Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1759. 1759 (MDCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...
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Battle of the Plains of Abraham (redirect from Battle of Quebec (1759))
describe the North American theatre). The battle, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought on a plateau by the British Army and Royal Navy against the French...
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William Wilberforce (redirect from Wilberforce, William, 1759-1833)
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade....
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Clotilde of France (redirect from Clotilde of France (1759 - 1802))
Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage...
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Great Britain in the Seven Years' War (redirect from Annus Mirabilis of 1759)
firmer leadership, enabling it to consolidate and achieve its war aims. In 1759, Britain enjoyed an Annus Mirabilis, with success over the French on the...
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Events from the year 1759 in Canada. French Monarch: Louis XV British and Irish Monarch: George II Governor General of New France: Pierre François de Rigaud...
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Timeline of the American Revolution (redirect from Timeline of United States pre-history (1700–1759))
Timeline of the American Revolution—timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined...
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French ship Formidable (1751) (redirect from French ship Formidable (1759))
under Mac Nemara. She fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, where she served as the flagship of Saint André du Vergé. HMS Resolution...
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The year 1759 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed...
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Thomas Cooper (October 22, 1759 – May 11, 1839) was an Anglo-American economist, college president and political philosopher. Cooper was described by Thomas...
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Seven Years' War (section 1759–1760)
Choiseul planned to end the war in 1759 by making strong attacks on Britain and Hanover. Prussia suffered several defeats in 1759. At the Battle of Kay, or Paltzig...
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Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (redirect from Carel de Vos van Steenwijk (1759-1830))
Vos van Steenwijk (11 March 1759 – 2 January 1830) was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was born in Vollenhove in 1759 into a rich noble family from...
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Launched in 1759, the third Supply was a Royal Navy armed tender that played an important part in the foundation of the Colony of New South Wales. The...
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Battle of Kakkor (redirect from Battle of Kakor (1759))
Madho Singh in present-day Kakor, Uniara, Tonk district of Rajasthan. In 1759, Malharrao Holkar invaded Jaipur where a fierce battle took place. He despatched...
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French ship Téméraire (1749) (redirect from HMS Temeraire (1759))
Admiral Boscawen captured Téméraire at the Battle of Lagos on 18 August 1759. She was thus taken into the Royal Navy and recommissioned as the Third Rate...
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1759 Kienle, provisional designation 1942 RF, is a stony background asteroid from the central regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 7 kilometers...
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French and Indian War (section 1759–1760)
capturing territory in surrounding colonies and ultimately the city of Quebec (1759). The following year the British were victorious in the Montreal Campaign...
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The Hon. George Villiers (23 November 1759 – 21 March 1827) was a British courtier and politician from the Villiers family. The youngest son of the diplomat...
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Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) - "1759 Compl. Let.-writer (ed. 6) London: Printed for Stanley Crowder, and Co."...
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Fort Crown Point (redirect from Battle of Crown Point (1759))
British and Colonial troops from New York and the New England Colonies in 1759 at a narrows on Lake Champlain on the border between New York and Vermont...
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confrontation at Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) on July 26 and 27, 1759, during the French and Indian War. A British military force of more than...
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Frederick the Great (game) (redirect from Frederick the Great: The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756-1759)
Frederick the Great, subtitled "The Campaigns of The Soldier King 1756–1759", is a board wargame published by Simulations Publications Inc. (SPI) in 1975...
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A French invasion of Great Britain was planned to take place in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, but due to various factors (including naval defeats at...
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Indian Kingdoms of Assam". Sethuraman, N. (1993). The Later Pandyas (1371–1759 AD). Tiruchirapalli: The Epigraphical Society of India. Relación de Michoacán...
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Charles III of Spain (section King of Spain, 1759–1788)
Farnesio; 20 January 1716 – 14 December 1788) was King of Spain in the years 1759 to 1788. He was also Duke of Parma and Piacenza, as Charles I (1731–1735);...
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Robert Thornton (MP) (redirect from Robert Thornton (1759-1826))
Robert Thornton (9 January 1759 – 16 March 1826) was the MP for Bridgwater from 21 July 1785 till 1790 and MP for Colchester from 1790 till March 1817...
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Princess Konstancja Czartoryska (c. 1696 or 29 January 1700 – 27 October 1759) was a Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman and the mother of King Stanisław August...
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