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

* 1739 – Agostino Accorimboni, Italian composer ( d. 1818 )

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 )

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

* April 20 – George Clinton, 4th Vice President of the United States ( b. 1739 )

* January 24 – George Clymer, American signer of the Declaration of Independence ( b. 1739 )

More than one year later, all diplomatic means having been exhausted, on 10 July 1739 King George II authorized the Admiralty Board to seek maritime reprisals against Spain.

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

* George Frideric Handel, Saul ( 1739 )

* George Frideric Handel, Israel in Egypt ( 1739 )

* George Mathews, ( 1739 – 1812 ), born in Augusta County, later United States Congressman and Governor of Georgia.

George Mathews ( 1739 – 1812 )-Revolutionary hero and twice Governor

A borough charter was granted in 1739 by King George II, which changed the name of the settlement from Willington, after Thomas Willing the first developer of the land who organized the area in a grid pattern similar to that of its northern neighbor Philadelphia, to Wilmington, presumably after Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington.

The War of Jenkins ' Ear ( named for a 1731 incident in which a Spanish commander chopped off the ear of English merchant captain Robert Jenkins and told him to take it to his king, George II ) broke out in 1739 between Spain and Great Britain, but was confined to the Caribbean Sea and conflict between Spanish Florida and the neighboring British Province of Georgia.

George Clinton ( July 26, 1739 April 20, 1812 ) was an American soldier and politician, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

* George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( 1739 – 1817 ), politician

By summer of 1739, all diplomatic efforts having been exhausted, King George II agreed, on 10 July, to direct the Admiralty Board to initiate maritime reprisals against Spain.

The Watch was brought into the British regimental system on 25 October 1739 on the orders of George II after much discussion over many years with the military hierarchy who admired Highlanders for their fighting prowess but were still suspicious of their loyalty.

On 17 October 1739 he obtained a Royal Charter granted by George II establishing a " hospital for the maintenance and education of exposed and deserted young children.

Some coins issued between 1729 and 1739 carry the mark EIC under the king's head, to indicate the gold was provided by the East India Company, while some 1745 coins carry the mark LIMA to indicate the gold came from Admiral George Anson's round-the-world voyage.

** Governor George Clinton 1739 – 1812-Clerk Ulster County 1759, NY Assembly 1760, Continental Congress 1775, Brigadier General Continental Army 1776, Governor & Lt.

The modern history of Cherry Valley begins with John Lindesay receiving a land grant from George II of England ; he moved there in 1739, and seven Anglo-Scottish families from New Hampshire moved into the area the following year.

George Clymer ( March 16, 1739 – January 24, 1813 ) was an American politician and founding father.

He completed a continuous history of England by writing the History of England during the Reigns of William and Mary, Anne and George I ( 1735 ); and the History of England during the Reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary and Elizabeth ( 1739 ).

* George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough ( 1739 – 1817 )

* George Mathews ( Georgia ) ( 1739 – 1812 ), Governor of Georgia

He was born and died in New York City, the nephew of New York Governor George Clinton ( 1739 – 1812 ), a brother of De Witt Clinton, and son of James Clinton.

* 1739 – Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in Britain's mainland North American colonies prior to the American Revolution, erupts near Charleston, South Carolina.

* April 13 – Joseph Spencer, American colonel of the Revolutionary War and Continental Congressman for New Hampshire ( b. 1739 )

* Woodbury Langdon ( 1739 – 1805 ), American merchant, statesman and justice

* Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge ( 1739 – 1819 ), a doctor, a legislator, a colonel of the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War

* Benjamin Ruggles Woodbridge ( 1739 – 1819 ) was a doctor, a colonel of the Massachusetts militia during the American Revolutionary War, and a member of the Massachusetts legislature.

It was named after Andrew Pickens ( 1739 – 1817 ), an American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman for South Carolina.

* Daniel Hitchcock ( 1739 – 1777 ), American military officer

* Andrew Pickens ( congressman ) ( 1739 – 1817 ), American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman, South Carolina

Pickens was the son of the well-known American Revolutionary general Andrew Pickens ( 1739 – 1817 ).

Andrew Pickens ( September 13, 1739 – August 11, 1817 ) was a militia leader in the American Revolution and a member of the United States House of Representatives from South Carolina.

* Andrew Pickens ( congressman ) ( 1739 – 1817 ), American revolutionary soldier and US Congressman, South Carolina

William Bartram ( April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823 ) was an American naturalist.

Miranda, who had bought himself a commission as a Captain of the Spanish Army around 1771 ( something not unusual in the European armies at the time ), became interested in the American Revolutionary War, while serving as Captain of the Aragon Regiment and aide-de-camp to General Juan Manuel de Cajigal y Monserrat, ( 1739 – 1811 ).

Samuel John Atlee ( 1739 – November 25, 1786 ) was an American soldier and statesman from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Thomas Bee ( 1739, Charleston, South Carolina – February 18, 1812, Pendleton, South Carolina ) was an American planter, lawyer, and jurist from Charleston, South Carolina.

In American journal of neuroradiology, 24, 1739 – 1741.

William Lee ( 1739 – 1795 ) was an American diplomat during the Revolutionary War.

The Du Pont family is an American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( 1739 – 1817 ).

William Carmichael ( c. 1739 – 1795 ) was an American statesman and diplomat from Maryland during and after the Revolutionary War.

* James Gordon ( New York ) ( 1739 – 1810 ), American Indian trader, U. S. Congressman