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What Happened In Year 1756?

• May 18, 1756 – The Seven Years’ War begins when Great Britain declares war on France.
• June 20, 1756 – A British garrison is imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta.
• July 30, 1756 – In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly-built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
• August 29, 1756 – Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years’ War.
• September 8, 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

Who Were Born In The Year 1756?

• January 27, 1756 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (d. 1791)
• January 29, 1756 – Henry Lee III, American General (d. 1818)
• February 6, 1756 – Aaron Burr, American politician and 3rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1836)
• February 9, 1756 – Karel Blažej Kopřiva, Czech composer (d. 1785)
• February 22, 1756 – Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)
• March 3, 1756 – William Godwin, English journalist, political philosopher and novelist (d. 1836)
• March 4, 1756 – Sir Henry Raeburn, Scottish painter (d. 1823)
• April 10, 1756 – William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1831)
• April 17, 1756 – Dheeran Chinnamalai, Indian Freedom Fighter, Tamil Revolutionist (d. 1805)
• May 10, 1756 – Singu Min, King of Burma (d. 1782)
• May 27, 1756 – King Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (d. 1825)
• June 6, 1756 – John Trumbull, American painter (d. 1843)
• June 20, 1756 – Joseph Martin Kraus, Swedish composer (d. 1792)
• August 29, 1756 – Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
• September 21, 1756 – John MacAdam, Scottish engineer and road-builder (d. 1836)
• October 13, 1756 – James Gambier, 1st Baron Gambier, Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (d. 1833)
• November 18, 1756 – Thomas Burgess, English author, philosopher and religious figure (d. 1837)
• November 30, 1756 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist (d. 1827)
• December 8, 1756 – Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria (d. 1801)

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