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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politician, philanthropist, and a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade....
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  • 1750s BC (redirect from 1759 BC)
    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...
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    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...
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    1750s (redirect from 1750-1759)
    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...
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    Timeline of the American Revolution—timeline of the political upheaval culminating in the 18th century in which Thirteen Colonies in North America joined...
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    under Mac Nemara. She fought at the Battle of Quiberon Bay on 20 November 1759, where she served as the flagship of Saint André du Vergé. HMS Resolution...
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  • The year 1759 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings. Work begins on Harewood House in Yorkshire, England, designed...
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