Explore 282 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)
Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.
Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (born 1680)
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)
Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock dolomite and the largest summital crater o…
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (died 1801)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven …
Battle of Lagos: Naval battle during the Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France.
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)
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies, which were called "Indians" a…
French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently…
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian sub…
Seven Years' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one…
The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven …
Begin of the battle of Lagos, in which a British fleet defeats a French fleet trying to slip through Gibraltar.
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)
Alexander James Dallas was an American statesman who served as the 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1814 to 1816 under President James Madison. He was also a lawyer…
Alexander J
Marianna Auenbrugger was an Austrian pianist and composer.
Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer (died 1782)
The Battle of Lagos took place between a British fleet commanded by Edward Boscawen and a French fleet under Jean-François de La Clue-Sabran over two days in 1759 during the Seven …
Beginning of the battle of Lagos, in which a British fleet defeats a French fleet trying to slip through Gibraltar.
The Battle of the Plains of Abraham, also known as the First Battle of Quebec, was a pivotal battle in the Seven Years' War – referred to by Americans as the French and Indian War …
Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years' War, known in the…
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies, which were called "Indians" a…
French and Indian War: The Articles of Capitulation of Quebec are signed.
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)
Seraphim of Sarov, born Prókhor Isídorovich Moshnín (Mashnín) [Про́хор Иси́дорович Мошни́н (Машни́н)], is one of the most renowned Russian saints and is venerated in the Eastern Or…
Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (died 1833)
Ignaz Alois Anton von Indermauer zu Strelburg und Freifeld was an Austrian nobleman from Tyrol who served as the Landvögte and Kreishauptmann of Vorarlberg from 1791 until his deat…
Ignaz Anton von Indermauer, Austrian nobleman and government official (died 1796)
Cornelio Judas Tadeo de Saavedra y Rodríguez was an Argentine military officer and statesman. He was instrumental in the May Revolution, the first step of Argentina's independence …
Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (died 1829)
William Kirby was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, so that he was an eminent examp…
William Kirby, English priest and entomologist (died 1850)
William Wilberforce was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the Atlantic slave trade. A native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, he began …
William Wilberforce, English philanthropist and politician (died 1833)
Louis François Antoine Arbogast was a French mathematician. He was born at Mutzig in Alsace and died at Strasbourg, where he was professor. He wrote on series and the derivatives k…
Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician and academic (died 1803)
Andrey (Andrei) Nikiforovich Voronikhin was a Russian architect and painter. As a representative of classicism he was also one of the founders of the monumental Russian Empire styl…
Andrey Voronikhin, Russian architect and painter (died 1814)
Chauncey Goodrich was an American lawyer and politician from Connecticut who represented that state in the United States Congress as both a senator and a representative.
Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician, 8th Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (died 1815)
Mariya Feodorovna, born Duchess Sophie Dorothee of Württemberg, became Empress of Russia as the second wife of Emperor Paul I. She founded the Office of the Institutions of Empress…
Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (died 1828)