1750
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s – 1750s – 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1747 1748 1749 – 1750 – 1751 1752 1753 |
Births
- May 31 – Karl August of Hardenberg, statesman and reformer (d. 1822)
- September 5 – Robert Fergusson, Scottish poet (d. 1774)
- December 23 – King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony
Deaths
- July 28 – Johann Sebastian Bach (b. 1685)
- September 15 – Charles Theodore Pachelbel, German composer (b. 1690)
1750 Media
November 18: Westminster Bridge is opened.
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Portrait of Tipu Sultan once owned by Richard Colley Wellsley, now in the care of the British Library.
- Johann Sebastian Bach (aged 61) in a portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, second version of his 1746 canvas. Bach is holding a copy of the six-part canon BWV 1076.
