Explore 233 historical events from 1750–1759.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Hipólito Ruiz López, or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the…
Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816)
François Charles Louis, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat was a French general and military engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (died 1833)
William Murdoch was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer.
William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)
General Sir Banastre Tarleton, 1st Baronet, was a British military officer and politician. He was the leader of the British Legion during the southern campaign of the American War …
Banastre Tarleton, English general and politician (died 1833)
John Ross Key was a lawyer, a commissioned officer in the Continental Army, a judge, and the father of writer Francis Scott Key.
John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (died 1821)
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)
Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer. In 1791, L'Enfant designed the baroque-styled plan for the development of Washington…
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (died 1825)
Louis XVI was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France, and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became t…
Louis XVI of France (died 1793)
Vice-Admiral of the Blue William Bligh was a Royal Navy officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of New South Wales from 1806 to 1808. He is best known for his…
William Bligh, English admiral and politician, 4th Governor of New South Wales (died 1817)
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)
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