Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
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)
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)
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)
Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden was the last Princess-Abbess of Quedlinburg Abbey, and as such reigned as vassal monarch of the Holy Roman Empire.
Princess Sophia Albertina of Sweden (died 1829)
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)
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)
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).
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)
Louis Legendre was a French politician of the Revolution period.
Louis Legendre, French butcher and politician (died 1797)
Frances Burney, also known as Fanny Burney and later Madame d'Arblay, was an English novelist, diarist and playwright. In 1786–1790 she held the post of "Keeper of the Robes" to Ch…
Frances Burney, English novelist and playwright (died 1840)
Joseph Marie Charles dit Jacquard was a French weaver and merchant. He played an important role in the development of the earliest programmable loom, which in turn played an import…
Joseph Marie Jacquard, French merchant, invented the Jacquard loom (died 1834)
St. George Tucker was a Bermudian-born American lawyer, military officer and professor who taught law at the College of William & Mary. He strengthened the requirements for a law d…
St. George Tucker, United States federal judge (died 1827)
Samuel Smith was an American Senator and Representative from Maryland, a mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, and a general in the Maryland militia. He was the older brother of cabinet se…
Samuel Smith, American general and politician (died 1839)
David Humphreys was an American Revolutionary War colonel and aide de camp to George Washington, a secretary and intelligence agent for Benjamin Franklin in Paris, American ministe…
David Humphreys (soldier), American Revolutionary War colonel, politician, foreign minister and entrepreneur.
Carl Stenborg was a Swedish opera singer, composer and theatre director. He belonged to the pioneer generation of the Royal Swedish Opera and was regarded as one of the leading ope…
Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (died 1813)