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Events and People Who Made History in the Year 1759 AD
January
January 6: George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Curtis
January 11: 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
January 15: British Museum opens in Montague House, London
January 16: British Museum opens in London
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February
February 28: Pope Clement XIII allows Bible to be translated into various languages
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March
March 13: 27th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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April
April 8: British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India
April 13: French beat European Allies in Battle of Bergen
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May
May 1: British fleet occupies Guadeloupe, West-Indies, on France
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July
July 25: British capture Fort Niagara from French (7 Years' War)
July 26: French troops vacate Ticonderoga NY
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August
August 1: Battle at Minden, Westfalen: Ferdinand van Brunswick beats France
August 10: Carlos III becomes king of Spain
August 12: Battle of Kunersdorf - Russian-Austrian army overpowers Prussians
August 18: 2nd sea battle of Lagos: England vs France
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September
September 13: British beat French forces at Plains of Abrahams (Quebec)
September 14: Austrian troops occupy Dresden
September 18: Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British
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October
October 31: Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
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November
November 20: Battle in Bay of Quiberon, British beat French
November 21: Battle at Maxen: Prussian army surrenders to Austrians
November 24: Destructive eruption of Vesuvius
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December
December 13: 1st music store in America opens in Philadelphia
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