1739 in Great Britain

Events from the year 1739 in Great Britain.

Incumbents

14 January - Britain and Spain sign the Convention of Pardo.^[1]
16 January - First performance of George Frideric Handel's oratorio Saul in London.^[1]
4 April - First performance of Handel's Israel in Egypt.^[1]
12 May - John Wesley lays the foundation stone of the New Room, Bristol, the world's first Methodist meeting house.^[2]
17 October - The Foundling Hospital is created in London by Thomas Coram.^[1]
23 October - Britain declares war on Spain. This becomes known as the War of Jenkins' Ear.^[1]
21 November - The British capture the South American silver exporting town of Porto Bello from the Spanish.^[1]
December to February 1740 - The 'Great Frost': unusually harsh winter in southern England.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "History of The New Room". Bristol: The New Room. http://www.newroombristol.org.uk/History. Retrieved 2011-07-17.
^ ^a ^b Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 215–216. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.