802)
Deaths
- 7 April - Dick Turpin, highwayman (hanged) (born 1705)
- 19 April - Nicholas Saunderson, scientist and mathematician (born 1682)
- 4 September - George Lillo, playwright (born 1693)
- 21 October - William Montagu, 2nd Duke of Manchester (born 1700)
References
See also
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