1754

Events

   * Change of emperor of the Ottoman Empire from Mahmud I (1730-1754) to
     Osman III (1754-1757)
   * Beginning of the French and Indian War in North America.

Births

   * February 2 - Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, politician (+ 1838)
   * March 17 - Madame Roland (Manon Jeanne Phlipon) (+ 1793)
   * June 4 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, German Scientific Editor,
     Astronomer
   * August 23 - King Louis XVI of France
   * October 1 - Emperor Paul I of Russia

Monarchs/Presidents

   * China - Qianlong Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (reigned from October
     18, 1735 to February 9, 1796)
   * France - Louis XV King of France (reigned from 1715 to 1774)
   * Great Britain - George II King of Great Britain (reigned from June 11,
     1727 to October 25, 1760)
   * Prussia - Frederick II King of Prussia (reigned from 1740 to 1786)
   * Russia - Elizabeth Empress of Russia (reigned from 1741 to January 5,
     1762)
   * Saxony - Frederick Augustus II Elector of Saxony (from 1733 to 1763)
     (also King of Poland)
   * Sweden - Adolf Frederick of Sweden King of Sweden (reigned from 1751 to
     1771)

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