January 11 » Arauco War: A Spanish army is defeated by local Mapuche-Huilliches as it tries to cross Bueno River in Southern Chile.
February 9 » The Capture of Fort Rocher takes place during the Anglo-Spanish War.
May 5 » Cromwell's Act of Grace, aimed at reconciliation with the Scots, proclaimed in Edinburgh.
June 7 » Louis XIV is crowned King of France.
August 22 » Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first known Jewish immigrant to America.
October 12 » The Delft Explosion devastates the city in the Netherlands, killing more than 100 people.
Day of death July 2, 1739
The temperature on July 2, 1739 was about 14.0 °C. There was 132 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: regen zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
February 24 » Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nader Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
March 22 » Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
September 9 » Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.
November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.
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