What Happened Today In History

What Happened In Year 1750?

• July 11, 1750 – Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
• November 11, 1750 – riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.

Who Were Born In The Year 1750?

• January 1, 1750 – Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman and 1st and 3rd Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1801)
• March 5, 1750 – Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
• March 16, 1750 – Caroline Herschel, German-born astronomer (d. 1848)
• March 28, 1750 – Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan nationalist (d. 1816)
• March 30, 1750 – John Stafford Smith, English composer (d. 1836)
• April 17, 1750 – François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
• May 2, 1750 – John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
• June 21, 1750 – Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor, draftsman and printmaker (d. 1818)
• June 23, 1750 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
• July 25, 1750 – Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806)
• July 28, 1750 – Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician (d. 1794)
• August 18, 1750 – Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
• August 24, 1750 – Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
• September 5, 1750 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
• September 8, 1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
• September 18, 1750 – Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)
• September 26, 1750 – Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
• November 7, 1750 – Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
• November 20, 1750 – Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
• December 23, 1750 – King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (d. 1827)

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