Explore 96 historical events from 1750–1759.
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: The French surrender Fort Beauséjour to the British, leading to the expulsion of the Acadians
Marc-Antoine Parseval des Chênes was a French mathematician, most famous for what is now known as Parseval's theorem, which showed that the Fourier transform is unitary.
Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (died 1836)
Robert Gray was an American merchant sea captain who is known for his achievements in connection with two trading voyages to the northern Pacific coast of North America, between 17…
Robert Gray, American captain and explorer (died 1806)
Giovanni Battista Viotti was an Italian violinist whose virtuosity was famed and whose work as a composer featured a prominent violin and an appealing lyrical tunefulness. He was a…
Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violinist and composer (died 1824)
Alfred Moore was an American judge, lawyer, planter and military officer who became an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moore Square, a park located in …
Alfred Moore, American lawyer and judge (died 1810)
Nathan Hale was an American Patriot, soldier, and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New Yo…
Nathan Hale, American soldier (died 1776)
Antoine François Fourcroy was a French chemist and a contemporary of Antoine Lavoisier. Fourcroy collaborated with Lavoisier, Guyton de Morveau, and Claude Berthollet on the Méthod…
Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (died 1809)
The Battle of Fort Beauséjour was fought on the Isthmus of Chignecto and marked the end of Father Le Loutre's War and the opening of a British offensive in the Acadia/Nova Scotia t…
After a two-week siege, the French commander of Fort Beauséjour in present-day New Brunswick, Canada, surrendered to Bri
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: In the first engagement of the war, Virginia militia under the 22-year-old Lieutenant colonel Geo
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)
Franz Anton Hoffmeister was a German and Austrian composer and music publisher.
Franz Anton Hoffmeister, German composer and publisher (died 1812)
Andrea Appiani was an Italian neoclassical painter. He is known as "the elder", to distinguish him from his great-nephew Andrea Appiani, a historical painter in Rome.
Andrea Appiani, Italian painter and educator (died 1817)
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)
Baron Franz Xaver von Zach was an Austrian astronomer born in Pest, Hungary.
Franz Xaver von Zach, Slovak astronomer and academic (died 1832)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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
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
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)