Explore 282 historical events from 1750–1759.
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim or Johann Lorenz Mosheim was a German Lutheran church historian.
Johann Lorenz von Mosheim, German historian and author (born 1694)
Samuel Freiherr von Cocceji was a German official from the Electorate of the Palatinate who served Brandenburg-Prussia and the Kingdom of Prussia. He was the son of Heinrich von Co…
Samuel von Cocceji, Prussian jurist and statesman (born 1679)
Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists, who is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church.
Gerard Majella, Italian saint (born 1725)
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier was a French baroque composer of chamber music, cantatas, opéra-ballets, and vocal music. Boismortier was one of the first composers to have no patrons:…
Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (born 1689)
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 Expulsion of the Acadians was the forced removal of the French colonists of the North American region historically known as Acadia between 1755 and 1764 by Great Britain. It in…
The first wave of the Expulsion of the Acadians from the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces by the British began…
The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a conflict in North America between Great Britain and France, along with their respective Indigenous allies, which were called "Indians" a…
French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, British colonial troops and…
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
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: George Washington surrenders Fort Necessity to French forces.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Thomas Bowdler was an English physician known for publishing The Family Shakespeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's plays edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdl…
Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (died 1825)
Antoine Louis Claude Destutt, comte de Tracy was a French Enlightenment aristocrat and philosopher who coined the term "ideology" and was the leading theorist of the idéologues.
Antoine Destutt de Tracy, French philosopher and academic (died 1836)
Pierre "Peter" Charles L'Enfant was a French-American artist, professor, and military engineer. In 1791, L'Enfant designed the baroque-styled plan for the development of Washington…
Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, designed Washington, D.C. (died 1825)
Hipólito Ruiz López, or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the…
Hipólito Ruiz López, Spanish botanist (died 1816)
François Charles Louis, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat was a French general and military engineer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.
François, marquis de Chasseloup-Laubat, French general and engineer (died 1833)
William Murdoch was a Scottish chemist, inventor, and mechanical engineer.
William Murdoch, Scottish engineer and inventor, created gas lighting (died 1839)