History
1759
General
Population: 844 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Thomas Godfrey (tragedy), Samuel Johnson (moral tales), Lessing (tragedy), Voltaire Candide, Thomas Wilkes,
Alexander Gerard (taste), Oliver Goldsmith (manners), Adam Smith (moral sentiments), William Chambers (civil architecture)
Art includes JB Greuze "The Bookseller Babuti", Hogarth "Sigismonda", Reynolds
Music: Haydn
- Science: Franz Aepinus writes theory of electricity and magnetism
- Deaths: Composer George Frederick Handel, Poet Ewald Christian von Kleist, Poet William Collins, Ferdinand VI of Spain, General Louis Joseph Montcalm,
General James Wolfe
Americas
- Brazil: Jesuits expelled
- Canada: Rogers Raid on Odanak Village sees 150 English killing 30 in Quebec
General James Wolfe defeats French at Battle of Quebec - British gain French territory - Generals Louis Joseph Montcalm and James wolf killed
- Mexico: Mt. Jorullo erupts
Europe
- General: Austrian General Laudon defeats Frederick the Great at Kunersdorf
Seven Years' War continues
- German States: Bavarian Academy of Science founded
- Great Britain: Foundation of Carron Iron Works in Stirlingshire Scotland
Annual Register issued for first time
"The Public Ledger" London daily paper begins
English scholar and murderer Eugene Aram executed
British museum opened at Montagu House
- Spain: Death of Ferdinand VI - Charles III rules
- Portugal: Expulsion of Jesuits
General
- General: French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) continues
- Americana: George Washington marries Martha Custis
- Medicine: Measles outbreak among Caucasians
- Military: Brits win more victories over French (Fort Ticonderoga)
Battle of Quiberon Bay – French defeated
- Religion: Approximate end of first Great Awakening in America
East
- Rhode Island: Peter Harrison creates synagogue at Newport