Timeline September 1739

Events in September 1739 3

• 1739 Stono Rebellion Enslaved South Carolinians stage the colony's largest slave uprising A group of enslaved Africans near the Stono River rose up, killed several slaveholders, and marched toward Spanish Florida seeking freedom. Colonial militia intercepted and crushed the rebellion, killing most of the participants. The revolt led South Carolina to tighten its slave codes severely.
• 1739 – 1791 Grigory Potemkin (1739-1791) Died 16 October 1791, aged 52 Russian military commander and statesman who served as Empress Catherine the Great's most trusted adviser and, for a time, her lover. He directed the annexation and colonization of Crimea and New Russia, founding cities including Sevastopol and Kherson. He died near Iasi while negotiating the peace that ended the Russo-Turkish War.
• 1739 Treaty of Belgrade Austria and Russia end their wars with the Ottoman Empire The treaty ended the Austro-Russian-Turkish War, with Austria ceding Belgrade, northern Serbia, and parts of Wallachia back to the Ottomans. Russia secured Azov but was required to demolish its fortifications there. The settlement checked Habsburg expansion into the Balkans for a generation.