About the day » Saturday August 15, 1739Calender converter

• françois jh. BORGNIEZ, Thuillies (Belgium)
• Anna Maria Rooms, Lochristi,, Oost-Vlaanderen, België († 1781)
• Frederika ten Haaf, Terborg, Gelderland, Nederland
• David McGee, Surrey, Virginia, United States († 1814)
• Henricus Huijbertsz van Hombergh, Renswoude
• JACOBUS SMEULDERS, MECHELEN,ANTWERPEN,BELGIE
• Jacob Jansz Biem, Texel
• Anna Maria Coppé, Herenthout, België
• Cornelis Koelenhoek, Rotterdam († 1817)
• Anne Elisabeth MOREAU

• Judocus Johannes van Moorsel (54), Lierop, Nbr.NL
• Jan de Haring (20)
• Jan Cleinen (69), Craewinkel (Sittard-Geleen) Limburg, Nederland
• Jonas Houghton (56), Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts
• Jacobus Lauwerse Lauwerse (49)
• Anthonie Hopman, NH Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands
• Joannes Marijnissen (51), Chaam
• Dorcas Greene (56), Malden, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
• Jan Landeweer, Eibergen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Jacobus de Wagenaer, Hontenisse

• 1702 » Francesco Zuccarelli, Italian painter and Royal Academician († 1788)
• 1717 » Blind Jack, English engineer († 1810)
• 1736 » Johann Christoph Kellner, German organist and composer († 1803)
• 1740 » Matthias Claudius, German poet and author († 1815)
• 1769 » Napoleon, French general and emperor († 1821)
• 1771 » Walter Scott, Scottish novelist, playwright, and poet († 1832)
• 1785 » Thomas De Quincey, English journalist and author († 1859)
• 1787 » Eliza Lee Cabot Follen, American writer, editor, abolitionist († 1860)
• 1798 » Sangolli Rayanna, Indian warrior († 1831)
• 1807 » Jules Grévy, French lawyer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic († 1891)

• 1594 » Thomas Kyd, English playwright (b. 1558)
• 1621 » John Barclay, Scottish poet and author (b. 1582)
• 1666 » Johann Adam Schall von Bell, German missionary and astronomer (b. 1591)
• 1714 » Constantin Brâncoveanu, Romanian prince (b. 1654)
• 1728 » Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (b. 1656)
• 1758 » Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (b. 1698)
• 1799 » Giuseppe Parini, Italian poet and author (b. 1729)
• 1844 » José María Coppinger, governor of Spanish East Florida (b. 1733)
• 1852 » Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist (b. 1760)
• 1859 » Nathaniel Claiborne, American farmer and politician (b. 1777)

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  Van 1702 tot 1747 kende Nederland (ookwel Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) zijn Tweede Stadhouderloze Tijdperk.
• January 1 » Bouvet Island, the world's remotest island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• February 17 » The Battle of Vasai commences as the Marathas move to invade Portuguese-occupied territory.
• February 23 » At York Castle, the outlaw Dick Turpin is identified by his former schoolteacher. Turpin had been using the name Richard Palmer.
• September 18 » The Treaty of Belgrade is signed, whereby Austria cedes lands south of the Sava and Danube rivers to the Ottoman Empire.
• October 3 » The Treaty of Niš is signed by the Ottoman Empire and Russia at the end of the Russian–Turkish War.
• November 20 » Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear.

The temperature on August 15, 1739 was about 17.0 °C. There was 24 mm of rainWind direction mainly north. Weather type: betrokken.