1754

Centuries: 17th century - 18th century - 19th century

Decades: 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s 1740s - 1750s - 1760s 1770s 1780s 1790s 1800s

Years: 1749 1750 1751 1752 1753 - 1754 - 1755 1756 1757 1758 1759

• 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)
• 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

Deaths