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1759 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1759th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 759th year of the 2nd millennium, the 59th year of the 18th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1750s decade.
1759 ( MDCCLIX) fue un año común comenzado en lunes según el calendario gregoriano . Acontecimientos. 5 de enero: en EE. UU. George Washington se casa con Martha Dandridge Custis. 13 de enero: en Lisboa, el rey José I de Portugal ordena ajusticiar a varios nobles acusados de complicidad en el atentado en su contra.
The Battle of Minden was a major engagement during the Seven Years' War, fought on 1 August 1759. An Anglo-German army under the overall command of Prussian Field Marshal Ferdinand of Brunswick defeated a French army commanded by Marshal of France, Marquis de Contades.
- 1 August 1759
- Anglo-German victory
At Minden (Aug. 1, 1759), after the British and Hanoverian infantry had routed the cavalry forming the French centre, he disregarded repeated orders by the allied commander, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, to exploit this success, and the French retreated unpursued.
Miracle Victory at the Battle of Minden - Warfare History Network. An Anglo-German army sought to drive the French from Hanover in 1759 during the Seven Years’ War. An unorthodox attack unfolded that defied the tactics of the time. This article appears in: September 2019. By David A. Norris.
January 13 – The Távora family is executed following the accusation of attempted regicide on Joseph I of Portugal. January 15 – The British Museum opens. April 13 – a French army defeats Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick at Brunswick. June 27 – British Troops under Jeffrey Amherst take Fort Ticonderoga.
Battle of Minden, 1759 Throughout the Seven Years War, 1759 which was heralded as the ‘Year of Victories’; Britain, Prussia and Portugal were allied against France, Austria, Russia, Sweden and Poland.
