What happened in 1759?
80 recorded events in 1759, including 35 in people, 24 in wars & conflicts and 10 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 24
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham
1759 battle between British and French near Quebec City, Canada
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Battle of Kunersdorf
1759 battle of the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Maxen
1759 battle
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Battle of Bergen
1759 battle in the Seven Years' War
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Battle of Minden
1759 battle
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Battle of Kay
1759 battle
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Sieges of Kolberg
Three subsequent sieges in 1759, 1760 and 1761
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Battle of Hoyerswerda
1759 battle
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Battle of Ticonderoga
1759 battle
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Battle of Beauport
1759 battle of the French and Indian War
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Battle of Meissen
1759 battle
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Holy War of Jahangir Khoja
Revolt led by Jahangir Khoja
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Battle of Fort Niagara
1759 siege late in the French and Indian War
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Battle of Frisches Haff
1759 naval battle of the Seven Years' War
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Burmese–Siamese War of 1759–60
Conflict between the Konbuang dynasty of Burma and the Thai kingdom of Ayutthaya
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Battle of La Belle-Famille
1759 battle
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Siege of Masulipatam
1759 siege
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Invasion of Martinique
1759 unsuccessful British invasion of the island during the Seven Years' War
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Invasion of Guadeloupe
1759 battle
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Battle of Chinsurah
1759 battle
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St. Francis Raid
1759 battle
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Battle of Peterswalde
1759 battle
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Battle of Astarabad
1759 battle
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Battle of the Twin Villages
Battle of the Twin Villages (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 1
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Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of 1758
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People 35
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Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis died
French mathematician, philosopher and man of letters
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Lê Ý Tông died
King of Vietnam
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Christopher Gist died
British explorer (1706–1759)
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Ferdinand Konščak died
Croatian missionary and explorer
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Nicolaus I Bernoulli died
Swiss mathematician (1687-1759)
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Jacob Theodor Klein died
Prussian scholar (1685-1759)
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Nicolas Antoine Boulanger died
French philosopher
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Antoine Gaubil died
French missionary (1689-1759)
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Florent-Jean de Vallière died
French general (1667-1759)
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Lewis Paul died
English inventor
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Ramiro Rampinelli died
Italian mathematician
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Johann Juncker died
German physician and chemist (1679-1759)
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José Antonio Villaseñor y Sánchez died
New Spain scholar
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Niccolò Gianpriamo died
Italian Jesuit, mathematician and astronomer (1686-1759)
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Pierre-Joseph Céloron de Blainville died
French explorer (1693-1759)
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Johann Christoph Altnickol died
German organist, bass singer and composer
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Muhammad I ar-Rashid died
Bey of Tunis (1710-1759)
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L. de Caix d'Hervelois died
French composer and musician
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Antonio Rinaldi died
Italian dancer and choreographer
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Elisabeth Mooij died
Dutch actress
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Friedrich Schiller born
Born in Marbach am Neckar. German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian (1759–1805).
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Mary Wollstonecraft born
Born in Spitalfields. English writer and intellectual (1759–1797).
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Robert Burns born
Born in Alloway. Scottish poet and lyricist (1759–1796).
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Georges Danton born
Born in Arcis-sur-Aube. French revolutionary (1759–1794).
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William Pitt the Younger born
Born in Kent. British statesman (1759–1806).
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Joseph Fouché born
Born in Le Pellerin. French statesman (1759-1820).
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William Wilberforce born
Born in Wilberforce House. English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833).
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Ferenc Kazinczy born
Born in Șimian. Hungarian linguist and writer (1759-1831).
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Jacques Cathelineau born
Born in Le Pin-en-Mauges. Insurrection leader during the French Revolution (1759-1793).
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Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg born
Born in Potsdam. Prussian field marshal (1759-1830).
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François Hanriot born
Born in Nanterre. French general and revolutionary (1759–1794).
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Francis Adam of Waldstein-Wartenberg born
Born in Vienna. Austrian botanist (1759-1823).
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Cornelio Saavedra born
Born in Otuyo. Platian general (1759-1828).
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Maximilian von Montgelas born
Born in Munich. German politician (1759-1838).
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Aubin-Louis Millin de Grandmaison born
Born in Paris. French antiquary and naturalist (1759-1818).
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Science & Technology 2
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Turin Astrophysical Observatory
Astronomical observatory in Pino Torinese, Italy
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hôpital militaire du Gros-Caillou
Former hospital in Paris (France)
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Religion & Belief Systems 5
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Tzistarakis Mosque
Mosque in Greece
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Touro Synagogue
Historic site in Rhode Island, United States
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Synagogue in Police
Synagogue in Police (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Little Synagogue, Gibraltar
Synagogue in the UK
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St. Jakobus der Ältere
Filial church in Ritzisried, Germany
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Economy & Trade 2
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Wedgwood
Pottery firm
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Ince and Mayhew
Partnership of furniture designers, upholsterers and cabinetmakers
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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Near East earthquakes of 1759
Series of earthquakes in Levant
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Architecture & Engineering 10
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Christian's Church
Church in the Christianshavn district of Copenhagen, Denmark
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San Raffaele, Naples
Church
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Old Olden Church
Church building in Stryn, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
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Øvre Rendal Church
Church building in Rendalen Municipality, Norway
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Padre Filippini
Church building in Verona, Italy
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Zion's Church
Church building in Worpswede, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Stöde Church
Church of Sweden church building in Stöde, Sweden
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San Giovanni Vincenzo
Church building in Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, Italy
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San Giuseppe
Church building in Florence, Italy
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Parish Church of Santo Antonio of Jacobina
Church building in Jacobina, Brazil
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