Events in History
- Mar 5 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, NYC
- May 2 Carlo Goldoni's "La Botega di Caffè" premieres in Mantua
- May 17 -18] Tax revolt in Gorinchem
- May 23 Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo" premieres in Mantua
- Jul 5 Slave revolt on Curacao
- Jul 11 Halifax, Nova Scotia, is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- Aug 7 Slave uprising on Curacao
- Sep 5 Decree issued in Paderborn Prussia allows for annual search of all Jewish homes for stolen or "doubtful" goods
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Historical Figures Born in 1750
- Jan 1 Frederick Muhlenberg, American statesman (d. 1801)
- Jan 10 Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, British Lord Chancellor, born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom (d. 1823)
- Jan 24 Wybo Fijnje, Dutch politician, patriot, and journalist
- Jan 31 Gerrit J Pijman, Dutch minister of War (1798-1800, 1803-06)
- Feb 28 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister
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Historical Figures Who Died in 1750
- Jan 16 Ivan Trubetskoy, Russian field marshal, dies at 82
- Jan 22 Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl, Bavarian politician (b. 1675)
- Jan 26 Albert Schultens, Dutch philologist (b. 1686)
- Feb 8 Aaron Hill, English writer (b. 1685)
- Mar 7 Cornelis Troost, Dutch portrait painter (Beslikte Zwaentje), dies at 52
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