About the number 1739

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1739 is the smallest integer that can be written as sum of three perfect cubes, in two ways.

Events

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• January 1 - Bouvet Island is discovered by French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.
• February 24 - Battle of Karnal: The army of Iranian ruler Nadir Shah defeats the forces of the Mughal emperor of India, Muhammad Shah.
• March 20 - Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne, including the Koh-i-Noor.
• September 9 - Stono Rebellion erupts near Charleston.
• September 18 - Treaty of Belgrade brings the Russo-Turkish War, 1735-1739 to an end.
• October 3 - Treaty of Nissa signed.
• October 23 - Great Britain declares war on Spain. This becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.
• November 21 - The British capture the South American silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish.

Births

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• January 25 - Charles François Dumouriez, French general (d. 1823)
• February 15 - Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart, French architect (d. 1813)
• March 19 - Charles-François Lebrun, duc de Plaisance, Third Consul of France (d. 1824)
• July 26 - George Clinton, American soldier and politician (d. 1812)
• November 2 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
• November 20 - Jean-François de la Harpe, French critic (d. 1803)
• Johann Augustus Eberhard, German theologian and philosopher (d. 1809)
• Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, French politician (d. 1817)

Deaths

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• April 7 - Dick Turpin, English highwayman (hanged) (b. 1705)
• April 19 - Nicholas Saunderson, English scientist and mathematician (b. 1682)
• July 24 - Benedetto Marcello, Italian composer (b. 1686)
• September 8 - Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
• October 18 - Antônio José da Silva, Brazilian-born dramatist (b. 1705)

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