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The 1750s was a pioneering decade. Waves of settlers flooded the New World (specifically the Americas) in hopes of re-establishing life away from European control, and electricity was a field of novelty that had yet to be merged with the studies of chemistry and engineering.
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The Seven Years' War (1756–1763) fought between two rival alliances: the first side was the United Kingdom of Great Britain, the Electorate of Hanover, and Prussia; the second side was Austria, the...The French and Indian Waron the American Continent.Lisbon is destroyed by an earthquake.Marie Antoinette, Queen of FranceKing John V of PortugalMontesquieu, French writerIyasus II, Emperor of Ethiopia1750 ( MDCCL) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1750th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 750th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1750s decade.
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1750s in the Papal States (1 C) 1750s in the Philippines (5 C) 1750s in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (4 C) 1750s in Portugal (11 C) 1750s in the Portuguese Empire (8 C) 1750s in Prussia (7 C) 1750s in Puerto Rico (3 P)
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. [3] In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost completely destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.
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