Explore 154 historical events from 1750–1759.
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: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 …
The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture…
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 British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega…
British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
Nathan Hale was an American Patriot, soldier, and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New Yo…
Nathan Hale, American soldier (died 1776)
Antoine François Fourcroy was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthod…
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots, better known as Anacharsis Cloots, was a Prussian nobleman who was a significant figure in the French Revolution. Perhaps the first …
Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (died 1794)
Natalia Alexeievna, Tsarevna of Russia was the first wife of Paul Petrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, son of the Empress Catherine II. She was born as Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of H…
Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (died 1776)
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras, commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regim…
Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829)
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".
Sarah Siddons, English actress (died 1831)
Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of E…
Michel de Beaupuy, French general (died 1796)
Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnière…
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)
Major-General Edward Braddock was a British Army officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and French and Indian War. He is best known for his command of a disastrou…
Edward Braddock, Scottish general (born 1695)
The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia t…
After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to Bri
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)
Lieutenant-General Francis Humberston Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, was a British politician, soldier, and botanist. He was Chief of the Highland Clan Mackenzie, as which he raise…
Francis Mackenzie, 1st Baron Seaforth, English general and politician, Governor of Barbados (died 1815)
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
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: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
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)