Explore 233 historical events from 1750–1759.
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)
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)
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period. He grew up in Austria, and was educated there; in his mid-twenties…
Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (died 1831)
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the first Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 31 January 1…
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de
Captain George Vancouver was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coas…
George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1798)
Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze was a Georgian nobleman (tavadi), politician and diplomat primarily known as the Georgian ambassador to Imperial Russia.
Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat (died 1811)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Russian artist of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He served at the court of Catherine the Great and dominated portraiture in Russia at the turn of the …
Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (died 1825)
Elizabeth Hamilton was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and was a passionate champion and defender of Hamil…
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton (died 1854)
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in hi…
Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (died 1834)
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)
Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest-ranking officers serving the Habsburg Emperor during the…
Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover was Queen in Prussia and Electress of Brandenburg during the reign of her husband, King Frederick William I, from 1713 to 1740. She was the mother of Fre…
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, queen consort of Frederick William I (born 1687)[citation needed]
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the …
Domenico Scarlatti, Italian harpsichord player and composer (born 1685)
Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La Fayette, known in the United States as Lafayette, was a French military officer and politician who volunteered to join …
Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, French general (died 1834)
Ádám Mányoki was a Hungarian Baroque portrait painter.
Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (born 1673)
David Hartley was an English philosopher and founder of the Associationist school of psychology. His most famous work is Observations on Man (1749).
David Hartley, English psychologist and philosopher (born 1705)
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
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: The Austrian victory at the Battle of Kolín forced Prussian leader Frederick the Great to give up th
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)