Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
Adrien-Marie Legendre was a French mathematician who made numerous contributions to mathematics. Well-known and important concepts such as the Legendre polynomials and Legendre tra…
Adrien-Marie Legendre, French mathematician and theorist (died 1833)
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn was a German Protestant theologian of the Enlightenment and an early orientalist. He was a member of the Göttingen school of history.
Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, German theologian and academic (died 1827)
Samuel Ogle was the 16th, 18th and 20th Proprietary Governor of Maryland from 1731 to 1732, 1733 to 1742, and 1746/1747 to 1752.
Samuel Ogle, English-American captain and politician, 5th Governor of Restored Proprietary Government (born 1692)
William Bradford was an early American colonial printer and publisher in British America. Bradford is best known for establishing the first printing press in the Middle Colonies of…
William Bradford, English-American printer (born 1663)
Joseph Butler was an English Anglican bishop, theologian, apologist, and philosopher, born in Wantage in the English county of Berkshire. His principal works are the Fifteen Sermon…
Joseph Butler, English bishop and philosopher (born 1692)
Giulio Alberoni was an Italian cardinal and statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain.
Giulio Alberoni, Spanish cardinal (born 1664)
Johann Christoph Pepusch, also known as John Christopher Pepusch and Dr Pepusch, was a German-born Baroque composer who spent most of his working life in England.
Johann Christoph Pepusch, German-English composer and theorist (born 1667)
Vice-Admiral of the Red Sir Peter Warren, KB was a Royal Navy officer and politician who represented Westminster in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1747 to 1752. Warren …
Peter Warren, Irish admiral and politician (born 1703)
William Whiston was an English theologian, historian, natural philosopher, and mathematician, a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac Newton. He is now probabl…
William Whiston, English mathematician, historian, and theologian (born 1667)
The Calendar Act 1750, also known as Chesterfield's Act or the British Calendar Act of 1751, is an act of the Parliament of Great Britain. Its purpose was for Great Britain and the…
Under the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750, the British Empire adopted the Gregorian calendar, skipping…
The Pennsylvania Gazette was one of the United States' most prominent newspapers from 1728 until 1815. In the years leading up to the American Revolution, the newspaper served as a…
The Pennsylvania Gazette published a statement by Benjamin Franklin describing a kite experiment (depicted) to…
Pope Benedict XIV, born Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 17 August 1740 to his death on 3 May 1758.
Pope Benedict XIV suppresses the Patriarchate of Aquileia and establishes from its territory the Archdiocese of Udine…
Judith Sargent Stevens Murray was an early American advocate for women's rights, an essay writer, playwright, poet, and letter writer. She was one of the first American proponents …
Judith Sargent Murray, American poet and playwright (died 1820)
Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia was the consort of William V of Orange and the de facto leader of the dynastic party and counter-revolution in the Netherlands. She was the daughter …
Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (died 1820)
Manuel Abad y Queipo was a Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop of Michoacán in the Viceroyalty of New Spain at the time of the Mexican War of Independence. He was "an acute social commen…
Manuel Abad y Queipo, Spanish-born Mexican bishop (died 1825)
Stephen Badlam was an American artisan and military officer. Raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, Badlam was orphaned as a young child following the death of his father, a tavern-k…
Stephen Badlam, American artisan and military officer (died 1815)
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia "Marianne" Mozart, also known by her nickname Nannerl, was a distinguished musician from Salzburg. In her childhood, she developed into an outstanding k…
Maria Anna Mozart, Austrian pianist (died 1829)
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen was a member of the House of Saxe-Meiningen and a Princess of Saxe-Meiningen by birth and a member of the House of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg and Duc…
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen (died 1827)
Richard Brinsley Butler Sheridan was an Anglo-Irish playwright, writer and Whig politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1780 to 1812, representing the constituencie…
Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish-English poet, playwright, and politician, Treasurer of the Navy (died 1816)
Christopher Polhammar better known as Christopher Polhem, which he took after his ennoblement in 1716, was a Swedish scientist, inventor, and industrialist. He made significant con…
Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (born 1661)
William IV was Prince of Orange from birth and the first hereditary stadtholder of all the United Provinces of the Netherlands from 1747 until his death in 1751.
William IV, Prince of Orange (born 1711)
Philip Doddridge D.D. was an English Nonconformist minister, educator, and hymnwriter.
Philip Doddridge, English minister and hymn-writer (born 1702)
Nicolas François de Neufchâteau was a French statesman, poet, and agricultural scientist.
François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, French Minister of the Interior (died 1828)
Major John André was a British Army officer who served as the head of Britain's intelligence operations during the American War for Independence. In September 1780, André negotiate…
John André, English soldier and spy (died 1780)