1750s

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Events

• 1756 : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born.
• 1756: Outbreak of the Seven Years' War .
• 1757 : In the Battle of Leuthen , Prussia achieves an important victory.

science

• 1752 : Benjamin Franklin invents the lightning rod .

Personalities

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , composer from Salzburg
• Louis XV , King of France
• Maria Theresa , Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
• Ferdinand VI. , King of Spain
• Charles III , King of Spain
• Friedrich II. , King of Prussia
• Benedict XIV , Pope
• Clement XIII. , Pope
• Elisabeth , tsarina
• George II , King of Great Britain and Ireland
• George Grenville , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham , Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Momozono , Emperor of Japan
• Qianlong , Emperor of China

Literature, film and entertainment reference

The two leather stocking stories The Boy Scout and The Last of the Mohicans are set in those years. (As well as the film based on the latter novel.)

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