1750s

Events and Trends

• Scientific navigation is developed.
• The Seven Years' War (1756-1763) fought between two rival alliances: the first consisting of the Kingdom of Great Britain, Hanover, and Prussia; the second consisting of Austria, France, Imperial Russia, Saxony, and Sweden.

World leaders

• Louis XV King of France (king from 1715 to 1774)
• George II King of Great Britain (king from 1727 to 1760)