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What Happened in September 1759

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Historical Events

  • Sep 12 British soldiers capture the town of Quebec
  • Sep 13 British beat French forces at the battle of Plains of Abrahams near Quebec - kills both leading generals Wolfe and Montcalm
  • Sep 14 Austrian troops occupy Dresden
  • Sep 18 Battle of Quebec ends, French surrender to British who capture Quebec City
Events in 1759

Famous Birthdays

  • Sep 19 William Kirby, English entomologist and original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, born in Witnesham, Suffolk, England (d. 1850)
  • Sep 26 Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Prussian Generalfeldmarschall, born in Potsdam, Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1830)
Born in 1759

Famous Weddings

Thomas Paine

Sep 27 Political activist Thomas Paine (22) weds household servant Mary Lambert (21)

Thomas Paine

Famous Deaths

  • Sep 4 Girolamo Chiti, Italian composer and music theorist, dies at 80
  • Sep 10 Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer and Jesuit missionary, dies at 55

James Wolfe (1727-1759)

Sep 13 British Army officer who defeated the French in Canada and captured Quebec, dies in battle at 32

James Wolfe
  • Sep 14 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander who led French forces in North America during the Seven Years' War, dies fighting Battle of the Plains of Abraham at 47 [1]
  • Sep 28 Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter and cartoonist, dies at 67


What Happened in 1759

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