Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death on 3 May 1758.
Pope Benedict XIV (born 1675)
Prince Augustus William of Prussia was the son of King Frederick William I of Prussia and a younger brother and general of Frederick the Great.
Prince Augustus William of Prussia (born 1722)
Brigadier-General George Augustus Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe was a British Army officer. He was described by James Wolfe as "the best officer in the British Army". Howe was killed in …
George Howe, 3rd Viscount Howe, English general and politician (born 1725)
Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma was the founding monarch of the southern Indian Kingdom of Travancore from 1729 until his death in 1758. He was succeeded by Rama Varma (1758–98).
Marthanda Varma, Raja of Attingal (born 1706)
Pierre Bouguer was a French mathematician, geophysicist, geodesist, and astronomer. He is also known as "the father of naval architecture". In optics, he is known for making the fi…
Pierre Bouguer, French mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer (born 1698)
Field Marshal Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, PC (Ire), FRS was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician. He fought in the Battle of Blenheim before being appointed …
Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, Irish field marshal and politician (born 1680)
James Francis Edward Keith was a Scottish-born army officer and Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army. As a Jacobite he took part in a failed attempt to restore the Stuart Mona…
James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (born 1696)
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: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.
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: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
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: France repelled an invasion attempt by the British in the Battle of Saint Cast.
The Third Silesian War was a war between Prussia and Austria that lasted from 1756 to 1763 and confirmed Prussia's control of the region of Silesia. The war was fought mainly in Si…
Third Silesian War: At the Battle of Hochkirch, an Austrian army under Leopold Joseph von Daun surprised the Prussians…
The Battle of Prague, also known as Battle of Štěrboholy, was fought on 6 May 1757, during the Third Silesian War and the broader Seven Years' War, between the Kingdom of Prussia a…
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War
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…
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
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 is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confin
The Battle of Kolín (Kolin) on 18 June 1757 saw 54,000 Austrians under Count von Daun defeat 34,000 Prussians under Frederick the Great during the Third Silesian War. Prussian atte…
Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marsha
Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées was a French military commander and Marshal of France.
A French army under Marshal d'Estrées defeats a smaller British-German army under the duke of Cumberland in the battle…
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the …
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (died 1833)
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)
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757…
Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Da
The Battle of Gross Jägersdorf was a victory for the Russian force under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin over a smaller Prussian force commanded by Field Marshal Hans von…
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: Russian force under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin beats a smaller Prussian…
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis was a French physiologist, Freemason, materialist philosopher and leading idéologue.
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (died 1808)
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Caven…
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (died 1806)
Ercole Consalvi was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Nap…
Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (died 1824)