In the year 1739, Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, there among the famous Koh-i-Noor (Mar 20), the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is founded in Stockholm, Sweden (Jun 2), Great Britain declares war on Spain, part of the reason being to provide for better trading opportunities in the Caribbean for Britain, and part being able to continue selling slaves in Spanish America (Oct 23) - and all these fine people were born:

1739-xxxx Jean Chalgrin* architect (Arc de Triomphe) - Paris, France (1811/c.71)

1739-xxxx John Spilsbury* cartographer/ engraver/inventor of the jigsaw puzzle - England (1769/c. 30)

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1739-0108 Efraim Carenius* clergyman/chaplain - Huittinen, Sweden-Finland (1802/63)
1739-0111 David Orbeliani* Georgian military figure/politician/poet - (1796/57)
1739-0117 Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber* German naturalist - Weißensee, Thuringia (1810/71)
1739-0126 Charles François Dumouriez* general during the French Revolutionary Wars - Gambrai, Kingdom of France (1823/84)
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1739-0217 Dositej Obradović* Serbian writer/biographer/educational reformer - Tschakowa, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg monarchy (1811/72)
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1739-0305 Benjamin Woodbridge* farmer/doctor/lawyer - South Hadley, Massachusetts (1819/80)
1739-0325 Prince Edward* Duke of York and Albany/brother of King George III - Norfolk House, Westminster, England (1767/28)

1739-0725 Erik Prosperin* astronomer - Närlinge, Sweden (1803/63)
1739-0726 George Clinton* soldier/statesman - Little Britain, New York, British America (1812/72)

1739-0831 Johann Augustus Eberhard* German theologian/philosopher - Halberstadt, Saxony-Anhalt (1809/69)

1739-xxxx Liisa Juhontytär Pauhu** (b x) mother of Jaakko Sillanpää - Sweden-Finland (1809/69)
1739-0915 Juan de Villanueva* architect - Madrid, Spain (1811/71)
1739-0917 John Rutledge* Chief Justice/ governor - Charleston, South Carolina, British America (1800/60)

1739-1011 Grigory Potemkin* military leader/ statesman/favourite of Catherine the Great - Chizhovo, Russian Empire (1791/52)

1739-11xx Jósef Boruwlaski* court dwarf/musician - Halizc, Poland (1837/97)
1739-1102 Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf* violinist/composer/ silvologist - Laimgrube, Austria (1799/59)
1739-1108 Henrik Gabriel Porthan* scholar/ historian - Viitasaari, Finland-Sweden (1804/64)

1739-1214 Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours* French-American writer/ economist/publisher - Paris, France (1817/77)

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Updated 10.7.2023-3

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