It was a revision of an earlier effort, Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature, published anonymously in London in 1739 – 40.

The astylar design is by Jean Chalgrin ( 1739 – 1811 ), in the Neoclassical version of ancient Roman architecture ( see, for example, the triumphal Arch of Titus ).

* 1739 – Dick Turpin, English highwayman ( b. 1705 )

( 1739 – 1740 )

* Edmond Martène ( 1654 – 1739 )

The Qianlong Emperor in ceremonial armor on horseback, painted by Giuseppe Castiglione ( 1688 – 1766 ) | Giuseppe Castiglione, dated 1739 or 1758.

* George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( 1739 – 1817 ), elder son of the 3rd Duke

Alexander Gordon ( 1739 – 1792 ), third son from the third marriage of the second Earl, was a Lord of Session from 1788 to 1792 under the judicial title of Lord Rockville.

* 1739 – Richard Palmer is identified at York Castle, by his former schoolteacher, as the outlaw Dick Turpin.

* 1739 – Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect ( d. 1813 )

* 1739 – Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.

La Fontaine's model was subsequently emulated by England's John Gay ( 1685 – 1732 ); Poland's Ignacy Krasicki ( 1735 – 1801 ); Italy's Lorenzo Pignotti ( 1739 – 1812 ) and Giovanni Gherardo de Rossi ( 1754 – 1827 ); Serbia's Dositej Obradović ( 1742 – 1811 ); Spain's Félix María de Samaniego ( 1745 – 1801 ) and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa ( 1750 – 1791 ); France's Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian ( 1755 – 94 ); and Russia's Ivan Krylov ( 1769 – 1844 ).

* George Clinton ( vice president ) ( 1739 – 1812 ), Vice President of the United States and Governor of New York

* 1739 – Charles François Dumouriez, French general ( d. 1823 )

* 1739 – George Clinton, American politician, 4th Vice President of the United States ( d. 1812 )

* 1739 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect ( d. 1808 )

* December 12 – Francesco Galli Bibiena, Italian architect / designer ( d. 1739 )

* July 31 ( or August 1 ) – Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer ( d. 1739 )

Scipione Piattoli ( November 10, 1739 – April 12, 1809 ) was an Italian Catholic priest — a Piarist — an educator, writer and political activist.

Joseph Bonomi the Elder ( 19 January 1739 – 9 March 1808 ) was an Italian architect and draughtsman notable for his activity in England.

Domenico Cirillo ( Grumo Nevano, April 10, 1739 – Naples, October 9, 1799 ), Italian physician and patriot, was born at Grumo Nevano in the kingdom of Naples.

** Giuseppe Levati, Italian painter and designer in the Neoclassicist style ( born 1739 )

* 1739 – Johann Baptist Vanhal, Bohemian composer ( d. 1813 )

* 1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer ( d. 1799 )

* 1739 – Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, German princess and composer ( d. 1807 )

* October 24 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, an Austrian composer ( b. 1739 )

Benedetto Giacomo Marcello (; 31 July or 1 August 1686 – 24 July 1739 ) was a Venetian composer, writer, advocate, magistrate, and teacher.

* August 20 – Johann Baptist Vanhal, composer ( b. 1739 )

* September 10 – Charles John Frederick Lampe, organist and composer ( born 1739 )

* March 25 – Johannes Ritschel, composer ( born 1739 )

August Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf ( 2 November 1739 – 24 October 1799 ) was an Austrian composer, violinist and silvologist.

* Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Duchess of Saxe-Weimar and Eisenach ( 1739 – 1807 ), German composer and patron of the arts

Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel ( 24 October 1739 – 10 April 1807 ), was a German princess and composer.

Reinhard Keiser ( 9 January 1674 – 12 September 1739 ) was a popular German opera composer based in Hamburg.

Johann Baptist Vanhal ( Jan Křtitel Vaňhal ) also spelled Waṅhal ( the spelling the composer himself and at least one of his publishers used ), Wanhal or Wanhall ( May 12, 1739 – August 20, 1813 ) was an important classical music composer.

Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton KT ( 5 November 1739 – 14 December 1819 ) was a Scottish peer, politician, and composer.

** Antonio Bioni, composer ( died 1739 )

* 1684 – Françoise Charlotte d ' Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles ( d. 1739 )

* 1715 – Johann Gottfried Bernhard Bach, German child of Johann Sebastian Bach and Maria Barbara Bach ( d. 1739 )

* 1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader and statesman ( d. 1791 )

* April 20 – Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod ( d. 1739 )

* September – Dick Turpin, English highwayman ( d. 1739 )

** Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp ( d. 1739 )

* May 5 – Françoise Charlotte d ' Aubigné, niece of Madame de Maintenon and ancestress of the Heir to the Belgian throne ( d. 1739 )

Junot was born in Bussy-le-Grand, Côte-d ' Or, son of Michel Junot ( 1739 – 1814, son of François Junot, d. 1759, and wife Edmée Laurain, b. 1703 and d. 1784 ) and wife Marie Antoinette Bienaymé ( 1735 – 1806, daughter of Guy Bienaymé and wife Ursule Rigoley ), and studied in Châtillon.

It was followed by two tragédies en musique, Castor et Pollux ( 1737 ) and Dardanus ( 1739 ), and another opéra-ballet, Les fêtes d ' Hébé ( also 1739 ).

* RCT 41 – Les fêtes d ' Hébé or les Talens Lyriques ( 1739 )

* Jean-Philippe Rameau: " L ' hymen — Chaconne ", Scene VI from Les fêtes d ' Hébé ( 1739 )