Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In 1759
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Jan 02 On this day in history 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 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1759.
Jan 12 Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 in the year 1759.
Jan 15 British Museum opens in Montague House, London on this day in history.
Jan 16 On this day in history british Museum opens in London
Jan 17 On this day in history paul Cuffe, Mass, merchant/shipbuilder/black nationalist
Jan 21 Johan Valckenaer, Dutch politician/patriot on this day in history.
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 Francois Devienne, composer on this day in history.
Feb 13 In the year 1759 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 Friedrich A Wolfius, [Wolf], German philological (Prolegomena) in the year 1759.
Feb 27 In the year 1759 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 On this day in history johann Christian Friedrich Haeffner, composer
Mar 13 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet in the year 1759.
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 on this day in history.
Apr 13 In the year 1759 french beat European Aliies in Battle of Bergen
Apr 13 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen on this day in history.
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 in the year 1759.
Apr 27 In the year 1759 mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, England, writer/feminist (Female Reader)
Apr 27 On this day in history the birth of Mary Godwin/Shelley, Author of the novel 'Frankenstein'
May 01 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France in the year 1759.
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