Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
The Braddock Expedition, also known as Braddock's Campaign or Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne from the French in 1755 …
The Braddock Expedition is soundly defeated by a smaller French and Native American force in its attempt to capture…
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)
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It bega…
British governor Charles Lawrence and the Nova Scotia Council order the deportation of the Acadians.
Brigadier-General Charles Lawrence was a British Army officer who, as lieutenant governor and subsequently governor of Nova Scotia, is perhaps best known for overseeing the Expulsi…
Under the direction of Charles Lawrence, the British begin to forcibly deport the Acadians from Nova Scotia to the…
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)
Jean-Baptiste du Val-de-Grâce, baron de Cloots, better known as Anacharsis Cloots, was a Prussian nobleman who was a significant figure in the French Revolution. Perhaps the first …
Anacharsis Cloots, Prussian-French activist (died 1794)
Natalia Alexeievna, Tsarevna of Russia was the first wife of Paul Petrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, son of the Empress Catherine II. She was born as Princess Wilhelmina Louisa of H…
Natalia Alexeievna of Russia (died 1776)
Paul François Jean Nicolas, Vicomte de Barras, commonly known as Paul Barras, was a French politician of the French Revolution, and the main executive leader of the Directory regim…
Paul Barras, French soldier and politician (died 1829)
Sarah Siddons was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".
Sarah Siddons, English actress (died 1831)
Armand-Michel Bacharetie de Beaupuy was a French soldier. He rose in rank to command an infantry division during the Wars of the French Revolution. He was killed at the Battle of E…
Michel de Beaupuy, French general (died 1796)
Baron Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony was a French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics. He was born at Chamelet, Beaujolais, France and died in Asnière…
Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician and engineer (died 1839)
Nicolas-Jacques Conté was a French inventor of the modern pencil.
Nicolas-Jacques Conté, French soldier, painter, balloonist, and inventor (died 1805)
Narayanrao was the 10th Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy, serving from November 1772 until his assassination in August 1773. He was the third and youngest son of Balaji Baji Rao a…
Narayan Rao, fifth Peshwa of the Maratha Empire (died 1773)
Hans Axel von Fersen, also known as Axel von Fersen the Younger and as Axel de Fersen in France, was a Swedish count, military officer, courtier, ambassador, Marshal and Lord of th…
Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (died 1810)
Benjamin Bourne was a United States representative from Rhode Island, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and a Unit…
Benjamin Bourne, American judge and politician (died 1808)
Oliver Evans was an American inventor, engineer, and businessman born in rural Delaware and later rooted commercially in Philadelphia. He was one of the first Americans to build s…
Oliver Evans, American inventor, engineer and businessman (died 1819)
John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the l…
John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States…
François Joseph Lefebvre, Duke of Danzig was a French military commander of the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and one of the original eighteen Marshals of the …
François Joseph Lefebvre, French military commander (died 1820)
Major-General Edward Braddock was a British Army officer who served in the War of the Austrian Succession and French and Indian War. He is best known for his command of a disastrou…
Edward Braddock, Scottish general (born 1695)
Ephraim Williams Jr. was an American landowner and militia officer from the Province of Massachusetts Bay who was killed in the French and Indian War. Born in Newton, Massachusetts…
Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (born 1715)