Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1759
Monday, 23 November 2020
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 in the year 1759.
Jan 04 Maria Rosa Coccia, composer in the year 1759.
Jan 05 In the year 1759 jacques Cathelineau, French royalist/army leader
Jan 05 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Neth cardinal, dies at 79 on this day in history.
Jan 06 On this day in history george Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
Jan 11 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia on this day in history.
Jan 11 First American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia in the year 1759.
Jan 12 In the year 1759 anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49
Jan 15 On this day in history british Museum opens in Montague House, London
Jan 16 In the year 1759 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 in the year 1759.
Jan 25 In the year 1759 robert Burns, Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne)
Jan 25 The birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet on this day in history.
Jan 31 In the year 1759 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 Alexander von Papenhoven, Flemish religious sculptor, dies at 89 in the year 1759.
Feb 15 On this day in history friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena)
Feb 27 On this day in history johann Carl Friedrich Rellstab, composer
Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages in the year 1759.
Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII grants permission for the Bible to be translated into the languages of the Roman Catholic states on this day in history.
Mar 02 Johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer on this day in history.
Mar 13 In the year 1759 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
Apr 08 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India in the year 1759.
Apr 08 In the year 1759 francois de La Croix, composer, dies at 76
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 Jacques-Christian-Michel Widerkehr, composer in the year 1759.
Apr 20 On this day in history georg Friedrich Handel, buried in Westminster Abbey
Apr 27 In the year 1759 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
Apr 27 The birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein' in the year 1759.
May 01 In the year 1759 british fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
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