Explore 233 historical events from 1750–1759.
Major John André was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War for Independence. In September 1780, André negotiate…
John André, English soldier and spy (died 1780)
William Morgan, FRS was a British physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to recor…
William Morgan, British actuary (died 1833)
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, was a French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker.
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1818)
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)
Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, a sister of Frederick the Great, Kin…
Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland (died 1803)
Henry Knox was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Ar…
Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (died 1806)
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine, commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.
Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician (died 1794)
Antonio Salieri was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career…
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (died 1825)
Tanikaze Kajinosuke was a Japanese sumo wrestler from the Edo period. Officially recognized as the fourth yokozuna, he was however effectively the first, as he was the first to be…
Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (died 1795)
Tomás de Iriarte was a Spanish neoclassical poet.
Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (died 1791)
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)
Teruhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Sakuramachi was the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1735, a rei…
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (born 1720)
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, p…
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (born 1686)
Robert Fergusson was a Scottish poet. After formal education at the University of St Andrews, Fergusson led a bohemian life in Edinburgh, the city of his birth, then at the height …
Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet and author (died 1774)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (born 1685)
Dom John V, known as the Magnanimous and the Portuguese Sun King, was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and its mona…
John V, king of Portugal (born 1689)
Charles Theodore Pachelbel was a German composer, organist and harpsichordist of the late Baroque era. He was the son of the more famous Johann Pachelbel, composer of the popular C…
Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German organist and composer (born 1690)