Historical Events in 1759
- Jan 11 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
- Jan 15 British Museum opens in Montague House, London
- Jan 15 Voltaire's satire "Candide" is published anonymously in five editions in five countries to scandalous acclaim (estimated date)
- Feb 28 Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
- Mar 13 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
- Apr 8 British troops chase French out of Masulipatam, India
- Apr 13 French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
- Apr 20 George Frideric Handel is buried in Westminster Abbey, London
- May 1 British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West Indies, capturing it from France
- May 31 The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions
- More Events in 1759
Robert Burns
Mary Wollstonecraft
William Pitt the Younger
William Wilberforce
William Grenville
Georges Danton
George Frideric Handel
James Wolfe
Famous Weddings in 1759
- Jan 6 US 1st President George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis at White House Plantation
- Sep 27 Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)
Frederick the Great
Thomas Pelham-Holles