Explore 154 historical events from 1750–1759.
Brigadier Miguel de Azcuénaga was an Argentine army officer and politician. Educated in Spain, at the University of Seville, Azcuénaga began his military career in the Viceroyalty …
Miguel de Azcuénaga, Argentinian soldier (died 1833)
Juan José Elhuyar Lubize was a Spanish chemist and mineralogist, who was best known for being first to isolate tungsten with his brother Fausto Elhuyar in 1783.
Juan José Elhuyar, Spanish chemist and mineralogist (died 1796)
Salawat Yulayulı, Russianized to Salavat Yulayev was a Bashkir national hero who helped lead the Pugachev's Rebellion. He was also a poet and singer.
Salawat Yulayev, Russian poet (died 1800)
Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt was a Hereditary Princess of Baden by marriage to Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden. She was the daughter of Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hess…
Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, princess of Baden (died 1832)
Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.
Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic (died 1836)
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée was a French dramatist who blurred the lines between comedy and tragedy with his comédie larmoyante.
Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée, French playwright and producer (born 1692)
John Wood, the Elder was an English architect, working mainly in Bath.
John Wood, the Elder, English architect, designed The Circus and Queen Square (born 1704)
Ebenezer Erskine was a Scottish minister whose actions led to the establishment of the Secession Church.
Ebenezer Erskine, Scottish minister and theologian (born 1680)
Philippe Néricault Destouches was a French playwright who wrote 22 plays.
Philippe Néricault Destouches, French playwright and author (born 1680)
Thomas Bowdler was an English physician known for publishing The Family Shakespeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's plays edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdl…
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (died 1825)
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
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 surrendered Fort Necessity in Pennsylvania, the only military surrender in…
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)
William Eustis was an early American medical doctor, politician, and statesman from Massachusetts. Trained in medicine, he served as a military surgeon during the American Revoluti…
William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)
Brigadier General William Hull was an American army officer and politician. A veteran of the American Revolutionary War, he later served as governor of the Michigan Territory (1805…
William Hull, American general and politician, 1st Governor of Michigan Territory (died 1825)
Jean-Pierre François Blanchard was a French inventor, best known as a pioneer of gas balloon flight, who distinguished himself in the conquest of the air in a balloon. Notable for …
Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French inventor, best known as a pioneer in balloon flight (died 1809)
Admiral of the Red William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Newfoundland.
William Waldegrave, 1st Baron Radstock, English admiral and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Newfoundland (died…
Santiago Antonio María de Liniers y Bremond, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, KOM, OM was a Spanish military officer and a viceroy of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. Although bor…
Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, French-Spanish captain and politician, 10th Viceroy of the Viceroyalty…
Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt was a German Baroque architect, official, and councillor most active in Königsberg and throughout the Kingdom of Prussia.
Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (born 1678)
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