Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1759
Friday, 22 October 2021
Jan 02 In the year 1759 in Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day. 
Jan 03 Marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed on this day in history.
Jan 04 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer on this day in history.
Jan 05 On this day in history jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
Jan 05 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 in the year 1759.
Jan 06 George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis in the year 1759.
Jan 11 In the year 1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
Jan 11 First American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia in the year 1759.
Jan 12 On this day in history anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49
Jan 15 On this day in history british Museum opens in Montague House, London
Jan 16 On this day in history british Museum opens in London
Jan 17 Paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist on this day in history.
Jan 21 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot on this day in history.
Jan 25 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) on this day in history.
Jan 25 In the year 1759 the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet
Jan 31 Francois Devienne, composer on this day in history.
Feb 13 In Halifax Nova Scotia the first use of secret ballot in Canada in Nova Scotia Assembly; first legislature in British territory to permit secret voting on this day in history.
Feb 15 On this day in history alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89
Feb 15 In the year 1759 friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
Feb 27 Johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer on this day in history.
Feb 28 On this day in history pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII grants permission for the Bible to be translated into the languages of the Roman Catholic states in the year 1759.
Mar 02 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer in the year 1759.
Mar 13 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in the year 1759.
Apr 08 On this day in history british troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
Apr 08 On this day in history francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
Apr 13 French beat European Aliies in Battle of Bergen in the year 1759.
Apr 13 In the year 1759 french beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
Apr 14 Georg Friedrich Handel, organist/composer (Watermusic), dies at 74 on this day in history.
Apr 18 On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
Apr 20 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey on this day in history.
Apr 27 Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader) in the year 1759.
Apr 27 The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' on this day in history.
May 01 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France on this day in history.
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