Historical Events In 1759
Friday, 26 July 2024
Jan 02 In Montreal, French Intendant Bigot cuts the bread ration in New France to half a pound per person per day in the year 1759.
Jan 03 On this day in history marquis & Marquess of Tavora, Portugese nobles, executed
Jan 04 In the year 1759 maria Rosa Coccia, composer
Jan 05 In the year 1759 jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
Jan 05 In the year 1759 thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79
Jan 06 In the year 1759 george Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
Jan 11 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia in the year 1759.
Jan 11 First American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia on this day in history.
Jan 12 On this day in history anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49
Jan 15 British Museum opens in Montague House, London on this day in history.
Jan 16 British Museum opens in London on this day in history.
Jan 17 In the year 1759 paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
Jan 21 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot on this day in history.
Jan 25 Robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne) in the year 1759.
Jan 25 The birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet in the year 1759.
Jan 31 On this day in history francois Devienne, composer
Feb 13 On this day in history 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
Feb 15 In the year 1759 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 In the year 1759 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 on this day in history.
Apr 08 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India on this day in history.
Apr 08 Francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1759.
Apr 13 French beat European Aliies in Battle of Bergen on this day in history.
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 in the year 1759.
Apr 18 On this day in history jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer
Apr 20 Georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey in the year 1759.
Apr 27 In the year 1759 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
Apr 27 In the year 1759 the birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'
May 01 On this day in history british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
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