1750

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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

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Year 1750 (MDCCL) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar.

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January – A fire in Istanbul destroys 10,000 homes.
April – A second fire devastates Istanbul (see January). A third fire later in the year destroys a further 10,000 homes.
April 4 – A small earthquake hits Warrington, England, Great Britain
May – Riots break out in Paris, fueled by rumors of police abducting children.

July – José I takes over the throne of Portugal from his deceased father, João V. King José Manuel appoints the Marquis of Pombal as his Chief Minister, who then strips the Inquisition of its power.
July 9 – Traveller Jonas Hanway leaves St. Petersburg to return home via Germany and the Netherlands. Later the same year, Hanway reputedly becomes the first Englishman to use an umbrella (a French fashion).
August 23 – A small earthquake hits Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.^{[citation needed]}
September 30 – A small earthquake hits Northampton, England.^{[citation needed]}
November 11 – A riot breaks out in Lhasa, Tibet, after the murder of the regent of Tibet.
November 16 – Westminster Bridge is officially opened.

Hannah Snell reveals her sex to her Royal Marines compatriots.
Ahmad Shah Bahadur's army, retreating from Persia, reportedly loses 18,000 men near what is present-day Herat, Afghanistan from cold in a single night.
The King of Dahomey has income of 250,000 pounds from the overseas export of slaves.
Maruyama Okyo paints The Ghost of Oyuki.
Britain produces c. 2% of the entire world's output of industrial goods and the Industrial Revolution begins.^{[citation needed]}
Galley slavery is abolished in Europe.^[1]
World population: 791,000,000
- Africa: 106,000,000
- Asia: 502,000,000
- Europe: 163,000,000
- Latin-America: 16,000,000
- Northern America: 2,000,000
- Oceania: 2,000,000

^ Clear, Todd R., Cole, George F., Resig, Michael D. (2006). American Corrections Seventh Edition. Thompson.

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Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Literature (Poetry) – Music – Science
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Canada – Great Britain –
Lists of leaders
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Birth and death categories
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