1750s

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Personalities

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer from Salzburg
• Louis XV. , King of France
• Maria Theresa, Archduchess in Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia
• Ferdinand VI. , King of Spain
• Charles III. , King of Spain
• Frederick II, King of Prussia
• Benedict XIV, Pope
• Clement XIII. , Pope
• Elisabeth, Empress
• George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland
• George Grenville, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Thomas Pelham- Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle -upon- Tyne, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, Prime Minister of Great Britain and Ireland
• Momozono, Emperor of Japan
• Qianlong, Emperor of China

Literature, film and entertainment terms

The two Leatherstocking Tales The Pathfinder and The Last of the Mohicans are located in those years. ( Just as the latter is based on fiction movie. )