1759 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1759?
- January 5, 1759 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis.
- January 11, 1759 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
- January 15, 1759 – The British Museum opens.
- May 1, 1759 – Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.
- June 27, 1759 – General James Wolfe begins the siege of Quebec.
- July 25, 1759 – French and Indian War: in Western New York, British forces capture Fort Niagara from the French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
- August 1, 1759 – Seven Years’ War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French. In Britain this was one of a number of events that constituted the Annus Mirabilis of 1759 and is celebrated as Minden Day by certain British Army regiments.
- August 19, 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Year’s War between Britain and France.
- September 13, 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: British defeat French near Quebec City in the Seven Years’ War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- September 18, 1759 – The British capture Quebec City.
- November 25, 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- December 31, 1759 – Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease at £45 per annum and starts brewing Guinness.
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