1750
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 17th century – 18th century – 19th century |
| Decades: | 1720s 1730s 1740s – 1750s – 1760s 1770s 1780s |
| Years: | 1747 1748 1749 – 1750 – 1751 1752 1753 |
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1750 Media
November 18: Westminster Bridge is dedicated in London.
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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.
1750 (MDCCL) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1750th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 750th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 18th century, and the 1st year of the 1750s decade. As of the start of 1750, the Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
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)