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Sat Nov 11 2000 at 2:05:52
Born in 1750:
German
-
English
astronomer
Caroline Herschel
(sister of
William Herschel
).
Swiss
mathematician
Simon Lhuilier
.
Italian
mathematician
Lorenzo Mascheroni
.
Scottish
mathematician
James Glenie
.
American
Revolutionary War
general
Henry Knox
.
Scottish
poet
Robert Fergusson
.
Venezuelan
revolutionary
Francisco de Miranda
.
Italian
composer
Antonio Salieri
, rival of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
.
English
lawyer
and
politician
Thomas Erskine
.
French
canning
pioneer
Nicolas François Appert
.
French
marshal
and military writer Comte
Maurice de Saxe
.
Died in 1750:
German
composer
Johann Sebastian Bach
.
German luteinist and composer
Silvius Leopold Weiss
.
João V
, king of
Portugal
.
German geologist
Abraham Werner
, proponent of
Neptunism
.
Austrian
composer
Georg Matthias Monn
.
Events of 1750:
Crispus Attucks
escapes
from his
Massachussetts
owner.
Britain outlaws the manufacture of
iron
in its American colonies. This law is, naturally, ignored.
the French build
Fort Rouille
on the shores of
Lake Ontario
, the current site of
Toronto
.
A
dance craze
sweeps the
peasant
ry of southern Germany and
Austria
. Known as the
Walzer
, it is the forerunner of the
waltz
.
The
first
coal mine
in America
is opened, bear
Richmond
,
Virginia
.
Westminster Bridge
spans the
Thames
.
Dr. Thomas Walker
locates the
Cumberland Gap
in western
Virginia
.
John Cleland
publishes his
novel
,
Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure
, commonly known now as
Fanny Hill
.
Baal Shem Tov
founds
Hasidic Judaism
.
Karim Khan Zand
consolidates power over
Persia
, keeping
Safavid Esma'il III
as figurehead
Shah
.
1749
-
1750
-
1751
It's important to note that 1750 is used as an arbitrary dividing line for some important historical periods.
Google
returned about 652,000 hits as opposed to the 300,000 - 400,000 for other years.
The Industrial Revolution
gets into swing around this time, especially in
Great Britain
.
The death of Bach is an important symbol for the end of the
Baroque
/
Roccoco
movements in art and architecture, and the beginning of the
Neoclassical
/
Classical
Period.
The era of
liberal
philosophical thinking known as
The Enlightenment
begins around this time.
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chaos
1751
1749
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough
Laibachkunstderfuge
Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
William Legge, 1st Earl of Dartmouth
Order of Saint Augustine
Let Us Be Merry Before We Go
Ludovico Antonio Muratori
1723
Antonio Salieri
Fanny Hill
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Johann Sebastian Bach
16th century
Strawberry Hill
Louisbourg
Jan van Riebeek
Devil's Curve
1799
1785
John Cleland
1700
18th century
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