11th July » Halifax (former city) or Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
11th November » Lhasa riot of 1750 e.g Riots break out in Lhasa after the murder of the Tibetan regent.
11th November » The F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
Famous Birthdays in 1750
1st January » Frederick Muhlenberg, American minister and politician (d. 1801)
10th January » Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine, Scottish-English lawyer and politician (d. 1823)
25th January » Johann Gottfried Vierling, German organist and composer (d. 1813)
16th March » Caroline Herschel, German-English astronomer (d. 1848)
23rd March » Johannes Matthias Sperger, Austrian bassist and composer (d. 1812)
28th March » Francisco de Miranda, Venezuelan general an politician, President of Venezuela (d. 1816)
30th March » John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer (d. 1836)
17th April » François de Neufchâteau, French academic and politician, List of Interior Ministers of France or French Minister of the Interior (d. 1828)
2nd May » John André, English soldier and spy (d. 1780)
21st June » Pierre-Nicolas Beauvallet, French sculptor (d. 1818)
23rd June » Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist (d. 1801)
2nd July » Thomas Spence, English author (d. 1814)
25th July » Henry Knox, American general and politician, 1st United States Secretary of War (d. 1806)
18th August » Antonio Salieri, Italian composer and conductor (d. 1825)
24th August » Letizia Ramolino, French wife of Carlo Buonaparte (d. 1836)
5th September » Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
8th September » Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Makuuchi Yokozuna e.g Yokozuna (d. 1795)
18th September » Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Spanish poet and playwright (d. 1791)
26th September » Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood, English admiral (d. 1810)
7th November » Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, German poet and lawyer (d. 1819)
16th November » Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough, English Judge (d. 1818)