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The year 1759 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed...

describe the North American theatre). The battle, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought on a plateau by the British Army and Royal Navy against the French...

The 1750s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1759 BC to December 31, 1750 BC. c. 1750 BC—The eruption of Mount Veniaminof, located on the Alaska Peninsula...

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, a philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade...

Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage...

Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1750, and ended on December 31, 1759. The 1750s was a pioneering decade. Waves of settlers flooded the New World...

Events from the year 1759 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Pierre François de Rigaud...

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firmer leadership, enabling it to consolidate and achieve its war aims. In 1759 Britain enjoyed an Annus Mirabilis, with success over the French on the continent...

Madho Singh in present-day Kakor, Uniara, Tonk district of Rajasthan. In 1759, Malharrao Holkar invaded Jaipur where a fierce battle took place. He despatched...

The Hon. George Villiers (23 November 1759 – 21 March 1827) was a British courtier and politician from the Villiers family. The youngest son of the diplomat...

under Mac Nemara. She fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, where she served as the flagship of Saint André du Vergé. HMS Resolution...

Launched in 1759, the third Supply was a Royal Navy armed tender that played an important part in the foundation of the Colony of New South Wales. The...

Princess Konstancja Czartoryska (c. 1696 or 29 January 1700 – 27 October 1759) was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and the mother of King Stanisław August...

article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1759. By January 15 – Voltaire's satirical novella Candide, ou l'Optimisme is...

Thomas Cooper (October 22, 1759 – May 11, 1839) was an Anglo-American economist, college president and political philosopher. Cooper was described by Thomas...

Choiseul planned to end the war in 1759 by making strong attacks on Britain and Hanover. Prussia suffered several defeats in 1759. At the Battle of Kay, or Paltzig...

The year 1759 in science and technology involved several significant events. Halley's Comet returns; a team of three mathematicians, Alexis Clairaut, Jérome...

1759 Kienle, provisional designation 1942 RF, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers...

Vos van Steenwijk (11 March 1759 – 2 January 1830) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was born in Vollenhove in 1759 into a rich noble family from...

expedition against Guadeloupe was a military action from January to May 1759, as part of the Seven Years' War. A large British force had arrived in the...

troops (from New York and the New England Colonies) in North America in 1759 at a narrows on Lake Champlain on what later became the border between New...

The 1759 Battle of Ticonderoga was a minor confrontation at Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) on July 26 and 27, 1759, during the French and...

Händel, German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhɛndl̩] ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque composer well known for his operas, oratorios...

capturing territory in surrounding colonies and ultimately the city of Quebec (1759). The following year the British were victorious in the Montreal Campaign...

list of the governors of colonies, protectorates, or other dependencies in 1759. Where applicable, native rulers are also listed. Austrian Netherlands –...

Frederick the Great, subtitled "The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756–1759", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975...

Admiral Boscawen captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was thus taken into the Royal Navy and recommissioned as the Third Rate...

Quebec 1759 is a board wargame published in 1972 by Gamma Two Games (now Columbia Games) that simulates the Battle of the Plains of Abraham outside the...