1750s - Definition and Overview
Centuries
:
17th century
-
18th century
-
19th century
Decades
:
1720s
1730s
1740s
-
1750s
-
1760s
1770s
1780s
Years:
1750
1751
1752
1753
1754
1755
1756
1757
1758
1759
Events and Trends
Scientific
navigation
is developed.
The
Seven Years' War
(
1756
-
1763
) fought between two rival alliances: the first consisting of the
Kingdom of Great Britain
,
Hanover
, and
Prussia
; the second consisting of
Austria
,
France
,
Imperial Russia
,
Saxony
, and
Sweden
.
World leaders
Louis XV
King of France
(king from
1715
to
1774
)
George II
King of Great Britain
(king from
1727
to
1760
)
Example Usage of 1750s
EpiscopalCT: learning about Prince,
1750s
,enslaved, Middletown #epct
Boy_Monday: @lucyinglis 20 guineas sounds pretty reasonable, as does the one guinea entry. The fee for Eton in the
1750s
and 1760s was 3 l. 3s. 0d.
perfeck: RT @lucyinglis I am reading the Bills of Mortality for the
1750s
: Evil 7, Rash 4, Worms 6, Itch 2, Burst (!) 8, Choaked with Fat 1.
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