Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1739
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Literature
- Samuel Johnson, Marmor Norfolciense, A Vindication of the
Licensers of the Stage, translation of Crousaz's Commentary on
Pope's Essay on Man
- Samuel Johnson makes a long visit to the Midlands
- Horace Walpole and Thomas Gray begin their Grand Tour of the Continent
- Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift
Theatre
Art
Music
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Saul
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Israel in
Egypt
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), Ode for St.
Cecilia's Day
- George Frederick Händel (or Handel), 7 Trio Sonatas, Op.
5
Science, Technology, & Medicine
Politics & Law
- October: England declares war on Spain
- Jenkins's War in Florida (through 1742)
Philosophy & Theology
- David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature, vol. 1 (through 1740)
Milestones
- Birth of Dittersdorf, composer
- Death of Keiser, composer
- Death of B. Marcello, composer
- Birth of Vanhal, composer
Miscellaneous
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