Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1759. 1759 (MDCCLIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on...

Battle of Ticonderoga of 1759 was a minor confrontation at Fort Carillon (later renamed Fort Ticonderoga) on July 26 and 27, 1759, during the French and...

William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade....

describe the North American theatre). The battle, which began on 13 September 1759, was fought on a plateau by the British Army and Royal Navy against the French...

Marie Clotilde of France (Marie Adélaïde Clotilde Xavière; 23 September 1759 – 7 March 1802), known as Clotilde in Italy, was Queen of Sardinia by marriage...

The 1750s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1759 BC to December 31, 1750 BC. c. 1750 BC—The eruption of Mount Veniaminof, located on the Alaska Peninsula...

Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1750, and ended on December 31, 1759. The 1750s was a pioneering decade. Waves of settlers flooded the New World...

(February 2, 1759 – July 27, 1815) was a businessman, judge and political figure in Upper Canada. Richard Cartwright was born at Albany, New York in 1759. His...

The year 1759 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed...

firmer leadership, enabling it to consolidate and achieve its war aims. In 1759 Britain enjoyed an Annus Mirabilis, with success over the French on the continent...