1756
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1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar).
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Events
- March 17 – St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
- May 15 – Seven Years' War: The war begins when England declares war on France.
- August 29 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony
- October 1 – Seven Years' War: Prussia and Austrian Empire fought in the Battle of Lobositz.
- Frederick II of Prussia forces his country's peasants to grow the unpopular and obscure potato
Ongoing events
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)
- September 7 – Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch author (d. 1831)
- November 3 РPierre Laromigui̬re, French philosopher (d. 1837)
- Abdullah bin Sabah, Kuwaiti ruler (d. 1814)
- Gustaf Adolf Reuterholm, Swedish statesman (d. 1813)
Deaths
- April 18 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
- July 24 – George Vertue, English engraver and antiquary (b. 1684)
- Bernard Accama, Dutch painter (b. 1697)
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