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| 1 | 1753 | - 1753: The British Parliament extends citizenship to Jews.
- 1753: The Cramer family starts a brewing operation including the current major brand Warsteiner
- 1 Mar 1753: Sweden adopts the Gregorian calendar.
- 31 Oct 1753: Virginia Lieut. Gov. Robert Dinwiddie commissions 21-year-old militia Maj. George Washington to dissuade the French from occupying the Ohio Country. The Seven Years' War, the first global conflict, ensues
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| 2 | 1754 | - 1754: King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793) is born.
- 1754: William Bligh, English sailor (d. 1817), is born.
- 15 Jan 1754: Richard Martin is born. Irish founder of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1834)
- 19 Jun 1754: The Albany Congress of New England Colonies proposes an American Union
- 13 Dec 1754: Osman III (1754-1757) succeeds Mahmud I as Ottoman Emperor
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| 3 | 1755 | - 1755: Construction of the Puning Temple complex in Chengde, China is complete, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor
- 13 Feb 1755: The kingdom of Mataram on Java is divided in two, creating the sultanate of Yogyakarta and the sunanate of Surakarta
- 9 Jul 1755: French and Indian War - Braddock Expedition: British troops and colonial militiamen are ambushed and suffer a devastating defeat inflicted by French and Indian forces. During the battle, British General Edward Braddock is mortally wounded. Colonel George Washington survives.
- 1 Nov 1755: Lisbon earthquake: In Portugal, Lisbon is destroyed by a massive earthquake and tsunami, killing 60,000-90,000 people.
- 2 Nov 1755: Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)is born.
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| 4 | 1756 | - 1756: Frederick II of Prussia forces his country's peasants to grow the unpopular and obscure potato
- 27 Jan 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791) is born.
- 15 May 1756: The Seven Years' War formally begins when Great Britain declares war on France
- 7 Sep 1756: Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch author (d. 1831) is born.
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| 5 | 1757 | - 5 Jan 1757: Robert-François Damiens makes an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Louis XV of France.
- 6 May 1757: Seven Years' War - Battle of Prague: Frederick the Great defeats an Austrian army and begins to besiege the city.
- 18 Jun 1757: Seven Years' War - Battle of Kolin: Frederick is defeated by an Austrian army under Marshal Daun, forcing him to evacuate Bohemia.
- 22 Jun 1757: George Vancouver, British explorer (d. 1798) is born.
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| 6 | 1758 | - 23 Jun 1758: Seven Years' War - Battle of Krefeld: Anglo-Hanoverian forces under Ferdinand of Brunswick defeat the French.
- 25 Dec 1758: Halley's Comet appears for the first time after Halley's discovery of it.
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| 7 | 1759 | - 1759: George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis
- 1759: The Famous Guinness Brewery is founded in St. James's Gate, Dublin Ireland.
- 7 Nov 1759: Jan Stegehuis is born in Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
- 7 Nov 1759: Jan Stegehuis is born in Ambt Almelo, Overijssel, Nederland
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| 8 | 1760 | - 22 Aug 1760: Pope Leo XII (d. 1829) is born.
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| 9 | 1761 | - 1761: George III of the United Kingdom and Queen Charlotte are crowned.
- 1 Sep 1761: Five year old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart gives his first public appearance at the Salzburg university.
- 20 Nov 1761: Pope Pius VIII (d. 1850) is born.
- 1 Dec 1761: Marie Tussaud, French wax modeller (d. 1850) is born.
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| 10 | 1762 | - 5 Feb 1762: The Great Holocaust (1762) of the Sikhs is carried out by the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali in Punjab. In all, over 500,000 men, women and children perish in this campaign of slaughter.
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| 11 | 1763 | - 10 Feb 1763: French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Canada to Great Britain.
- 15 Feb 1763: The Treaty of Hubertusburg puts an end to the Seven Years' War between Prussia and Austria and their allies.
- 23 Feb 1763: The Berbice Slave Uprising starts in the former Dutch colony of Berbice (British Ghana).
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1739 - 1803 (63 years)
