Historical Events in 1759
13 curated events dated to this year, and 39 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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1759
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The First Predicted Return of Halley's Comet
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Voltaire publishes Candide
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Publication of 'Jubilate Agno'
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John Harrison's Marine Chronometer
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Publication of 'Rasselas'
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The Establishment of the Guinness Brewery Expansion in Dublin
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Wedgwood Company Founded
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Franz Aepinus publishes first mathematical theory of electricity and magnetism
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John Smeaton's Scientific Analysis of Windmill Efficiency
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Publication of Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe
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Involvement in the American Philosophical Society
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Marriage to Mary Lambert
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Robert Symmer proposes the two-fluid theory of electricity
Poets alive in 1759
39 poets
Poets in 1759
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