Explore 72 historical events from 1750–1759.
Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.
Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (born 1680)
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: Led by 22-year-old George Washington, a company of Virginia colonial militiamen ambushed a force
Carl Linnaeus, also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organ…
Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International C
Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla Gallaga Mandarte y Villaseñor, commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or simply Miguel Hidalgo, was a Mexican Catholic p…
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican priest and rebel leader (died 1811)
Lazare Nicolas Marguerite, Comte Carnot was a French mathematician, physicist, military officer, politician and a leading member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French…
Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1823)
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud was a French lawyer and statesman, a figure of the French Revolution. A deputy to the Assembly from Bordeaux, Vergniaud was an eloquent orator. He was a…
Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, French lawyer and politician (died 1793)
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)
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait was a French shipwright, hydrographer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy and the Colonies from 1799 to 1801.
Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait, French engineer, hydrographer, and politician, French Minister of Marine and the Colon
Humphry Repton was the last great designer of the classic phase of the English landscape garden, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. His style is thought of as the…
Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (died 1818)
Ludwig August Lebrun was a German oboist and composer.
Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (died 1790)
John Brooks was an American medical doctor, military officer, and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823, and was one of t…
John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was a German medical doctor, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist. He is considered to be a main founder of zoology and anthropology as comparat…
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1840): 94
Timothy Dwight was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817).
Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (died 1817)
Albrecht Daniel Thaer was a German agronomist and a supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition.
Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (died 1828)
Louis Legendre was a French politician of the Revolution period.
Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (died 1797)
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 Bradford was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America. Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle Colonies of…
William Bradford, English-American printer (born 1663)
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)
Stephen Badlam was an American artisan and military officer. Raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Badlam was orphaned as a young child following the death of his father, a tavern-k…
Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (died 1815)
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)
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)
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)