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What Happened In History Year 1759

Historical Events for the Year 1759

  • 11th January » In Philadelphia e.g Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
  • 15th January » The British Museum opens.
  • 1st May » Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
  • 27th June » General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
  • 25th July » French and Indian War: In Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
  • 25th November » An Near East earthquakes of 1759 known as earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
  • 31st December » Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at Pound sterling named £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.

Famous Birthdays in 1759

  • 25th January » Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
  • 31st January » François Devienne, French flute player and composer (d. 1803)
  • 15th February » Friedrich August Wolf, German philologist and critic (d. 1824)
  • 20th February » Johann Christian Reil, German physician (d. 1813)
  • 22nd March » Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1818)
  • 18th April » Jacques Widerkehr, French cellist and composer (d. 1823)
  • 27th April » Mary Wollstonecraft, English author and philosopher (d. 1797)
  • 13th May » Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (d. 1824)
  • 15th May » Maria Theresia von Paradis, Austrian music performer and composer (d. 1824)
  • 20th May » William Thornton, Virgin Islander-American architect, designed the United States Capitol (d. 1828)
  • 28th May » William Pitt the Younger, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1806)
  • 21st June » Alexander J. Dallas (statesman) named Alexander J. Dallas, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Secretary of the Treasury (d. 1817)
  • 19th July » Marianna Auenbrugger, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1782)
  • 19th July » Seraphim of Sarov, Russian monk and saint (d. 1833)
  • 24th August » William Wilberforce, English politician and philanthropist (d. 1833)
  • 15th September » Cornelio Saavedra, Argentinean general and politician (d. 1829)
  • 19th September » William Kirby (entomologist) or William Kirby, English entomologist (d. 1850)
  • 23rd September » Marie Clotilde of France (d. 1802)
  • 4th October » Louis François Antoine Arbogast, French mathematician (d. 1803)
  • 20th October » Chauncey Goodrich, American lawyer and politician (d. 1815)
  • 25th October » Maria Feodorovna (Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg) named Maria Feodorovna, Russian wife of Paul I of Russia (d. 1828)
  • 25th October » William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1834)
  • 26th October » Georges Danton, French lawyer and politician, Ministry of Justice (France) named French Minister of Justice (d. 1794)
  • 10th November » Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)
  • 27th November » Franz Krommer, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1831)

Famous Deaths in History for 1759

  • 1st January » Jacques-Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie, French diplomat (b. 1705)
  • 12th January » Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (b. 1709)
  • 11th March » John Forbes (British Army officer) known as John Forbes, Scottish general (b. 1710)
  • 14th April » George Frideric Handel, German-English organist and composer (b. 1685)
  • 12th May » Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
  • 27th July » Pierre Louis Maupertuis, French mathematician and philosopher (b. 1698)
  • 8th August » Carl Heinrich Graun, German tenor and composer (b. 1704)
  • 10th August » Ferdinand VI of Spain (b. 1713)
  • 24th August » Ewald Christian von Kleist, German poet and soldier (b. 1715)
  • 10th September » Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian missionary and explorer (b. 1703)
  • 13th September » James Wolfe, English general (b. 1727)
  • 14th September » Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French general (b. 1712)
  • 10th October » Granville Elliott, English general (b. 1713)
  • 13th October » John Henley, English clergyman (b. 1692)
  • 29th November » Nicolaus I Bernoulli, Swiss mathematician and theorist (b. 1687)

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