Dom Mabillon's Letters and Orations of St. Ambrose of Camaldoli was published at Florence, 1759.

Many of Dublin's traditional industries, such as food processing, textile manufacturing, brewing, and distilling have gradually declined, although Guinness has been brewed at the St. James's Gate Brewery since 1759.

After studying at the Jesuit universities of Dillingen and Ingolstadt, he took up the study of medicine at the University of Vienna in 1759.

One indication of Guadeloupe's prosperity at this time is that in the Treaty of Paris ( 1763 ), France, defeated in war, again, agreed to abandon its territorial claims in Canada if the British returned Guadeloupe, which was captured in 1759.

At sea naval defeats against British fleets at Lagos and Quiberon Bay in 1759 and a crippling blockade forced France to keep its ships in port.

It first saw the light of day on New Year's Eve 1759 sung by Samuel Thomas Champnes, grandson of John Weldon, in one of the first pantomimes, " Harlequin's Invasion ", at the Garrick Theatre.

*, a 74-gun third rate launched 1758 ; run aground and lost 1759 at the Battle of Quiberon Bay.

The new regiment fought at Louisbourg in 1758 and Quebec in 1759 in the campaign which finally wrested Canada from France ; at Quebec it won from General James Wolfe the motto Celer et Audax ( Swift and Bold ).

His major publication prior to Tristram Shandy was the satire A Political Romance ( 1759 ), aimed at conflicts of interest within York Minster.

Lettre de cachet ordering Jean-François Marmontel's detention at the Bastille, signed by Louis XV of France | Louis XV in 1759

As a result of having read this book Gilbert, two years later, journeyed to England with three of his slaves and there in at drawing room meeting arranged in Wandsworth on 15 January 1759, met the preacher John Wesley.

Pope Clement XIII ( 1758 – 69 ) appointed him Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna in 1759, at the insistence of Lorenzo Ricci, the General of the Jesuits.

In 1759, Gainsborough and his family moved to Bath, living at number 17 The Circus.

Johnson's advance stopped at Fort William Henry, and the French withdrew to Ticonderoga point, where they began the construction of Fort Carillon ( later renamed Fort Ticonderoga after British capture in 1759 ).

The invasion failed both militarily and politically, as Pitt again planned significant campaigns against New France, and sent funds to Britain's ally on the mainland, Prussia, and the French Navy failed in the 1759 naval battles at Lagos and Quiberon Bay.

British victories continued in all theaters in the Annus Mirabilis of 1759, when they finally captured Ticonderoga, James Wolfe defeated Montcalm at Quebec ( in a battle that claimed the lives of both commanders ), and victory at Fort Niagara successfully cut off the French frontier forts further to the west and south.

Neither the serious illness of the Empress, which began with a fainting-fit at Tsarskoe Selo ( 19 September 1757 ), nor the fall of Bestuzhev ( 21 February 1758 ), nor the cabals and intrigues of the various foreign powers at Saint Petersburg, interfered with the progress of the war, and the crushing defeat of Kunersdorf ( 12 August 1759 ) at last brought Frederick to the verge of ruin.

Jonathan Edwards, born on October 5, 1703, was the son of Timothy Edwards ( 1668 – 1759 ), a minister at East Windsor, Connecticut ( modern day South Windsor ), who eked out his salary by tutoring boys for college.

In 1759, the city was the staging point for a planned French invasion of Britain-thousands of troops, horses and ships being assembled there-only for many of the barges to be destroyed in the Raid on Le Havre and the invasion to be abandoned following the naval defeat at Quiberon.

* 1759 – Seven Years ' War: The Battle of Minden, an allied Anglo-German army victory over the French.

* 1759 – Battle of Lagos Naval battle during the Seven Years ' War between Great Britain and France.

* 1759 – Battle of the Plains of Abraham: the British defeat the French near Quebec City in the Seven Years ' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.

The song makes reference to James Wolfe capturing Quebec in 1759 during the Seven Years ' War and the Battle of Queenston Heights and Battle of Lundy's Lane during the War of 1812.

In 1759 it was occupied by British General Wolfe when his forces occupied the island shortly before the Battle of the Plains of Abraham during the Seven Years War.

This inn, the Seven Stars, was shown on maps as early as 1759.

As the Seven Years ' War entered its later stages through 1758 and 1759, French forces and colonies in northeastern North America came under renewed attacks from British troops.

Wolfe's part in the taking of Quebec in 1759 earned him posthumous fame and he became an icon of Britain's victory in the Seven Years War and subsequent territorial expansion.

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm-Gozon, Marquis de Saint-Veran ( February 28, 1712 – September 14, 1759 ) was a French soldier best known as the commander of the forces in North America during the Seven Years ' War ( whose North American theatre is called the French and Indian War in the United States ).

On 13 September 1759, the area was the scene of the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, part of the French and Indian War, which was itself part of the Seven Years ' War.

In the Seven Years ' War Fersen distinguished himself during the operations round Usedom and Wollin in 1759, when he inflicted serious loss on the Prussians.

He is best remembered for his service during the Seven Years ' War, particularly his victory over a French fleet at the Battle of Quiberon Bay in 1759, preventing a French invasion of Britain.

Starting at about age 15 during the French and Indian War ( part of the Seven Years War ), Brant took part with Mohawk and other Iroquois allies in a number of British actions against the French in Canada: James Abercrombie's 1758 expedition via Lake George that ended in utter defeat at Fort Carillon ; Johnson's 1759 Battle of Fort Niagara ; and Jeffery Amherst's 1760 expedition to Montreal via the St. Lawrence River.

During the pivotal year of 1759 ( see Seven Years ' War and French and Indian War ), he participated in the defence of the capital of New France, the fortified Quebec City.

* Battle of Quebec ( 1759 ), also called the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, successful capture of the city by the British in the Seven Years ' War or French and Indian War

Shelburne served with distinction during the Seven Years War participating in engagements such as the Battle of Minden in 1759.

After the conquest of New France by the British in 1759 during the Seven Years ' War, the British implemented their laws, but maintained certain French seigneurial rights.

She was Regent of the Netherlands from 1751 until her death in 1759, exercising extensive powers on behalf of her son William V. Because of her English upbringing and family connections, she was known as an Anglophile-despite being unable to convince the Dutch Republic to enter the Seven Years ' War on the side of the British.

In the 1759 campaign, French war planners directed most of their war resources into the European theater of the Seven Years ' War.

Josias joined the Habsburg military as Colonel in 1759, participated in the Seven Years ' War, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Field Marshal by 1773.

The Battle of Kay () or Battle of Paltzig was a battle fought on July 23, 1759 during the Seven Years ' War.

The Battle of Minden — or Tho ( r ) nhausen — was fought on 1 August 1759, during the Seven Years ' War.

The Battle of Maxen ( 20 November 1759 ) was a battle at Maxen, Saxony in present-day Germany during the Seven Years ' War.

The Battle of Meissen ( 4 December 1759 ) was an Austrian victory over a larger Prussian army during the Seven Years ' War.