Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807. Originally a Pittite Tory, he was a supporter of the Whigs for the durati…
William Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1834)
Georges Jacques Danton was a French politician and one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. A relatively obscure lawyer before the Revolution, he became a prominent ora…
Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice (died 1794)
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)
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis was a French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters. He became the director of the Académie des Sciences and the first president of the Pru…
Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (born 1698)
Carl Heinrich Graun was a German composer and tenor. Along with Johann Adolph Hasse, he is considered to be the most important German composer of Italian opera of his time.
Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (born 1704)
Ferdinand VI, called the Learned and the Just, was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death in 1759. He was the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty. He was the son of …
Ferdinand VI of Spain (born 1713)
Ewald Christian von Kleist was a German poet and cavalry officer. His vast family was well-established in Farther Pomerania; 58 male members of his family fought in Frederick the G…
Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (born 1715)
Fernando Consag, known in his native Croatian as Ferdinand Konščak, was a Croatian Jesuit missionary, explorer and cartographer, who spent most of his life in Mexico, in Baja Calif…
Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (born 1703)
Major-General James Wolfe was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battl…
James Wolfe, English general (born 1727)
Lieutenant-General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Montcalm de Saint-Veran was a French Royal Army officer best known for his unsuccessful defence of New France during t…
Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (born 1712)
Major-General Granville Elliott, 1st Count Elliott was a British military officer who served with distinction in several other European armies and subsequently in the British Army.…
Granville Elliott, English general (born 1713)
John Henley, English clergyman, commonly known as 'Orator Henley', was a preacher known for showmanship and eccentricity.
John Henley, English clergyman and author (born 1692)
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: Troops led by French brigadier general François-Charles de Bourlamaque attempted to blow up…
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: Having damaged several French vessels, British ships pursued the remainder of the fleet to Lagos,…
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: British forces won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham near Quebec City, despite General James…
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
The Treaty of Easton was a colonial agreement signed in Easton, Pennsylvania in October 1758 during the French and Indian War between British colonials and the chiefs of 13 Native …
The Treaty of Easton establishes the first American Indian reservation, at Indian Mills, New Jersey, for the Lenape.
The Battle of Saint-Cast was a military engagement during the Seven Years' War on the French coast between British naval and land expeditionary forces and French coastal defence fo…
Battle of Saint Cast: France repels British invasion during the Seven Years' War.
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
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: Siege of Louisbourg: James Wolfe's attack at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, commences
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: Battle of Krefeld: British, Hanoverian, and Prussian forces defeat French troops at Krefeld in Germany
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: Habsburg Austrian forces destroy a Prussian reinforcement and supply convoy in the Battle of Domstadtl
Fort Carillon, presently known as Fort Ticonderoga, was constructed by Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil, Governor of New France, to protect Lake Champlain from a British invasion. Sit…
French forces hold Fort Carillon against the British at Ticonderoga, New York.
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)