Explore 72 historical events from 1750–1759.
Manuel Vicente Tolsá Sarrión was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor in Spain and New Spain. He served as the first director of the Academy of San Carlos.
Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City (died 1816)
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804 and as Speaker of the House of Commons from…
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was a British peer and politician.
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1683)
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, one of the leading commanders under Frederick the Great.
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (born 1684)
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 (pictured) was admitted to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-y
Dheeran Chinnamalai was a chieftain who ruled the odanilai region of the present day western Tamil Nadu. He fought against the British East India Company, was later captured and ha…
Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian commander (died 1805)
William Babington FRS FGS was an Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist.
William Babington, Irish-born, English physician and mineralogist (died 1833)
Maximilian I Joseph was Duke of Zweibrücken from 1795 to 1799, prince-elector of Bavaria from 1799 to 1806, then King of Bavaria from 1806 to 1825. He was a member of the House of …
Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (died 1825)
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 formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
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…
The Seven Years' War begins when Great Britain declares war on France
Jacques Cassini was a French astronomer, son of the famous Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini. He was known as Cassini II.
Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (born 1677)
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)
Marc-Antoine Parseval des Chênes was a French mathematician, most famous for what is now known as Parseval's theorem, which showed that the Fourier transform is unitary.
Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (died 1836)
Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 17…
Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (died 1806)
Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was a…
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1824)
Alfred Moore was an American judge, lawyer, planter and military officer who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square, a park located in …
Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge (died 1810)
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies. Historians generally consider…
French and Indian War: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel Geo
Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a German and Austrian composer and music publisher.
Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (died 1812)
Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in Rome.
Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (died 1817)
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach was an Austrian astronomer born in Pest, Hungary.
Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée was a French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy with his comédie larmoyante.
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (born 1692)
Anastasio Martín Ignacio Vicente Tadeo Francisco Pellegrin Martín y Soler was a Spanish composer of opera and ballet. Although relatively obscure now, in his own day he was compare…
Vicente Martín y Soler, Spanish composer (died 1806)
Brigadier Miguel de Azcuénaga was an Argentine army officer and politician. Educated in Spain, at the University of Seville, Azcuénaga began his military career in the Viceroyalty …
Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)
John Wood, the Elder was an English architect, working mainly in Bath.
John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (born 1704)