Explore 192 historical events from 1750–1759.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 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)
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)
William Morgan, FRS was a British physician, physicist and statistician, who is considered the father of modern actuarial science. He is also credited with being the first to recor…
William Morgan, British actuary (died 1833)
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, was a French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker.
Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor and illustrator (died 1818)
Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock dolomite and the largest summital crater o…
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (died 1801)
Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland was a Swedish Prince, youngest son of King Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, a sister of Frederick the Great, Kin…
Frederick Adolf, duke of Östergötland (died 1803)
Henry Knox was an American military officer, politician, bookseller, and a Founding Father of the United States. Knox, born in Boston, became a senior general of the Continental Ar…
Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (died 1806)
Philippe François Nazaire Fabre d'Églantine, commonly known as Fabre d'Églantine, was a French actor, dramatist, poet, and politician of the French Revolution.
Fabre d'Églantine, French actor, playwright, and politician (died 1794)
Antonio Salieri was an Italian composer and teacher of the classical period. He was born in Legnago, south of Verona, in the Republic of Venice, and spent his adult life and career…
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (died 1825)
John Willison was an evangelical minister of the Church of Scotland and a writer of Christian literature.
John Willison, Scottish minister and author (born 1680)
Teruhito , posthumously honored as Emperor Sakuramachi was the 115th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He was enthroned as Emperor in 1735, a rei…
Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (born 1720)
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, p…
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (born 1686)
Dom John V, known as the Magnanimous and the Portuguese Sun King, was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and its mona…
John V, king of Portugal (born 1689)
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety of instruments and forms, including the or…
Johann Sebastian Bach, German organist and composer (born 1685)