Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1750
Birthdays
- January 1 - Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
- January 10 - Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine
- March 5 - Jean-Baptiste Gaspard d'Ansse de Villoison, French classical scholar (d. 1805)
- March 16 - Caroline Herschel, German-born English astronomer (d. 1848)
- March 28 - Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan revolutionary (d. 1816)
- March 30 - John Stafford Smith, English composer (d. 1836)
- April 17 - François de Neufchâteau, French statesman and intellectual figure (d. 1828)
- May 2 - John André, British Army officer of the American Revolutionary War (d. 1780)
- June 21 - Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French artist (d. 1818)
- June 23 - Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
- July 25 - Henry Knox, American general (d. 1806)
- July 28 - Fabre d'Églantine French dramatist and politician, creator of the French Republican calendar (d. 1794)
- August 18 - Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
- August 24 - Letizia Ramolino, mother of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1836)
- September 5 - Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
- September 18 - Tomas de Iriarte, Spanish writer (d. 1791)
- September 26 - Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood
- November 7 - Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet (d. 1819)
- November 20 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
- December 10 - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)
- December 23 - King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, (d. 1827)
Deaths
- January 16 - Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshall (b. 1667)
- January 22 - Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- January 26 - Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- February 8 - Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
- May 3 - John Willison, Scottish minister and writer (b. 1680)
- May 28 - Emperor Sakuramachi of Japan, (b. 1720)
- June 15 - Marguerite De Launay, Baronne Staal
- July 15 - Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman (b. 1686)
- July 28 - Johann Sebastian Bach, German composer (b. 1685)
- July 31 - King John V of Portugal, (b. 1689)
- September 15 - Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
- October 16 - Sylvius Leopold Weiss, German composer and lutenist (b. 1687)
- December 1 - Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr, German mathematician
Events
- July 11 - Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- November 11 - 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.
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