1739 in Great Britain

Great Britain-related events during the year of 1739
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Events from the year 1739 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

Events

  • 14 January – Britain and Spain sign the Convention of Pardo.[2]
  • 16 January – first performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul at the His Majesty's Theatre, London.[2]
  • February – George Whitefield first preaches in the open air, to miners at Kingswood, South Gloucestershire.
  • April – John Wesley first preaches in the open air, at Whitefield's invitation.
  • 4 April – first performance of Handel's oratorio Israel in Egypt at the King's Theatre, London.[2]
  • 12 May – John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol, the world's first Methodist meeting house.[3]
  • 17 October – the Foundling Hospital in London, established by Thomas Coram, is granted its royal charter.[2]
  • 23 October – "War of Jenkins' Ear" (1739–1742) begins when Britain declares war on Spain.[2]
  • 20–22 November – War of Jenkins' Ear: Battle of Porto Bello: British marine forces capture the Panamanian silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish.[2]
  • 25 December–February 1740 – the 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter in southern England and Ireland.[4]

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of Sir Robert Walpole - GOV.UK". www.gov.uk. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ "History of The New Room". Bristol: The New Room. Archived from the original on 2013-08-17. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
  4. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  5. ^ Ward, A. W. (2009). The Cambridge History of English Literature. Vol. 9. p. 614. ISBN 9781110343133.
  6. ^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.
  7. ^ Watson, J. R. (1997). The English Hymn: A Critical and Historical Study. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 205–229. ISBN 0198267622.