Explore 72 historical events from 1750–1759.
Judith Sargent Stevens Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents …
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, also known as Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun or simply Madame Le Brun, was a French painter who mostly specialized in portrait painting, in the late…
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (died 1842)
John Willison was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature.
John Willison, Scottish minister and author (born 1680)
Samuel Ogle was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752.
Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (born 1692)
The Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War was the war fought between the Konbaung Dynasty and the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom of Burma (Myanmar) from 1752 to 1757. The war was the last of seve…
Start of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, a new phase in the Burmese Civil War (1740–57)
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the …
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (died 1833)
Antoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist, botanist, and physician. The standard author abbreviation Ant.Juss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanica…
Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (born 1686)
Nicolas François de Neufchâteau was a French statesman, poet, and agricultural scientist.
François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1828)
Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. While in command…
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (died 1831)
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Pe…
The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city
Jacques Christian Michel Widerkehr l'aîné was a French composer and cellist from Alsace during the classical era.
Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer (died 1823)
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late twentieth century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed …
Mary Wollstonecraft, English philosopher, historian, and novelist (died 1797)
Maria Theresia Paradis was an Austrian musician and composer who lost her sight at an early age, and for whom her close friend Mozart may have written his Piano Concerto No. 18 in …
Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1824)
William Thornton was an American physician, inventor, painter and architect who designed the United States Capitol. He also served as the first Architect of the Capitol and first S…
William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (died 1828)
Joseph Fouché, 1st Duc d'Otrante, 1st Comte Fouché was a French statesman, revolutionary, and Minister of Police under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte. Fouché later became a subord…
Joseph Fouché, French lawyer and politician (died 1820)
William Pitt was a British statesman who served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official prime minister of the Uni…
William Pitt the Younger, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1806)
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam was a French sculptor, born in 1700 in Nancy. The eldest son of sculptor Jacob-Sigisbert Adam, he was known as Adam l’aîné to distinguish him from his two sc…
Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (born 1700)
The Maratha Empire, also referred to as the Maratha Confederacy, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent. For most of its existence, it comprised the realms of the Pe…
The Marathas defeat the Afghans in the Battle of Attock and capture the city
Mary Campbell was an American colonial settler who was known for her abduction by Native Americans during the French and Indian War being the first white child to travel to the Wes…
Ten-year-old Mary Campbell is abducted in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War
Admiral William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, was a Royal Navy officer who served in the American Revolutionary War and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. While in command…
William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Scottish admiral (died 1831)
James Monroe was an American Founding Father who served as the fifth president of the United States from 1817 to 1825. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president as well…
James Monroe, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 5th President of the United States (died 1831)
Georg Carl von Döbeln was a Swedish friherre (baron), Lieutenant general and above all known for his efforts on the Swedish side during the Finnish War.
Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (died 1820)
Emmanuele Vitale was a Maltese notary, commander and statesman. During the Siege of Malta, he commanded 10,000 irregular Maltese soldiers.
Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (died 1802)
André Masséna, prince d'Essling, duc de Rivoli, was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original eighteen Marsha…
André Masséna, French general (died 1817)
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman, widely recognised as one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution. Robespierre f…
Maximilien Robespierre, French politician (died 1794)
Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, was a British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons. Born in London, he succeeded to the baronetcy on 12…
Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician (died 1839)
Francesco "Franco" Zerafa was a Maltese architect and donato to the Religion. In 1714, he succeeded Giovanni Barbara as Capomastro delle Opere della Religione, a post which he hel…
Francesco Zerafa, Maltese architect (born 1679)
Antoine de Jussieu was a French naturalist, botanist, and physician. The standard author abbreviation Ant.Juss. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanica…
Antoine de Jussieu, French botanist and physician (born 1686)
François d'Agincourt was a French harpsichordist, organist, and composer. He spent most of his life in Rouen, his native city, where he worked as organist of the Rouen Cathedral an…
François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (born 1684)
Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death on 3 May 1758.
Pope Benedict XIV (born 1675)
The Battle of Prague, also known as Battle of Štěrboholy, was fought on 6 May 1757, during the Third Silesian War and the broader Seven Years' War, between the Kingdom of Prussia a…
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War
The Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War was the war fought between the Konbaung Dynasty and the Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom of Burma (Myanmar) from 1752 to 1757. The war was the last of seve…
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
Christopher Smart was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel John…
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confin
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the …
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (died 1833)