Explore 192 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: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.
The Seven Years' War, 1756 to 1763, was a global war fought by numerous great powers, primarily in Europe, with significant subsidiary campaigns in North America and the Indian sub…
Seven Years' War: Prussian forces engaged the Russians at the Battle of Zorndorf in present-day Sarbinowo, Poland.
The Battle of Prague, also known as Battle of Štěrboholy, was fought on 6 May 1757, during the Third Silesian War and the broader Seven Years' War, between the Kingdom of Prussia a…
Battle of Prague: A Prussian army fights an Austrian army in Prague during the Seven Years' War
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…
The end of Konbaung–Hanthawaddy War, and the end of Burmese Civil War (1740–1757)
Christopher Smart was an English poet. He was a major contributor to two popular magazines, The Midwife and The Student, and a friend to influential cultural icons like Samuel John…
English poet Christopher Smart is admitted into St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London, beginning his six-year confin
The Battle of Kolín (Kolin) on 18 June 1757 saw 54,000 Austrians under Count von Daun defeat 34,000 Prussians under Frederick the Great during the Third Silesian War. Prussian atte…
Battle of Kolín between Prussian forces under Frederick the Great and an Austrian army under the command of Field Marsha
The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company, under the leadership of Robert Clive, over the Nawab of Bengal and his French allies on 23 June 1757…
Battle of Plassey: Three thousand British troops under Robert Clive defeat a 50,000-strong Indian army under Siraj ud-Da
Louis Charles César Le Tellier, Duke of Estrées was a French military commander and Marshal of France.
A French army under Marshal d'Estrées defeats a smaller British-German army under the duke of Cumberland in the battle…
Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He fought during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the …
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, English admiral and politician (died 1833)
Manuel Vicente Tolsá Sarrión was a prolific Neoclassical architect and sculptor in Spain and New Spain. He served as the first director of the Academy of San Carlos.
Manuel Tolsá, Spanish sculptor and first director of the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico City (died 1816)
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804 and as Speaker of the House of Commons from…
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1844)
Pierre Jean Georges Cabanis was a French physiologist, Freemason, materialist philosopher and leading idéologue.
Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist and philosopher (died 1808)
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, was an English aristocrat, socialite, political organiser, author, and activist. Born into the Spencer family and married into the Caven…
Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (died 1806)
Ercole Consalvi was a deacon and cardinal of the Catholic Church, who served twice as Cardinal Secretary of State for the Papal States and who played a crucial role in the post-Nap…
Ercole Consalvi, Italian cardinal (died 1824)
Ignaz (Ignace) Joseph Pleyel was an Austrian composer, music publisher and piano builder of the Classical period. He grew up in Austria, and was educated there; in his mid-twenties…
Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French pianist and composer (died 1831)
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas y Dávila was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as the first Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata from 31 January 1…
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine lawyer and politician 1st Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de
Prince Garsevan Chavchavadze was a Georgian nobleman (tavadi), politician and diplomat primarily known as the Georgian ambassador to Imperial Russia.
Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian politician and diplomat (died 1811)
Captain George Vancouver was a Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for leading the Vancouver Expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coas…
George Vancouver, English lieutenant and explorer (died 1798)
Vladimir Lukich Borovikovsky was a Russian artist of Ukrainian Cossack origin. He served at the court of Catherine the Great and dominated portraiture in Russia at the turn of the …
Vladimir Borovikovsky, Ukrainian-Russian painter (died 1825)
Elizabeth Hamilton was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was the wife of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and was a passionate champion and defender of Hamil…
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, American humanitarian; wife of Alexander Hamilton (died 1854)
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in hi…
Thomas Telford, Scottish architect and engineer, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (died 1834)
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton was a British peer and politician.
Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Grafton, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (born 1683)
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, one of the leading commanders under Frederick the Great.
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Prussian field marshal (born 1684)
Maximilian Ulysses, Reichsgraf von Browne, Baron de Camus and Mountany was an Austrian military officer, one of the highest-ranking officers serving the Habsburg Emperor during the…
Maximilian Ulysses Browne, Austrian field marshal (born 1705)