Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
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
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)
Karl Leonhard Reinhold was an Austrian philosopher who helped to popularise the work of Immanuel Kant in the late 18th century. His "elementary philosophy" (Elementarphilosophie) a…
Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Austrian philosopher and academic (died 1823)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Charles X was King of France from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. An uncle of the uncrowned Louis XVII and younger brother to former reigning kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII…
Charles X of France (died 1836)
Charles-Pierre-François Augereau, duc de Castiglione was a French military commander and a Marshal of the Empire who served during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic …
Pierre Augereau, French general (died 1816)
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)
Ádám Mányoki was a Hungarian Baroque portrait painter.
Ádám Mányoki, Hungarian painter (born 1673)
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, commonly known as Baron vom Stein, was a Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms, which paved the way for the unification …
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Prussian statesman (died 1831)
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)
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperat…
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (born 1683)
Antoine Augustin Calmet was a French Benedictine abbot.
Antoine Augustin Calmet, French monk and theologian (born 1672)
Osman III was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1754 to 1757. He was succeeded by his cousin Mustafa III.
Osman III, Ottoman sultan (born 1699)
Admiral Edward Vernon was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral durin…
Edward Vernon, English admiral and politician (born 1684)
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