Today in History for Year 1750

Months in Year 1750: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 13 of 13

Jan 3rd - Tax revolt in Haarlem Neth
Feb 8th - Minor earthquake in London
Mar 5th - 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
May 2nd - Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè," premieres in Mantua
May 17th - -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem
May 23rd - Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua
Jul 5th - Slave revolt on Curacao
Jul 11th - Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
Aug 7th - Slave uprising on Curacao
Sep 5th - Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
Oct 5th - Carlo Goldoni's "Il teatro comica," premieres in Venice
Nov 11th - The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, was formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It was the first college fraternity.
Dec 1st - 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 43 of 43

Jan 1st - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
Jan 10th - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor (d. 1823)
Jan 11th - Johann Jakob Walder, composer
Jan 24th - Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician/patriot/journalist
Jan 25th - Johann Gottfried Vierling, composer
Jan 31st - Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
Feb 10th - Stanislao Mattei, composer
Feb 28th - Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
Mar 5th - Jean B G d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical (Apollonii Lexicon)
Mar 15th - Caroline Herschel, astronomer/discoverer
Mar 16th - Caroline Lucretia Herchel, Hanover, Germany, 1st mod woman astronomer
Mar 20th - Martinus van Marum, Dutch chemist/physicist (Homo Diluvii Testus)
Mar 23rd - Johannes Matthias Sperger, composer
Mar 28th - Francisco A G de Miranda, Venezuelan freedom fighter
Mar 30th - John Stafford Smith, composer
Apr 17th - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
Apr 24th - Simon-Antoine-Jean Lhuillier, Swiss mathematician
Apr 28th - Paul Ignaz Kurzinger, composer
May 2nd - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
May 8th - Elias Mann, composer
May 20th - Stephen Girard, bailed out US bonds during War of 1812
Jun 3rd - Frederic Thieme, composer
Jun 17th - Michel Woldemar, composer
Jun 21st - Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French artist (d. 1818)
Jun 23rd - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
Jul 19th - Alessio Prati, composer
Jul 25th - Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806)
Jul 28th - Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
Aug 10th - Daniel Gottlob Turk, composer
Aug 18th - Antonio Salieri, Italy, composer (Tatare)
Aug 24th - Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
Sep 2nd - Pehr Frigel, composer
Sep 5th - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (Scots poems)
Sep 18th - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (Fabulas Literarias)
Sep 26th - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, British admiral (d. 1810)
Oct 31st - Leonor de Almeida marquesa de Alorna, Portuguese poet
Nov 7th - Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
Nov 20th - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
Nov 27th - Anton Thadaus Johann Nepomuk Stamitz, composer
Dec 3rd - Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer
Dec 10th - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)
Dec 23rd - Frederik Augustus I, the Righteous, king of Saxony (1806-27)
Dec 25th - John "Christmas" Beckwith, composer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 27 of 27

Jan 16th - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
Jan 17th - Tomaso Albinioni, Italian composer (Adagio in G Minor), dies at 78
Jan 22nd - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
Jan 26th - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
Feb 2nd - Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65
Feb 8th - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
Feb 22nd - Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71
Mar 7th - Cornelis Troost, Dutch painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
May 3rd - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
May 28th - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan (b. 1720)
May 29th - Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70
Jun 2nd - Johann Valentin Rathgeber, German composer, dies at 68
Jun 14th - Franz Anton Maichelbeck, composer, dies at 47
Jun 15th - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal, French writer (b. 1684)
Jul 15th - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
Jul 28th - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (Art of the Fugue), dies at 65
Jul 31st - Johan V, King of Portugal, dies
Aug 12th - Rachel Ruysch, royal painter of soverign Johan von de Pfalz, dies
Sep 14th - Carl T Pachelbel, US organist/composer
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (Jul 28th) Sep 15th - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, composer, dies at 59
Oct 3rd - Georg Matthias Monn, composer, dies at 33
Oct 16th - Silvius Leopold Weiss, composer, dies at 64
Nov 1st - Giuseppe Sammartini, composer, dies at 55
Nov 1st - Gustaaf W van Imhoff, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1736-40), dies at 45
Nov 20th - Wilhelmus Schortinghuis, theologist (Christian religion), dies at 50
Nov 25th - Francesco Feroci, composer, dies at 77
Dec 1st - Doppelmayr, mathematician