1759

Years:
1756 1757 1758 – 1759 – 1760 1761 1762

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

Centuries:
17th century – 18th century – 19th century

List of state leaders in 1759
List of religious leaders in 1759

1759 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).

Events

January 11 – In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the first American life insurance company is incorporated.
January 13 – The Távora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal
January 15 – The British Museum opens
April 13 – a French army defeats Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at Brunswick
June 27 – British Troops under Jeffrey Amherst take Fort Ticonderoga
July 25 – Seven Years' War (French and Indian War): In Canada, British forces capture Fort Niagara from French, who subsequently abandon Fort Rouillé.
Ferdinand VI of Spain is succeeded by his half-brother Carlos III of Spain
September 13 – Seven Years' War (French and Indian War): French Canada falls to British forces following General Wolfe's victory in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec. Both the French Commander (the Marquis de Montcalm) and the British General James Wolfe are fatally wounded.
George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis
Adam Smith publishes Theory of Moral Sentiments, embodying some of his Glasgow lectures
Publication of Voltaire's Candide
The town of Egedesminde (modern Aasiaat) is founded in Greenland.

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