1754 (original) (raw)
Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century
Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s
Years: 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 - 1754 - 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759
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Events
- Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud I (1730-1754) to Osman III (1754-1757)
- Beginning of the French and Indian War in North America.
Births
- February 2 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, politician (+ 1838)
- March 17 - Madame Roland (Manon Jeanne Phlipon) (+ 1793)
- June 4 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, German Scientific Editor, Astronomer
- August 23 - King Louis XVI of France
- October 1 - Emperor Paul I of Russia
- ? - William Murdoch, inventor
Deaths
Monarchs/Presidents
- China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
- France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
- Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11, 1727 to October 25, 1760)
- Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
- Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5, 1762)
- Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763) (also King of Poland)
- Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to 1771)\n