Explore 233 historical events from 1750–1759.
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)
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…
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)
Josef Dobrovský was a Czech philologist and historian. He was one of the most important figures of the Czech National Revival along with Josef Jungmann.
Josef Dobrovský, Bohemian philologist and historian (died 1828)
Marie Joséphine of Savoy was a princess of France and Countess of Provence by marriage to the future King Louis XVIII of France. She was regarded by Bourbon royalist Legitimists as…
Marie Joséphine of Savoy (died 1810)
Sir John Soane was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architectur…
John Soane, English architect and academic, designed the Royal Academy and Freemasons' Hall (died 1837)
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)
Georg Wilhelm Richmann was a Russian physicist of Baltic German origin who did pioneering work on electricity, atmospheric electricity, and calorimetry. He died by electrocution in…
Georg Wilhelm Richmann, Estonian-Russian physicist and academic (born 1711)
Johann Balthasar Neumann, usually known as Balthasar Neumann, was a German architect and military engineer and one of the most important designers of late Baroque architecture in C…
Johann Balthasar Neumann, German engineer and architect, designed Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers (born 1687)
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)
Great Britain, officially the Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800. The state was created by the 1706 Treaty of Union and …
Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
The adoption of the Gregorian Calendar has taken place in the history of most cultures and societies around the world, marking a change from one of various traditional dating syste…
The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
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
Humphry Repton was the last great designer of the classic phase of the English landscape garden, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. His style is thought of as the…
Humphry Repton, English gardener and author (died 1818)
Ludwig August Lebrun was a German oboist and composer.
Ludwig August Lebrun, German oboe player and composer (died 1790)
John Brooks was an American medical doctor, military officer, and politician from Massachusetts. He served as the 11th Governor of Massachusetts from 1816 to 1823, and was one of t…
John Brooks, American soldier and politician, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1825)
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach was a German medical doctor, naturalist, physiologist, and anthropologist. He is considered to be a main founder of zoology and anthropology as comparat…
Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, German physician, physiologist, and anthropologist (died 1840): 94
Timothy Dwight was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817).
Timothy Dwight IV, American minister, theologian, and academic (died 1817)
Albrecht Daniel Thaer was a German agronomist and a supporter of the humus theory for plant nutrition.
Albrecht Thaer, German agronomist and author (died 1828)