1756

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Years: 1753 1754 1755 - 1756 - 1757 1758 1759

Decades: 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century 1756 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State leaders From Categories: births - deaths

1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).

Contents 1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Births 4 Deaths

Events

• March 17 - St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
• April 12 - The French invade Minorca, then under British control.
• May 17 - The Seven Years' War formally begins when England declares war on France.
• May 20 - Battle of Minorca. The English fleet under John Byng is defeated by the French under Augustin de la Gallisonnière.
• May 28 - The British garrison in Minorca surrenders to the French.
• August 29 - Frederick the Great invades Saxony, beginning the war on the continent.
• October 1 - Battle of Lobositz. Frederick defeats an Austrian army under Marshal Maximilian von Browne.
• Frederick II of Prussia forces his country's peasants to grow the unpopular and obscure potato

Ongoing events

• French and Indian War (1754-1763)

Births

• January 27 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
• February 6 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
• March 3 - William Godwin, English writer (d. 1836)
• May 27 - Maximilian I of Bavaria (d. 1825)
• June 6 - John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
• June 20 - Joseph Martin Kraus, German-Swedish composer (d. 1792)
• August 1 - Pierre Louis Prieur, French politician (d. 1827)
• August 29 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
• September 7 - Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch author (d. 1831)
• November 3 - Pierre Laromiguière, French philosopher (d. 1837)
• Abdullah bin Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (d. 1814)
• Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Swedish statesman (d. 1813)

Deaths

• February 25 - Eliza Haywood, English actress and writer (b. 1693)
• April 10 - Giacomo Antonio Perti, Italian composer (b. 1661)
• April 18 - Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
• July 24 - George Vertue, English engraver and antiquary (b. 1684)
• December 8 - William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington, English statesman and diplomat
• Bernard Accama, Dutch painter (b. 1697)